Family heirlooms offer a fragile, precious link to our ancestors. They are imbued with meaning through stories of love, loss and success, and they ensure that family legacies live on. Heirlooms connect generations in a deeply personal way, while providing insight into the lives of those who lived before us, and a more complete understanding of our family’s history. The following is a small selection of reader submissions. Look out for more in the next edition.
Great-great-grandmother’s locket
This locket