My mother always enjoyed telling a story and as the year’s end approaches, I am reminded of one of my favourites from her childhood, “Christmas at Grannie Bell’s”. Grannie and Pop Bell were Mum’s maternal grandparents. Grannie’s parents, Gottfried and Augusta Kuhn were of German heritage, having come to the Colony of Queensland as young newlyweds aboard the Herschel in 1873.[1] Grannie, Louisa Theresa Kuhn, was born in Townsville in 1877, the third of their six children.[2] Pop, Charles George … Continue reading