Piddock And Smiths
My gt. grandfathers married sisters named Brothers. The three familes have been in and around Deal for centuries Gt. grandfather Maxwell was a Royal Marine, as was grandfather Piddock. My father 'Phys' Pidddock was welterweight boxing champ RM in 1925. Smiths were in the fish trade. Ted Smith had the first Fish and Shop in Deal [North side of Alfred Square] well before WW1. Grandfather Piddock had sweet shop in London Road opp. the Parochial School. I worked at Lamberts Laundries and left Deal 1964 to enter legal profession. I recall the summer days swimming, the boatmen, the outbreak of war, evacuation to South Wales, our return to the damaged town we loved, the decline of the laundry trade [we once served hundreds of houses, hotels, the Royal Marine depot etc.]. In 1945 I worked at Swaffields Laundry, College Road with Bert Penn, Bill Spicer. On home visits I always look up old friends and quietly walk the streets in reverie.
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RE: RE: Piddock And Smiths
All my family came from Deal. My grandfather Ted Smith had a fish shop in Alfred Square. I sadly don't remember my grandfather as he died when I was young. I was born in 1954, we all lived at 6 Nelson Street. My mother Elizabeth Lyons nee Potter lived all her life in Deal with my Uncle Tommy, Aunts Selina & Jessie. Both my mother & I now live in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. I miss Deal, I would dearly love to move back and hope to do so one day.
If anyone remembers my mother, Elizabeth Lyons nee Potter, she would love to hear from them.
Comment from Frances Sullivan on Wednesday, 22nd October 2008.
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This page was the means of my reestablishing contact with my cousin Elizabeth Potter after 49 years - many thanks FRITH
Comment from Herbert Piddock on Wednesday, 29th October 2008.
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There must be more of you who recall the Piddocks, Smiths and Potters of Deal - our ancestors did a lot toward popluating the town and were buisness families.
Some of us are old now and delight in the recollectons of old Dealites - cold ol' wind!
Herbert Piddock h.piddock@btinternet.com
Comment from Herbert Piddock on Saturday, 17th October 2009.
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My e-mail is now h.piddock@tiscali.co.uk
Comment from Herbert Piddock on Wednesday, 1st September 2010.
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Re Grandfather Piddocks sweet shop. I was a pupil at the old Parochial in London road from 1964 to 1971. The sweet shop was by this time was called Corcorans. I would like to have been a frequent customer but money was tight for a collier's son. But on Saturday nights each member of my family would be allowed one choice of confectionary as a treat with the Saturday night film, and I would walk down to Corcorans with my dad to make the purchase. Mr Corcoran went on to run the undertakers, located not too far from the sweet shop. It's been a while since I've been to Deal, is the sweet shop still there ?
Comment from John Harrison on Sunday, 31st October 2010.