Thrale/Thrall history
About
About our:
- owner and author; and
- funding.
Who?
Thrale.com is owned, written, researched and maintained by David Thrale of Hertfordshire, England. I am married to Michelle and have three fantastic (adult) children:I am a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner with an additional occupational health and safety qualification. I have been:
- Chair of the Safety Advisory Group for the National Stadium (Wembley);
- a Food Standards advisor to the UK’s National organisation LACORS;
- a founding Director of the Association of London Environmental Health Managers Limited;
- a founding Trustee for the Association of London Environmental Health Managers;
- an authorised Inspector under section 19 of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;
- Head of Service for a larger unitary London Borough for 10 years; and
- since 2017 help local authorities on an advisory, interim or consultancy basis .
Why?
Initially, I wanted to learn about new-fangled websites and HTML. I planned to post a few family pictures, and the few snippets of information I my parents told me about family history. But things snowballed! I have enjoyed learning about my family's history and learning how to build websites. I’m delighted with what I have achieved - and judging by the feedback so are you. I still have lots of plans for improving things, and the kind comments I receive from visitors spur me to do more.Funding?
I do this for fun. I personally pay all the costs of this site, including:- web server & software fees;
- buying books;
- buying archive documents;
- my time researching and maintaining the website.
I do not:
- sell any content;
- sell or share any information about visitors;
- host any advertising; or
- monetise the website.