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High Melton maps
Historic maps of High Melton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all High Melton maps
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Conisbrough| Sprotbrough| Goldthorpe| Bolton-Upon-Dearne| Swinton| Thurnscoe| Wath-Upon-Dearne| Doncaster| Bentley| Wadworth| Rawmarsh| Skellow| Bramley| South Elmsall| Maltby| South Kirkby| Greasbrough| Rotherham| Tickhill
High Melton area books
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Staying With The Grindle Family
My father worked at Denaby Main Colliery as a steel erector, installing pit head plant. My memories of Denaby Main are of staying with my dad's landlady and her family. They were the Grindle family and their children were Kathleen, George, Pamela and Carol. I remember being taken to Catholic church on Sundays by a man called "Johnny Early". I also remember Cissie's shop and the level crossing and I think some locks. I was very young but I remember a great sense of security and community and people who all seemed to struggle yet would still share what they had, including their time!. I think the Grindle family address was 14 Anley Street (or maybe Hanley Street). Lancashire was a very special place but for me, so was Yorkshire! Happy Days!!
Ravenfield Street, Tickhill Street..Denaby Main
I loved living in Denaby, when I was a nipper, should I roam into the ajoining streets; I remember neighbours giving me a friendly shove back to my own end with their walking sticks! We never ever got lost as kids; always someone knew us or our family. I remember our families looking after the elders lived on their own. As children we would bring bluebells back from Denaby Woods and share them around to the elderly ladies on Mother's Day. I remember the Lawleys, MacNichols, Joyners, Smallwoods, Whitheads, Spruces. Cocksedges. Walshes, Conlons, Copes, Pashleys, Buntings, Rudds. My grandfather lived in Maltby Street. He used to be a councillor. He had a street named after him in Conisborough. My father Harry was born in Denaby. My mother Margaret and father used to teach dancing at the Denaby Baths, during and after the war. My brother Bob and I went to Rossington Street School. Our head mistress was then Miss Parton, and I loved Mrs Clarke, she was a nice person and... Read more
The Knocker Up.
Does anyone remember George Clark, the knocker up? George and his wife Ethel (my grandparents) lived on Barmborough Street, and they also kept an allotment with pigs. People used to take peelings etc. in exchange for a few sweets to my grannie's, which my grandad used for mixing with the pig meal and spuds. My gran's sister, Florrie Young, I believe lived at the top of Tickhill Street. I would love to hear from anyone who remembers them as I am researching my family tree. I was born in 1946 at 2, Doncaster Road. Gran died in 1964 and Grandad died at Conisbro' in 1971. I have fond memories of Denaby, and visited them weekly.
Living in Mexborough
I moved to Mexborough in 1953 when I was 3 years old. I lived in Melton Street where I believe the houses were originally the stables for Mexborough Manor. I lived there until 1966 when I moved to the Windhill estate. The 'Schofield' Technical College was named after one of my relatives on my mum's (Thelma Schofield) side.
Could anyone give me any info about the Manor at Mexborough?
Childhood
My memories of Mexborough are of living at York Street and playing in the 'backs' with Ann Sandford, Peter Sandford, Mary Sandford, Pat Sandford, Ian Gamble, Janet Owen, Christine Waller (Bebe), Pamela Foster, Rita Barker, Janet Barker. (Where are they now?).
Schofield College, Mexbrough
I also am related to the Schofield family, my father George Schofield was the flower boy that opened Schofield College. My father's grandad was the person the college was named after, he was mayor at that time, so probably contributed a lot to the community. I have a few photos of the college and my mum Audrey loves to tell a good tale about her visits to Mexborough.
Pollez Coop
Hi! This is not so much a memory as a request for more information. I'm using Ancestry UK to try to track down my relatives. My mother [Vera Jackson (nee Fox)] was born in Bawtry in 1903. She died in 1995. Her adoptive parents (Fox) worked at Bawtry Hall. Her birth register shows her as Vera Coop and I've found a Pollez Coop (born about 1877) who was born in Mexborough. She's shown in the 1891 Census record as a domestic servant at 73/75 'St Sepulstra Street' (can't read this street name clearly!) If anyone has any information about this family or the street I would be very glad to hear it. I was born in Bradford in 1941 and my mother died there aged 92. My wife and I moved to Cyprus in 1997.
