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Mum's Shop
The shop behind where the car is parked used to belong to my mother, Freda Davies who still lives in Worksop. She took over from the Wards and the Hopkinsons took over from us. I lived at this shop for several years whilst I attended King Edward V1 Grammar School at Retford. I well remember the immediate surroundings of this photograph. The shop next door used to belong to the Padleys and the Fisher family lived behind these shops. Further along the road was the Methodist Hall, the Sherwood Ranger Pub, the Methodist Chapel which my grandparents used to attend and the village blacksmith. Opposite was the village policeman, the village post office, the fish and chip shop and the barber's shop.
My grandparents, Alf And Frances Spittlehouse, used to have Bridge House Farm at the bottom of the village and that is where I started life before moving to Low Street, Oxford Road and then Water Lane before moving into the shop. I went to the village Primary... Read more
Looking Back Can be Good
My great-grandmother lived in Water Lane, my grandmother Annie Bradford lived in Low Street. We lived on the Cross, as did my sister and husband, June and John Medlam. John was a true village charactor, and most people knew him. I remember collecting fresh milk from Medlams Farm, taking the two dogs from the Grey Horses for walks. I always enjoy going back the village, it is still the same today, my sister now lives on the Green as did my mother before she passed away. The village still has the same charm it did when I was small.
Childhood
Hi, Just wondered does anyone remember the Preece family that used to live in West View, opposite the war memorial on the main road.? My name was Susan Preece, I lived there with my mother and father, and went to the local school. I remember Padley's shop which was in the middle of the village. Lovely village. Sue.
Through The Generations
The image of Carlton Parish Church has changed very little over the years. I have a similar photograph of the church taken on my wedding day. The Church has a place in my heart and holds very great memories for me and my family. Not only were my parents married in the church (1967), but my two sisters and I were christened there as well (1967, 1968 and 1970). When it came time for us to marry, both me and my younger sister were married here (1992 and 2001). My paternal grandparents are both buried in the cemetery. The church is a building that evokes happy and sad emotions for me but I suppose in today's ever changing world, it is reassuring that such beautiful, old buildings remain almost unchanged.
Finding my Roots
I was born in 1952 in Church Lane in my granddad's house which we all lived in, it had no electric or gas, only oil lamps as I know, I have still got one that my dad got new the day I was born, a bialladin table model, it still works. I live in Worksop, so not far away, and am doing the Padleys' family tree. Most of the family are in Carlton church grounds, my dad John W A Padley (Alec) dug many of the graves there so he knew the plots and would tell us who they are, we are back to the 1700s now, it is getting harder find records. I cannot find the Carlton in lLndrick census website any more.
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