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A House Called Inglenook (Earl Fitzwilliams Property)
I was born at Inglenook in Kilnhurst September 1920. My parents were Ralph Atkin and Ethel Susanna Brader. My memories consist of my parents activities as related to me as a child. My grandfather David Brader was Swinton stationmaster for the Midland Rwy. I am told that David had some children by his first wife Alice and after Alice died he married my grandmother, Sarah who bore Mary,Arthur and my dad, Ralph. If any of these or their offspring are surviving please do post here.
Nags Head Pub Glasshouse Lane Kilnhurst
I am researching my Great Grandmother Amy Jenkins and have information from her marriage lines that she was living at the Nags Head when she married George Thomas Roberts in 1896 but can find no further info on this no photos or anything, if you know of anyone who could assist me in this I would appreciate it . We believe from family word of mouth that Amy had been to South Africa and worked her passage back and she could have been the pianist at the pub.
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Family History
Hi, This isn't a memory, but in 1881-1883 my great-great-grandfather resided at 83 Station Street, he was a stationer. His name was John Thomas Haden.
Swinton
I moved to Swinton with my parents and sister from nearby Rawmarsh in 1961 when I was 9, to a house on Piccadilly Road, and in 1963 I attended Mexborough Grammar School, spending the first year at the old school before moving to the new school for my second year. This picture of Station Street changed little in the early 1960s and just a bit further down on the right was the old Roxy Cinema where I saw many films in the (by then) rather run down cinema. I suppose you could say that I grew up in Swinton and I have happy memories of the town.
Grammar School And All That!
I remember the Grammar School well - I got transferred from Mexborough Tech because I had failed my 11+ Then I actually got to TEACH at the Grammar School whena student when the music teacher was ill for a time. My dad owned the shop at the top of West Street [Ladlow's greengrocers] and Waddington's was just oppposite which I could see from my bedroom window. I eventually became a headteacher in Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Hampshire and Humberside so I must have been doing SOMETHING RIGHT! I remember filming on 16mm film the new HALL which opened that year - wow - William Hague actually sang hymns in there too!!! What a change it is today in 2010. I fondly remember the old Majestic cinema, just a stone's throw from my house, and I loved going there - I remembered the closing date when "Kings Rhapsody" was the last film [it was due to re-open after "cleaning" but it was losing money hand... Read more
Cobblers Shop, Rockingham Road, Swinton
My memory relates to the cobblers shop on Rockingham Road, Swinton as this was my grandad's shop, I used to walk down the back way, behind the houses to get to it, it is still a shoe repairers shop. At 4pm every day, my nan would take my grandad tea and bread and butter. Does anyone have an old photo of the area of shops on Rockingham Road (opposite Kings head pub)? Thanks.
EARL OF STRAFFORD OPENS 1984
It's nearly 25 years since the Earl of Strafford hotel opened in Hooton Roberts. I wrote an M.A. dissertation on Thomas Wentworth, the First Earl of Strafford after whom the pub is named, so I was naturally very interested.
I was shown around the building and was amazed to see runnels in the basement floor which were for the blood from beasts slaughtered on the premises in the old days. I also heard about Anne Kent who is supposed to haunt the place after an unhappy love affair long ago. I was so intrigued, I wrote a pamphlet about the hotel.
I often go jogging through Hooton Roberts and I have developed a real affection for the place, especially Holmes Lane which goes behind the church and comes out again on Kilnhurst Road. It is so tranquil down there, even though the traffic thunders by on the main road only yards away.
The church of Saint John the Baptist is also a fine... Read more
