INTREPID travellers Pauline and Graham Bishop, showed slides and souvenirs of their South American holiday.

In Lima, Peru, they visited a museum showing 1250BC head-dresses, then on to catacombs and cathedrals.

An Andean excursion was to spectacular Machu Picchu, never conquered, so still close to its original state.

They saw the start of the 15,500-mile Inca Trail and bought local crafts in the villages along the roadside.

Another museum portrayed various types of wildlife, vicuna, alpaca and condors.

Next, Bolivia, via Lake Titicaca and La Paz. Then on to Argentina where they have 57 million cattle. At the Argentina/ Brazil border were the magnificent Iguassu waterfalls.

Constructed walkways enabled good viewing, even by boat. In Rio de Janeiro they went up Sugarloaf Mountain, then by cable car to the statue of Christ the Redeemer. Many early starts, meant three days relaxation before returning home.

Richard Churchley told us about researching family history, the pitfalls, pleasures and confusion caused by repeating names and misspellings.

Records go back to 1837, then onto parish records and even headstones.

His earliest ancestor, Walter de Churchley, born in 1612, in Inkberrow, was carpenter and churchwarden at Arrow Church. His descendants repeated names from father to son, like Walter, Francis, David, William and Samuel, Their family fortunes reflected through occupations like overseer of the poor, landowner (lost due to Enclosure Laws) then labourer, willing his horse & cart to his wife, dairy farmer, toolmaker at “the Austin”, University graduates, finally teacher, back to Inkberrow.