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1944 Stationed in Osset
On behalf of my father Charlie Comitti. He was courting and young girl called Doreen Morris. She had three sisters and one brother. They lived in Netherton Village. Tragically she was killed whilst walking out, a chap ran into her riding a push bike. He has very fond memories of her and her family.
History of Netherthong
I am currently researching and writing a history of Netherthong and I have well over 200 photos and other ephemera. I have started numerous chapters relating to such subjects as schools, parish council, churches, sport, entertainment, clubs and activities, role of Netherthong lads in the war and as further information becomes available I add, revise and update. Because NT in the early days was a very small village, there is little information available. One of my ongoing chapters is titled Odds and Bods and I list it below. Whilst writing and researching this history I kept coming across items of information that were either entertaining, informative or relevant to the times that NT was growing up in but they didn't seem to fit comfortably into any of the main chapters. This chapter seems as good a place as any for them. One feature of the Holmfirth Express was how it combined news both local, national and international along with sport and detailed reports of social activities. In the early days it was... Read more
Netherthong Public Houses - Part 1
This chapter is a work in progress and as it is more than the 1000 words allowed in this memory, I have split it into 2 sections. The current title is : Public House, inn, alehouse, tavern, pothouse, beer house, boozer, local, gin palace, saloon, honky-tonk, shebeen, snug, taproom. No township or hamlet could hold its head up high unless it had a number of the above establishments and Netherthong was no exception. From the early times Netherthong has boasted a total of 5 named public houses plus a further two in Thongsbridge, which for a long period was part of the parish of Netherthong. There was also a number of un-named beerhouses located at Deanhouse, a beer-house being licensed to sell beer but not spirits. The earliest reference to inns is in the 1848 Directory which listed the Clothiers, Queen's Arms, and the Rose & Crown but there can be no doubt that one or more of the three had to have been in... Read more
Netherthong Public Houses Part 2
This is the second part of my ongoing research into the public houses in Netherthong. There is reference to two inns in Thongsbridge in 1853 - the Rose & Crown publican Hiram Earnshaw, and the Royal Oak with publican Ellen Bray. By 1857, the Rose & Crown had closed and Hiram Earnshaw had moved and taken over the Royal Oak. In 1870 the publican had changed to Walker Fenton and in 1901 it was being run by Maria Esther Walker. That was the last recorded reference. We do know that the Royal Oak was closed in 2004 and was converted into flats. The final mystery relates to the Cricketers. There are no references to it by name in any of the Directories other than that there was a beer house in Deanhouse . However there was an unnamed public house shown in the 1932 Ordnance Survey map in the building where the current Cricketer's Arms is located. The building is dated as being early C18. In 1853... Read more
Netherthong Co-Operative Society Part 1
Netherthong Industrial & Equitable Co-operative Society Some of the first co-operatives were set up in the Holmfirth area well before the Rochdale Pioneers. In 1827 spinners, twisters, weavers, bleachers and farmers at Meltham Mills sold goods at the same prices as other shops and shared the profits out proportionately. Others were set up at Underbank,1832, New Mill, 1833, Holmfirth, 1833, Honley,1839, and Hepworth, 1840. The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founded in 1844, was an early consumer co-operative and the first to pay a patronage dividend forming the basis for the modern co-operative movement. Although other co-operatives preceded them, the Rochdale Pioneers became the prototype and are most famous for designing the Rochdale principles. On January 14th. 1881 the first meeting to discuss setting up a Co-op in NT was held in the Free Church school. It was proposed and carried that Barry Sykes be the chairman of the meeting. It was proposed that a co-op store be established in Netherthong and that it should be called the Netherthong Industrial & Provident... Read more
Netherthong Cooperative Society Part 2
In March 1893, plans were approved to alter and enlarge the shop premises. The manager applied for a reduction in the working hours of the employees and this was granted. The store will be closed at 7pm instead of 8pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and at 8pm instead of 9pm on Sundays. In September of the same year the Chairman reported on the alterations. A cottage next door had been annexed and fitted up as a drapery department. The grocery department had been improved by widening it, raising the ceiling and putting in new fixtures. The partition walls dividing the rooms on the 1st. and 2nd. floors were pulled out. The cellars had been enlarged and improved. A hoist had been fitted at the back for winding up corn etc. Finally hot water apparatus had been laid down and the whole place painted and renovated. September 1894 - they started up a clothing club. In September 1898 arrangements were made for the early formation of a penny savings bank. Initial membership... Read more
Netherthong First World War History Part 1
Netherthong War Memorial
'We shall never forget.'
M. Hirst, who lived at 33 Outlane, compiled a large book full of newspaper cuttings and other ephemera about the young men of the parish who had fought and died in the First World War. This book is kept permanently in the parish church and a lot of the information in this chapter is taken from it. I have also trawled through all the issues of the Holmfirth Express covering the war years.
In the November 7th 1914 issue the Express listed those persons from NT parish who were serving but did add a rider that it might not be complete and it did, in subsequent issues, add further names.
Captain J. Rogers G. Bradley
J.Bray L. Buckley
J. Brook J. Eastwood
Corp. G. Durrant E. Floyd
C. Floyd N. Haigh
N. Fisher J. Hobson
H. Hobson C. Hudson
A. Hollingsworth J. Marsden
G. Kirwin H. McQue
