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Reg Leadbeater
I was born in Chesterfield but my parents, Reg and Joan Leadbeater, owned and ran the shop in the archive picture with "Players" above the shop front during the 1950's. It was predominantly a tobacconist/sweet and toy shop. I was brought up there and went to Camm's Junior School. My contemporaries were Andrew Hardwick, Andrew Tatlow (his father was the local optician, and had the shop opposite), Robert Round, Margaret Malliband, Ann Davies and others. Is there anyone who remembers me? Our headmaster was Mr Clegg, and our form teacher was Mr Kenyon. Other teachers were Miss Edwards (she of the the frayed cane!!), Miss Lund, Mr Edwards and Miss Taylor.
Eckington Parish Church
I grew up in Eckington in the 1950s and 1960s. My father, Emerson, and his father, John Henry, were coal merchants in the village. My father was a member of many church activities in his youth as well as being a brass bandsman (euphonium) of high repute. My grandfather was a conductor of Eckington Silver Prize Band. Emerson joined the church choir. As a result of this, my brother John and I joined the choir and Scouts attached to the church under the leadership of Reverend Stanley Branson. John became the church organist for a while and then, at the age of 15yrs, I took over the post when John went to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music. We were both piano pupils of Mildred West (Noden). Most of our family life was centred around the church and gave us a foundation for our later lives. Emerson died in 1985, but Rose, his wife, is still with us at the age of 91. I became a school... Read more
Davys Shop,
As young lads we (the gang) used to climb up onto the roof of the old betting office over the road from Davys, look over the top and with our pea shooters we would shoot at everyone who came out of Davys with dried peas. We always got a good laugh, but not from our targets.
Station Road
My Mother has traced her family to a shop down Station Road, an ironmongers, which is still an ironmongers we believe. He was Richard Snowdon Beal and lived with his wife Lydia at number 1-3 where his shop is - anyone know of anymore?
Any Info on White Family of Eckington?
I am researching a family from Eckington and would appreciate any information which anyone else could provide. Joseph White was a stone mason born in Eckinton about 1796. I think he had three children, Mary, Ann and George. George was also a stone mason. Unfortunately I don't know anything about his wife who must have died at an early age. Mary had a daughter called Sarah (possibly out of wedlock) but then went on to marry John Nicholson in Manchester. Before the 1851 census the whole family moved to Gorton in Manchester where they remained. George died in 1857. Any info please!
Is There A Joseph Littlewood in Eckington?
I am desperate to find the last piece of my family tree. I need to know relatives of Joseph Littlewood born 1840, married to Harriet. One of their daugters was Ellen my Great Grandma.
Tracing my Roots
I traced my ancestors to Eckington - they were the Littlewood Family and date back to 1798. The males were all named Joseph in each generation and they worked as first a farmer and then they worked in Applebys Foundry as iron moulders and brass moulders. My Great Grandma Ellen Littlewood delivered me in Wombwell where she lived until her death in 1971 and she told me about Eckington and I was delighted to find relatives in Eckington cemetery & Eckington churchyard. I am still searching and would be glad of any information.
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The White City
I left Killamarsh (50 Rectory Road) to live in nearby Swallownest in 1960 (age10). Sadly, I left some dear friends behind. Leslie Ellis, Peter Collis, Maurice? We called ourselves the Four Just Men after the TV program! Also neighbour Janice Hartley.
Many happy memories of walking down to Cat Gallows, half way to Eckington, walking to Halfway and to Swallownest. Walking? Can't remember how to do that. Fond memories of the annual "Club Trip", usually to Cleethorpes from a packed Killamarsh Station pulled by a steam engine. More happy memories of walking along the canal (I don't think there is a canal now?)
First in
When we moved to Mastin Moor half of the houses were not finished, we still had a dozzer in the back garden.
Anyone Know of A Francis Evans
I am doing my family tree. Francis Evans was my great-great-grandfather, he was born around 1802 and married a Hannah in 1828, they lived in Staveley until he died in 1876. I am trying to find out my great-great-grandmother's maiden name Hannah ..?, Francis Evans's wife, they had a daughter called Hannah also, she was born 1830/31 and married a George Bates in Staveley, he was my great-grandfather. If anyone knows of any information of the Evans/Bates family it would be appreciated. I do have lots of information about the Bates family, but Hannah who married Francis is a puzzle to me. Thanks, Christine
Smiths Army Uniform Factory
Just wondering if there is anyone out there who used to work in this factory? I got a job there in 1970 aged 15, I used to work on a felling machine and I loved it. I used to sit and sew all the side seams on this twin needle machine. Is the factory still there and where was it exactly?
Bolsover Castle
I remember I used to visit this castle sometimes and I remember digging a small hole in the mortar and putting a penny in, then covering it back up. I did intend to go back years later to see if it was still there but somehow never got round to it. I lived in Renishaw at the time and moved away in 1971 to Tyneside where I still live. I am comming back in the summer to do a nostalgia trip.
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