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Long Itchington maps
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School Days
I remember attending the village school opposite Holy Trinity Church of which I was a chior boy for a few years. We had a local football team made up of choristors - we were very good. I lived at the bottom of the village in New Row (now demolished) we had an outside pump to supply us with water with the rest of the row. The tiolet was at the bottom of the garden near the chicken hutch. Not a good trip on a winters night. My father worked in Leamington Spa at Fords foundary. He cycled to work and back in all weathers a round trip of 15 miles a day. Our school headmaster was Archie Payne helped by his wife and they both lived in the school house attached to the school. Great times.
Warwickshire memories
Markham's of Bascote
My husbands family were from Bascote. His ancestor Edwin Markham moved there as an ag labourer in the 1870s. His wife Maria died shortly after, and he married again. He had very many children, and used to drink at the Fox and Hen pub - the landlords were witnesses at his wedding! Sadly his cottage, by the pub, has been demolished, but his children all stayed local to Bascote when they grew up; one of his sons died in the Great War, and is named on the Bascote Heath memorial.
Charles E Gardner(Chas)- The Woodturner of Stockton.
I remember my great grandfather so well, I feel I could pen a book in relation to his life. He holds so many memories to me that are so very precious and times I wish I could have back again, what a wonderful gent he was. Many, many years ago before my birth, he bought a piece of land in Stockton from a certain Lord in the locality. And subsequently decided to build two bungalows, one for himself and his wife Hilda May and one for his daughter Brenda and his to be son in law Alfred John Fitchett, which they began building in 1959. Chas, as he was known, used to work for Nelson Cement Works up Calley as it used to be known. Until I believe he suffered an injury or back problems. So he decided to build himself a Lathe from an old car gearbox and odds n sods, and began to make egg cups,working miniature mills, roundabouts etc. He used to show all his wood at the... Read more
The Southam Family
My great-grandfather William Southam was born in 1829 in Catesby in Northamptonshire. He married Eliza Green, born Wormleighton, Warks. They lived in Ladbroke, Warks, in a cottage next to the School House that still exists but is now a private house. They had children: William 1857, Elizabeth 1860, Mary Matilda 1863, Albert 1870 and George 1870 (Ttwins), and Frederick 1873. Any photos of Ladbroke around these times would be much appreciated.You can e-mail me: patbutler10@btinternet.com
Regards,
Patricia.
Aunt Tilly, Sussex Cottage, Harbury, Warks
As a child I would visit Aunt Tilly and stay during my school holidays, I remember she had a well in the garden, it was near All Saints' Church. I only remember Aunt Tilly being on her own. She was my grandfather's sister, born Mary Matilda Southam in 1863 in Ladbroke, Warks. Later she was a domestic servant in Long Ittchington Hall, then she married a William Wells, born 1871 in Harbury, his father was Edward Wells, his mother was Harriet Wells, maiden name Sheasby. They go back a long way, all from around the Harbury area. Mary (Tilly as she was known) had one child with William, named Ruth Francis Marian Wells. On my researching my family tree it seems Ruth emigrated to California. William and Aunt Tilly married in 1896. Aunt Tilly died in 1952 in Harbury. I cannot find any information on William Wells's death, was he in the army? If anyone has any information on the Wells or Sheasby family from the Harbury area, living or... Read more
Aunt Tilly
Aunt Tilly, Sussex Cottage, Harbury. Born Mary Matilda, Southam 1863, Ladbroke Warks. She married a William Wells, born 1871 Harbury, Warks 1899. Any information on the Southam or Wells Families would be much appreciated. Regards, Patricia Ann
Ruth Francis Marian Wells
Ruth married a George T Alcock in Harbury, any information much appreciated. Ruth's mother Mary Matilda Wells was my grandfather's sister. Regards, Patricia
