‘Mortimer Ran A Dodgy Dating Agency’

Greta Nicholls has used online records to uncover the shocking truth behind a family secret involving her great grandfather, says Gail Dixon

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Dating agencies, and their online equivalents, are not a modern invention. From at least Tudor times, parish priests would dabble in matchmaking by introducing people of similar social standing. Commercial agencies emerged in Britain in the early 19th...

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