Diane’s history is entwined with the rural locality where she grew up. She selects a few of her favourite objects to take the listener on a journey back through time in the Cotswolds. Diane is a true curator, both of her life and also of an old miniature museum in Filkins, Oxfordshire.

Diane's , memories and knowledge bring those often forgotten times back to life when money was scarce and country jobs were hard yet where values and community bound families and fortunes together.

Listen to her gentle stories about a silk wedding dress dating back to 1899 to a precious custard jug that no-one else would ever notice.

Go to www.perstellas.co.uk on The Memorabilia Box Podcast page to read more about those village characters and enjoy the photos of Diane’s memorabilia collection.

With thanks to the Swinford Museum  https://filkins.org.uk/village-facilities/swinford-museum/ for sharing their photos with per stellas. View Diane's personal photos @per_stellas on Instagram.

Other useful links:

www.filkins.org.uk

What connects Sir John to a rare Spitfire aircraft, an old clock, a gold coin and more? We talk to retired RAF Officer Sir John Allison, KCB, CBE about his five most meaningful memorabilia and what matters to him in life as he enters his ‘final glide’.

Listen to the story of an old soldier's spoon and how, more than a century later, it represents everything fundamental to Sir John's happy family life.

·      View the photos and read more about Sir John's chosen keepsakes at www.perstellas.co.uk

·      Go to the photographs page on the website and you can read all our extensive research (which took us all the way to the archivists in New Zealand at Wellington City Council) about the story behind the story of the lucky owner of that silver spoon from 1918.

·      On the films page view our short form portrait story about Sir John, his lifelong fascination with aviation and a particular vintage aircraft that he has a soft spot for.

·      check out some of Sir John's private collection of photographs on our instagram page @per_stellas

other useful links:

www.radarmuseum.co.uk

www.shuttleworth.org/the-collection/

www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/battle-of-britain-memorial-flight/

www.facebook.com/WCCArchives

www.atlasobscura.com/places/ss-maheno

www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/flanders/hill-60/

www.austerclub.org

www.armyflying.com

People's past and their present told through their memorabilia: collections of oddities and treasures, personal tokens and possessions that are held on to, no matter what. It’s surprising how much you learn about people from their carefully selected objects; the extraordinary and the ordinary all have a tale to be told, bound up with their owner.  Half an hour (ish) episodes, hosted by Vernon Harwood, coming very soon. Subscribe here for the first series of twelve episodes, released every Monday. From the 15th September you can delve into each published episode on the per stellas website and pore over the accompanying photos at : www.perstellas.co.uk/thememorabiliaboxpodcast