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By John, on May 31st, 2011% A few choice personal quotes from Harry’s oral history about his time as commander in charge of the Royal New Zealand Naval Dockyard in Auckland between 1954 and 1956. (The text in bold is the words of the interviewer.)
From Page 1:
Perhaps you could give me a brief outline out of your career before you came out to New Zealand and cover the reasons why you in fact served with us for the time that you did.
I’ve always been fascinated by New Zealand. Following my tour in HMS Renown in 1927 when the Duke and Duchess of York . . . → Read More: Harry in New Zealand (part 2)
By Roz, on February 17th, 2010% Sadly, I have to report the death of my last remaining grandparent, Thomas Henry Brown Shaw (Harry to his friends), just a few weeks ago on 6th February 2010. I ummed and ahhed about posting about such an immensely personal event, but in today’s world, the Daily Telegraph Notice is online for all to see and I felt that I would be doing a disservice to grandad not to talk about him. Rather than write about him myself, however, I think it is best to let Harry’s own words do the talking.
. . . → Read More: Harry: In His Own Words
By Roz, on February 7th, 2010%  The above gentleman is not a direct ancestor of mine, but he was the second husband of my ggg grandmother Louisa Maria Loveday. (My ggg grandfather Captain John Inglis was born in 1805 -we think in Midlothian- and died in India in 1849)
After Captain Inglis’ death Louisa and her children moved to Edinburgh. In 1853-54 Louisa and John Pourie met and fell in love, (after mutual intercessionary prayers and a great deal of soul searching, the book would have us believe) and became engaged . . . → Read More: The Rev. John Pourie (1825-1867)
By John, on March 30th, 2008% As mentioned in the last post there was two circular letters published in Oor Ain Folk. The second is transcribed below. From pages 266 to 270.
The next was written a full decade after the foregoing, and the observant reader will see that in the interim death had been busy, and that our hitherto happy and united family was beginning to feel the common fate of all merely earthly associations and institutions.
1st January 1884, Warepa, Otago, N.Z.
My Dear Mamma, and all the Members of the Family, big and little,—
. . . → Read More: Oor Ain Folk: Circular Letter from 1884
By John, on January 22nd, 2008%  The following article contains an extract from Oor Ain Folk by James Inglis regarding himself.
I would suggest that he is slightly modest in his appraisal of himself as you might expect. A fuller biography of him can be found on various websites which I link to below. I’ll get around to writing my own short biography of him soon.
From page 258 of Oor Ain Folk:
As to myself little need be said. I have been repeatedly urged to tell . . . → Read More: Oor Ain Folk: James Inglis (1845-1908)
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