Ellesmere, Oteley Hall And Drive c.1955
Photo ref:
E180063
Photo ref:
E180063
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A Selection of Memories from Ellesmere
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Ellesmere
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I have wonderful memories of Sunday afternoon visits to the Mere in the 50s with my parents. They ran a pub in Shrewsbury and Sunday afternoons were family time. We came in spring when the daffodils were out along the side of the lake. I often brought my best friend Georgina and we walked along the lakeside path to the children's playground, then back to the car for an icecream from the kiosk.
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My great great grandparents had a shoeshop and lived at no 10 Scotland Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire. Census records show Thomas and Elizabeth Williams had 6 children there, a lodger, Thomas Griffiths, a draper and a servant, Annie Jones. Thomas and Elizabeth died very young leaving the six children to go to orphanages. Elizabeth, John, Albert, Alice William and Emily. ...see more
Can anyone help me to find something out please?
My grandfather was the son of Lydia Drury and her mother was a female from Otley Park by the name of Mainwaring, nobody is sure of her first name as we do know that Ms Mainwaring was thrown out of Otley for conceiving a child out of wedlock to a local builder by the name of Drury. I would like to shed some more light on this as my grandfather is no longer here ...see more
My mum was evacuated to here during the Second World War, she remembers a place called Eastwick. I am driving her up for a visit this Friday 30/04/10 to see the village and see what she remembers of the place.
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