The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes with Kate Strasdin
Journeys into Genealogy podcast
English - March 27, 2023 14:38 - 42 minutes - 23.7 MB - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsHobbies Leisure History familyhistory genealogy stories Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The "Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes" is a 200 year old album filled with wonderful fabric pieces. It was created by a Victorian mill owner's daughter who became a merchant's wife and tracks her life over the next 20+ years. Kate Strasdin has researched Anne and the other people mentioned within the album, tracing her life and the places she lived and visited enhanced by snippets of the culture, events and fashions of the time.