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In this issue:
Tracing the turnkeys: Stephen Wade explains the challenges of tracking down ancestors who worked in our prisons –many of whom were women
All the fun of the fair: Fairs have been a part of society since medieval times. Caroline Roope takes us on a spin through their history
Looking after policemen's children: The Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage helped home and educate the offspring of dead police officers, as Nell Darby explains
The wrong side of the blanket? Nick Thorne finds new Norfolk parish records on TheGenealogist can reveal illegitimate children and who their parents had been
Full steam ahead: Jayne Shrimpton returns to the water to give us a history of steamboats
History in the details: Firefighters' uniforms
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