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My grandfather Kennedy Larbey and his family came and lived in Southwick in 1896 where he was a blacksmith. My grandmother sold fresh fish at her kitchen door. My father Victor was born there in 1897 and done most of his schooling there untill they came back to Fernhurst in 1910.
Prussia Cove is a place I walked to in 2007 and have come away knowing that I have todo my family tree as I am related to both Captain Harry Carter and his brother John Carter (The King of Prussia) who were local smugglers. My brother has been named John Carter Read and it is from my mother's side of the family Thelma Carter from Par. My mother is now deceased but I shall be happy to go back to ...see more
As a child I lived in neighbouring Coulsdon, and Woodmansterne was a favourite cycle ride. Armed with jam sandwiches and bottle of pop, my sister and I would ride down Hatch Lane (even though you weren't supposed to), feeding the horses in the adjoining field. Then go on to Woodmansterne's park where there were playground equipment, and a huge fallen hollow tree. There was a shop in the village that opened on a ...see more
I was born in Dec. 1941, in the house, 241(?) directly across from the butcher shop (where the lorry is parked) , only my mother and a 15 yr old aunt were present. Nurse Chalk, on her trusty bike, showed up a little later. My father was serving in Hornchurch Aerodrome and one of my earliest memories were spending nights in the air-raid shelter in our backyard. That street ...see more
I moved to West Herrington village in 1953 as a baby, along with my older sister and parents into a new house in St Cuthberts Road and this was to stay the family home until my mother died in March 2007. My brother was born here in 1954 and my youngest sister in 1959. Although this was a 2-bedroomed house, we managed. The village was the most fantastic place to grow up: it was a close-knit ...see more
I was born in the King Street Nursing Home in Watford and spent the first few years of my life with my parents and Grandparents in Radlett on Gills Hill Lane. I went to the Infant School and then the Girl's School at the bottom of Loom Lane. When I was 4, we moved to some prefabs in Phillimore Place (which is now apartment blocks). The family name is Ward. I remember what fun I had swimming up at Aldenham ...see more
my grandparents used to live in church walk in purton , my father and his brothers and sisters grew up there and every summer we used to go to stay there for our holidays. they had feather beds and gas lighting and we used to go to bed with a candle. the milkman used to come and fill up the pewter milk jug each morning. we all got up early in the morning and went looking for mushrooms over the fields then go home and cook up ...see more
My father died the year after I was born and his employer Burton's, provided for myself and my three brothers to attend private schools, which is how I came from London to the Convent at the age of 4. I followed my brother Colin who had been boarded there for a number of years. Even today I still have nightmares about the place and the horrible way the nuns treated the children. We were required to remain in our seats ...see more
In 2006 I visited Millbrook with my family with the aim of trying to research my ancestors who lived in West street between 1840 to 1870. alas, We unsuccessfully search the cemeteries an parish church, but I still had the feeling of belonging. Unfortunately we did not have much time in millbrook, and I hope to revisit in the not to distant future. In the meantime if there any Bryants still living there I would love to make contact.
I lived in Ysceifiog and used to travel by bike to the dances at the village hall in Brynford. I used to meet my friend Betty Davies and her sister Sheila, who lived in Brynford. They had two brothers Gerald and Leonard. At these dances we had a band and an MC. It was where I learnt the Gay Gordons and Quickstep and Waltz. In those days my name was Wyn Parrington. I met my first husband Frank Hansom from Holywell ...see more
we bougt my wedding ring in shop here
i married gordon blake dec.2nd 1944.we are still together after 63years
I was born in Thetford in 1953 and lived there until I was 19 .I have extremely fond memories of my time as a chorister at St.Cuthberts Church and used to love the river.I remember my grandparents Ethel and Bert Wiseman telling me that they first met on Hailing Path in site of the Town Bridge.I used to canoe along that stretch towards the Mill pond and the 'Iron Bridges'.There ...see more
i've always as far as i can remember holidayed down in trebanws/pontardawe.went 2 trebanos primary and 1st year clydach.but even though i was only in the welsh skools 4 years i loved it.when i moved bak to glasgow i hated it i classed myself as welsh but now i am scottish[glasweigan]a weegie and proud of it but wales will always b in my heart
Many happy childhood yrs spent here remember Mrs Pike who used to lIve next door and then my Auntie bought her cottage to make it into one. So many happy years in summer and yes can still see the jeep scars! Auntie has gone recently so no more chill out zone but will never forget Always in my heart Liz Love Jo
thi8s is dawn downey from brisbane australia,have been living here for 38 years and still treasure memories of my school days in wroughton .My sister virginia still lives there.If anyone sees this ,let ginny know...Remember the old school by the moat,miss morgan was our teacher,,,happy days,,we then moved to chiseldon
my dad John Hollis was born in tied cottage at whatcombe march 29th 1930, his dad Frederick Hollis trained race horses at the stables at whatcombe for Dick Dawson, a beautiful part of the country, anyone know anything about whatcombe around that time,
Hi I was at Linton Camp, 1960 to 64, and recall playing foortball at Netherside Hall, I particularly recall getting bathed after the match, in a proper bath, we thought that a bit odd, as we had communial showers at Linton Camp. I think the match was to do with the Upper Wharfedale Cup, we also plyed a few other schools, and I think we won the cup, but cant be sure. I was centre forward, but frankly was pretty naff. I ...see more
My name is Graham Ward and between 1955 - 1957 I was a National Serviceman based at the RAPC camp just outside Stockbridge. I have fond memories of Stockbridge and would like to renew aquaintance with anyone who remembers me. Please email me at 'gk.ward@sky.com' for a chat.
Upon leaving the primary school in North Cadbury, we were asked the big question. Well, the big question for an 11 year old. "What do you want to be doing when you are older?" My answer to this, was that I would like to be writing books and making films, and I would make a film in the village. It is now 26 years later, and I am preparing to return to the village to make a film. This means a lot, as it was here that I learnt to write, and where I first wrote my short stories.
Whatever happened to my first real girlfriend (dare I say first love) Sandra Phillips from Glyndud? Sandy, I hope you are happy, healthy and that the world has treated you well.
As a kid growing up on "The Garth" I have memories of playing cowboys and indians in the woods around King William's Tower, (home made bows and arrows) and still living to tell the tale ;0) Being chased out of "Dai's Wood" on a regular basis. Crad the Garth (now there was a character!) I do remember sneaking over the back wall of The Rockmans's Arms, stealing empty bottles, and going around the front to ...see more
I think it took place in 1818 opposite the church and what is now the Phillips Memorial, on the other side of the river . ( Llamas Lands?) The depression made in a horse shoe shape was where the crowd stood to watch the event! Each year, the Horseshoe, as we called it, flooded and froze and we all gathered to scate and slide on it. Was the Boarden bridge the only one there at that time? Still a ford, I think.
The man in this photograph is quite possibly my Great-Grandfather. The family name is 'Wye' and he was the lock keeper at St. Catherines lock during the late 1800's early 1900's the family lived in the lock keepers cottage on the River Wey, where they ran a little tuck shop on the river bank. He also operated a punt (known as the St. Catherines ferry) to take people across the river to the golden sands at St. ...see more
I lived near the Woodstock Public house between 1954 and 1965. Morden Park used to be a golf course before the second world war and the large house was the Club House, I used to go to the bandstand on a Sunday and once an American Air Force band played there. Musicals popular tunes and then in the second half, jazz. Everybody was dancing, a great Sunday out.
My grandmother lived in Steventon with her own grandmother around 1880. She was Florence Prior and her own gran was Eliza Prior who by then was a widow and a laundress living in Timsbury Cottage. I have tried to find the cottage but the only place I have seen with a similar name is Timsbury Villa. I sometimes wonder if it is the same place. My own visit to Steventon was around 1986. I remember visiting ...see more
mum and dad and i used to go on the ferry from kilcreggan to gourock . we went to the cinema there, it was called the tower. we had tea and scones at a cafe on the front.they were wonderful times. i lived in rosneath for about a year , because my dad was stationed at the barracks there . they were great times for a young lad.
i went to school at the hermitage acadamy for about a year because my dad was in the navy at the time stationed at rosneath. my parents and i used to walk along the seafront and have tea and ice cream in tony,s ice cream parlour. there are wonderful views over the gareloch here ,you can see rosneath point from the front.
I moved into one of these houses in the picture (Iremember which one but not the number) while living here I worked for (I think it was called R.F.G D.Q) parachute makers and then was a driver for the home office prison stores which were behind the married quarters. I do remember our house had a bathroom added on at the back ( it was so cold in the winter and with all the ...see more
My name is Peter Labdon and I lived with my father Wilf, my mother Ruby and my brother David in Halberton from 1933 to 1943, between the ages of two and twelve. We lived first in Norway House, at the top of the road to Lower Town, and then around the corner in Rockville, fronting the High Street in the centre of the village. I went to the village school in Mr. Hesketh's time and my friends were George Chidgey, ...see more
1929-1939 I didnt live there mydad's family lived there .they came down from tottenham. they were in the building trade. an address for my uncle is st helens slicers gate mill road. I wonder if any one remembers the family. My uncle left to build his own house over the river fenn creek woodham ferrers. My dad Gordon helped to build broomfield hospital.I would love someone to give me some memories of my dad. manningvc@aol.com
I was born around the corner from the photo, at 15 Eastcote Lane, just off the Northolt Road, in 1947 (born at home, too, not in a hospital!) Remember going to school on Northolt Road, maybe a quarter mile west of the intersection of Eastcote Lane. A school still appears to be there, when I look at the images on Google Earth. Still remember buying a Beano comic book at the corner of Northolt and Eastcote. I ...see more
I lived at 14 The Homing, Meadowlands, Cambridge which was close to the airport. I was 8 years old in 1955. Often on sunny weekends, my Mum would takes us on a walk over to the airport. It was a quiet relaxed place in those days. There was no kind of airport security, and you could stroll through the gate and sit down on benches to watch the odd Tiger Moth taxi over to the runway and take off. The pilots would ...see more
Well, actually 1820s/1830s ... we've been researching our Payne/Pain family history and some members of it were baptised in the little church in Francis's picture. It took us a long time to unravel the family and we haven't been able to get back past those who were baptished in Compton Bishop. Any help would be appreciated. PS the family migrated in various waves of Somerset migration to Victoria Australia.
Hidden by or almost visible in the trees beyond the large house on the left is a small cottage or lodge, opposite the beginning of Busbridge Lane just visible behind and to the right of the people in the road. One morning during the war (WW2) a stray Doodlebug (Flying bomb) landed and exploded opposite this cottage and destroyed it. Minutes before, the occupants, adults and several children had left and gone down ...see more
It was the summer of 1946 and we used to go swimming in the river at a spot called "The Ginny" which was up the road a little (towards the camera) on the opposite side of the road to these houses. This part of the river was used as a swimming pool by Charterhouse school. We, that is children from Busbridge School aged 10 to 11 years, were about to start at Meadrow Secondary School at the end of ...see more
My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my family lived in the Hammersmith area. The story is that he walked all the way. No doubt the stage coach fare was beyond the means of an unemployed labourer. He found work constructing ...see more
My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my family lived in the Hammersmith area. The story is that he walked all the way. No doubt the stage coach fare was beyond the means of an unemployed labourer. He found work ...see more
My name is Forsyth now, but I was a Plumb. I moved to Halton when I was six and joined Halton 1st School and then Wendover Middle School. I lived in the big black and white house, which bordered the canal. There was a bridge, which my friends and I used to climb along. I expect it’s not that high, but it felt so daring at the time. We had a long garden at the front that we ...see more
I moved here with my Mum and Dad in 1953 for a year. My Dad was in the navy then,and served in the base there. We lived in Heather Cottage in the Clachan, opposite the Post Office.
Mr and Mrs Macarthur owned the cottage and we lived upstairs. I used to play with their son Eric in the garden.
We had great fun when it snowed sledging down the hill behind the house.
I also made friends with the rector of the ...see more
added yesterday my memories of growing up in Ferhurst go back to the 30's & 40's. I was born in one of the small cottages on the edge of the green in 1932 My parents were Victor and Harriet Larbey & I had 2 sisters Pat & Joan both older than me. Next door to us was man with the name as Joshua Bicknell and next door to him was Mrs Selby. My memories of Mr Bicknel was one of beer consuming a fair amount at the ...see more
My wife and I went to Caio some 6 months after we married. I was recalled into the army 2 days after our wedding due to the Sues crisis although I was only away from home for 4 months it was long enough for me to loose my job and so soon after the Sues crisis there was a lot of unemployment and I was the end of the queue. After some weeks we were offered three jobs with the Forestry Commission. One at Newcastle Emeyn , ...see more
My Grandad, George Creasey Allen, and my Nana Allen married and settled in South Norwood in 1899. They lived at Addison Road before renting a house at 32 Apsley Road. Grandad got a job at Creasey's coachworks straight from school and worked there all his working life. He stayed working there through the First World War even though he might have got more money working with munitions, as he ...see more
Bennetts was the Bakery in the 50's-60's, maybe longer.
I came across this website by accident, what a treat. I was raised in Croydon, actually Addington. My nana and granddad lived at 195 Purley Way in Wadden. I spent many happy hours there as a child. I would spend several weeks with my grandparents just before Christmas every year while my mom worked at the post office in Croydon for extra Christmas money, my dad was a postman there for many years. One thing in ...see more
I came back to brierley bonk in 1966, complete with surfboard, after leaving BH in 1961 ,with my parents for Australia, to start a new life ?,well when i got back the place haden't really changed, Except me.I had left behind golden beaches and fantastic surf,But it was the revolution of the 60's, so i was going to get into that revolution. I met up with some old school mates, Howard Cooper, John cownley, and of ...see more
My great great grandfather was Richard Thurston and I believe that his family lived at the pub about 1845. They had several children Deborah,John Palmer,Mary Jane,Richard and William Mumford (thurston) His wife was Susannah. John Palmer Thurston was my great grandfather. My grandfather William John Thurston emigrated to Australia in 1910 with his wife Agnes Alice Thurston(nee Stillwell) from Sussex.
I worked for British Air Ferries in the early seventies as a post room assistant and remember so vividly the sight and sounds of those lumbering great Carvairs and the clouds of bluish smoke and coughing engines. I was also an Air Cadet with the 1812 squadron. I remember marching up the road behind Aviation Traders and sitting on the grass near the end of the runway, listening to the Sky Larks in between ...see more
The year i was born in this road. 119 Maidstone Road, the Woods residence. Side by side next to my granparents fish & chip shop. I always remember that the house to right of the phone box was always deralicet? Did something happen in that house?
1985 to 2008, fantastic times for bird watchers, lots of friends made, bill williams, frank, clive, john gerwood, the boys from bristol, all the rspb wardens over the years, anne and all the staff at the log cabin, all the forestry commision men, and all the hundreds of visitors who have looked through my telescope, and several people who are no longer with us, 22 years of magic may it long continue
my name is Joy Adams and I used to live in West End House, Angus Street, Aberfan with my parents (Elsie & Mervyn) and my two elder brothers (Derek and Jeffrey) until 1966. I was born in 1952, Jeff 1947 and Derek 1942. I had a very happy childhood in Aberfan - my best friend was Yvonne Williams - she lost her younger brother in 1966 - David williams; she had an elder brother - Eric. I remember the ...see more
The village of Iron Acton had both a Folk Club and a Folk Festival in the 1980's. I remember a beautiful summer weekend - probably 1983 - when Whitethorn Morris were invited to the Festival. We camped in a field at the back of the village pub which may have been The Lamb Inn. The dancers and musicians took over all the field in our tents and vans! We made the pub the ...see more
The concrete streetlamps only appeared in the mid-1950s. Before then, the street lights were puny strutures housing ONE electric bulb. Everything was very dark at night. You would think that all the motorists would drive around on dipped beams, but no...Everyone drove on sidelights as use of headlamps was thought to induce glare. Motorists who used their headlamps were much disliked. When the new ...see more
My recollection is of my friends and me belonging to Penygarn Tabernacle Chapel for children's religious teachings. Every Sunday afternoon we all traipse across to the little house behind the chapel. There were only two rooms one downstairs for the younger children and one upstairs for the older children, in the cold weather there was always a roaring fire in the old blacken grates. All the services in the big ...see more
I grew up in Leadgate and have many fond memories of the village. The shops - Les Temple's the newsagent, Oughton's fish and chips (later the bookies), Billy Pledger's 'Modern Hair Fashions' and his aunt's place Crosbie's selling knitting wools etc, Bousteads, Tilney's the post office (selling all kinds of goods from stamps to furniture) and, of course, Di Palma's who made and sold the best ice-cream in the world! ...see more
Living in capel before moving to NZ
my memories of tilshead ,well i lived there from1953 till 1968[from the age of 2 to 15 years old..every body seemed to know each other in the village ,a friendly small community as i remember .I first went to tilshead primary school [yes 2 classrooms and a big pot belly stove for warmth in winter. .Mrs lambert was our teacher,and a strict but fair lady she was too ,we just happened to live next door ...see more
During the late 1950s my parents moved to live on Bremner's Farm - an apple farm at that time, in Little Baddow. On getting my first bicycle - a black, woman's bike, I use to cycle all over this area - Riffam's lane, Graces Walk and around Coleman's lane. My brother married a girl from Coleman's lane. I spent many happy hours wandering through the dense woodland between Bremner's Farm and uptowards Great Baddow/Danbury.
When I was about 5 or 6 my dad worked at the mill, and we lived in one of the mill cottages in Mill Lane. I used to play around the mill and one day found strange washers in the old pond across from the blacksmith - later I discovered them to be Chinese coins - with square holes in them, they had been used as ballast for the grain barges. I have many fond memories of this mill and the area - we moved later when I was about 7.
I have very fond memories of visiting my parents, Margaret & Percy Thorburn who owned Coveney Cottage from 1961 until 1980. We used to come down from London on the National Coach to Benenden and then a Fuggles Garage car/taxi would take us down to Iden Green. Alternatively we would meet my parents in the pub (name temporarily forgotten) and have a drink before driving back to ...see more
As a pupil at Manor Hall Secondary School I also remember the Valiant crashing and the plume of smoke with the explosion as it hit the railway line by Southwick Recreation Ground. As it was lunch time no members of the public were hurt. A locally run Website 'This is Findon' by Valerie Martin has more information on that day from other people. There is included, an extract of the crash investigation report ...see more
I discovered this amazing place in 2006 and only wish I had known of it 50 years ago as it is an oasis of rural bliss where folk musicians and dancers meet like-minded people to practise and learn from one another. I first went there to meet some folk musicians one Sunday evening so I took along my piano accordian to join in the session in the Halsway Manor bar. It was really wonderful to be able to play in such a ...see more
I was born in a farm estate cottage amongst the fields at Westwick. My father had been born in 1919 just up the road on the edge of Swanton in a small cottage , two up,two down , his father had lost a leg in the great war and had been set up as a shoe maker there ,during the fifties we had moved away but even now i think of that little house where my grand mother lived,as home,Dad went to school in a small ...see more
This is the church where my grandma and grandad Kirby are buried. We recently visited the churchyard to place a wooden memorial cross on their grave. My friend of the 40's Norman Benson made the cross and had a brass name plate made to go on it. He often visited my grandparents when he lost his parents. Norman,his sister Vera, my sister Pam,her husband Bill and my wife Barbara and I were there to see the ...see more
This is not a memory as such- but just information as to the source of my ancestors. A ferry owner who ran the service from Stackhill to Newland was Ezra Mann, he was born in circa 1858 in Yorkshire and owned a large sized cog-boat which ferried passengers, pigs,hens and bicycles, plus children to Dax Grammer School. Ezra lost an arm in an accident and for a while worked at McFies Treacle Works in Liverpool where it ...see more
I was born and bred in Allhallows-on-sea , as a child it was a very safe haven and full of wonderful adventures. Tree camps and corn fields.....the Beach and the marshes , that seemed to stretch on forever. Growing up in the village was a great experience and I have some great memories... Even now I have moved ....everytime I go to Allhallows I feel like I have come home! it has a beautiful way of saying Hello to the people that love it....
I was born at The Gander Inn in 1954 and I lived there with my mum and dad and older brother William. My dad's name was Aubrey Lund and my mum's was June. We lived there until 1960 when we sadly had to leave as my dad died very suddenly of a heart attack. I have very fond memories of the Gander (it was great fun to live in a pub when you were little!). My brother and I played in the function room upstairs, he ...see more
My father Albert Allum was the School Caretaker from the day it opened in 1952 till he retired in 1982 Mother Alice also worked there as the School Nurse and Auxilary Assisant.My brother went there till he passed a Art exam and went to Harrow art college.I also went to Tylers from 63 till 67.We moved in the School House in Roe Green when I was 6 weeks old. A bit of school trivia ,did you know the painted tile ...see more
My friends and I .Mick Abbott John Bryant we were the first swimmers in @Kingsbury for 4 years running ,one year it was a FREEZING 48 DEGREES!!!! We sometimes went before and after school also during the summer holidays from opening till closing most days.We joined the Kingsbury Swimming Club and trained with them in the summer @ Kingsbury and during the winter months @ Finchley Rd and Swiss Cottage Pools. Nigel Allum
I lived in St Austell as a child but my Uncle Ewart and Aunt Ruby farmed at Trescoll Farm, Lockengate. From a very early age I spent every holiday with them and although only four or five years old at the time, I remember well and fondly those wartime years, the Land Army girls and the two shire horses. (The first Fordson Major tractor didn't arrive here until the early '50's.) Trescoll was up a long lane ...see more
My husband and I had many a happy day fishing in Merry Lane. Well, he fished and I read a book! We stayed in a caravan in the field at the last farm down the end of Merry Lane. One holiday we arrived early and parked our caravan and had a sleep. We awoke to the caravan wobbling about. On looking outside we saw a herd of cows pushing the caravan. We had parked on their accustomed route to be milked. They didn't ...see more
My mother Edna Furse and her brother Kenneth Furse had the first double wedding held in the church and they married Victor Beech and Barbara Cook. My grandparents who lived in Holsworth were Bert and Beatrice Furse. I was born in 1942 and was the first girl child to be called Valerie in the then villiage. I spent many happy holidays with my grandparents and I also attended the junior school when I was 9 or 10 years old ...see more
Fifty years ago, I was 8 years old and lived in Crosby. Every morning I walked to school (Forefield Lane) along the Northern Road. I used to walk over the roundabout (there wasn't much traffic) and head towards the area where you now see the flats on the right hand side of the photo. I remember when all that area was wooded and in the spring, there was a profusion of gorgeous bluebells which drew me too them. I would stop to pick up a few to take to teacher in school.
Does anyone remember Harry Wright's Coalyard. We lived immediately opposite at No. 54, on the corner of Pomfret Street. I came home early from school one day and realised I didn't have a key, so thought nothing of asking Harry Wright to back up his coal wagon, so I could climb through the window which looked out onto Pomfret Street. As kids, we used to nip over to Grimshaw's on the corner on Pomfret Street ...see more
My Dad and his sisters were all born in the Cwm, at 10 Bailey Street in the 1920's. They later lived at 4 Woodville Road. My grandfather Bertie Pitts and all his brothers worked in the Marine Colliery. Dad, Eric Pitts, joined Bertie in the Marine in 1938 and left there in 1946. Most of Bertie's family are buried in the cemetery there including Bertie and Eric, Bertie's parents Alfred and Caroline, five of his sisters ...see more
In 1969, my father, a MSGT in the USAF, was stationed at RAF Wethersfield. While waiting for base housing, we rented a beautifully situated place named Barn Cottage, a 600-year-old converted stable. Our landlord, Mr. Ainsworth, lived above us with his charming family in Prior's Hall. The place commanded a magnificent view of the valley and town, and we watched the farmers bring in their crops and burn the ...see more
Upper Tooting Road 1950 (ref: T201002) Year: 1943 Wartime Tooting The picture of Upper Tooting Rd showing the Mayfair Cinema, and on the left hand side of the street, the RACS shop (Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society), the dividend was paid with some sort of tin token and the cash was collected from the customer and sent to the cashier via a complex system of screw lidded recepticle sent rattling along ...see more
I had lived in Basildon and married a Dagenham man in 1975, we moved to a turning called Woodfield on the newly built Moody Estate off Nevedon Road. To go to the shops or rail station, we had to pass Hall's Corner. I remember a green grocers (where I left behind a bag of tomatoes I had just brought), a newsagent and art shop being there back then. I use to love going to the market just behind the shops. We moved to ...see more
Daniel Gretton : Born: abt 1854 Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England Died: 1913 Resided in Village Street, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England Daniel was dis - owned by his family, and his very name expunged from the family records, for either or both sins. Of having no ambition or having married a Jewess. Eliza Cook Born: 1854 Leire, Leicestershire, ...see more
I CAN REMEMBER MANY PEOPLE AND PLACES FROM MY CHILDHOOD LIVING IN 16 PINE ST ,BILL LOAN,LES PEARSON,WILLIE AND TINKER GORDEN,CHRIS LOWERY TO NAME BUT A FEW,AND THE PLACES WE USED TO GO TO ,DOWN "THE LINE" TO THE "GREEN HILL" UP THE OLD FARM TO PLAY JAPS AND ENGLISH OR ACROSS TO THE PIT HEAPS. OTHER PLACES WERE THE SHIP INN ,MOSSYS SHOP,LONGBONES SHOP,MY MOTHER WORKED IN A CONVERTED CARAVAN THAT WAS PARKED ...see more