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South Yorkshire memories
Playing on The Farm
Sheila nee Till. I was born at Medgehall in 1935 at the farm near the Signal Box, when I was 3 years old we moved to Groves Farm, Chapel Road which was where my grandfather lived, Mr A W Till. lived there until I got married in 1957, so I have a lot of good memories of my childhood days: the Chapel where I went to Sunday School, and swimming in the canal. There used to be a school at Medge Hall, we then to High Level School near Black Bull, a school bus would take us there.
My Grandad Farmed at Medgehall
My grandad was Joseph Witty who farmed at Medgehall, the farmhouse used to be just across the level crossing. I can remember the station master being called Mr Bull, he had a lot of children. My grandad retired in the mid 1960s but we visited every other Saturday, until he retired. I can also remember them getting milk from Till's in the old wide-necked milk bottles, there was always a lot of cream at the top. Grandad was a tenant farmer ,the landowner was Mr Blackburn. Before the brick farmhouse was built, the family lived in a prefabricated bungalow near the peat works. My mother was called Alice. I had two aunts, Joyce and Violet, and an uncle called Clifford. My memories date from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s. My elder brother used to stay and help during school holidays, sadly I was younger and could not be trusted to behave for long. I have a few photographs which I will try and find.
Early Years at Medge
I spent my first seven years at Medge Hall, and have fond memories of growing up with my brother Phillip, and baby sister Sheryl. We lived in Crook-a-Moor cottages (the 2nd house from the bridge) until around 1970. My mother and father, Jenny Graham and Winston Noble, had family in the area. My grandfather Bill Graham and his wife Ada lived just up the road, and we had many an adventure around his farmyard.
Anns Cafe
We used to hang around the street but mostly the cafe. There was Pete Lea, Jim Peason, Dennis Buckley and some stunning girls - Jannis, Orial and a few more whos names escape me. We sat in there for hours listening to the jukebox and the songs of the period - Brenda Lea, Conny Frances, the Everly Brothers - when we weren't in the cafe we were in the Red Lion or in the Windmill, listening to blind Freddy play the piano. He used to play a couple of songs for half a pint. Around ten oclock we all finished up at the park gates trying to get off with the girls, its where I met the wife - we have now been married fifty three years,but I still miss the frends from those times.
Pool
Ah, remember playing here as a kid in the 60's
Happy Days in Thorne Park
Happy days in the paddling pool and on the swings, the old parkie taking your name for riding your bike in the park, what did he do with all the names? Remembrance Day in the park in 1963 as a cub, Mr Metcalf leading us. Church services in the little chapel, now a wood yard. Spring is coming, you can tell just looking at the large rookery in the park. Summer's here - listen to the band. Fond childhood memorys. P.S DON'T touch the Kenyons pump.
Old Thorne
In 1851 my Grandfather had a sixty acre farm at 109 Finkle Street in Thorne. His name was also Richard and his wife's name was Harriet. Is there anyone in Thorne that could share any information with me about the Watson family in Thorne.
The earliest Watson I have found in Thorne in my family line was John Watson, born about 1740, and married Ann Glew about 1770 in Thorne.
