St Day, Village c1955
St Day, Village c1955 Ref: S457011
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Year: 1940s
St Day evacuee - lost memories
I too was one of the London evacuees taken to St Day school to be selected by a villager; Miss Murton a shop owner took me into her home. Miss Murton gave up her shop with the rationing and coupon counting. Can anyone tell me, please, where we came from in London at the time of evacuation for I have no memory before the day I was taken into Miss Murton's home? I can remember no other children either. I do remember Miss Batty's shop and a St Day family, the Lanyons. A few years ago I went back to St Day and Miss Murton's shop seemed unlived in but still had her name over the shop. I was lucky for she and her sister Mrs Manley were kind and patient with their small evacuee. I would be so pleased to have some gaps filled in if you could help. Last edited: 07/10/2008 09:27 by Joan Barnard |
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Uren Genealogy
My wife and I visited St Day in September 13th 2004 to find where my Greatgrandparents lived. We found the house where GreatGrandmother died - 24 Scorrier Street. After searching a lot of St Day for anyone who might have know of either of them, we did find a couple, the gent was a nephew of a lady that was a good friend of my GreatGrandmother. They showed us some of my Grandparents furniture that was left to them in their will. They also sat down with us and talked about my GreatGrandMother. We wanted to talk more but had a cab picking us up in a hour. They told us were she lived and died, so I took a picture in front of the house, I will always have it. I hope to visit again, it is small town but with so many nice people, they sure help us with Genealogy. Ray Uren Last edited: 28/01/2007 19:55 by Raymond Uren |
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Year: 1940s
Evacuee Memory
My brother Bryan and I were evacuated to St. Day in 1940 and I spent three happy years there before reluctantly returning to London in 1943. We lived with Mr. and Mrs. Batty who ran a Hardware Shop on the corner of Fore Street. Mr Batty was, during my stay, Chairman of the Camborne and Redruth Urban District Council, We attended St. Day School, Headmaster Mr. Blewitt, teachers Mr. Webster and Miss Opie. The Batty family had a small farm in the village run by a family member, Maude Roper. My after school duties were numerous, delivering charged Accumulators to homes as far away as Scorrier, walking both ways, collecting potato peelings etc. from local homes to be mixed with feed for the pigs. I remember the Braddons (local butchers), the Watsons and Champions (both shop owners). I remember the Playing Field, the Heather covered Moors, the Mineshafts, Painters Pond, Saffron Buns, the Pasties. Above all I remember the friendliness and kindness of the villagers. Does the Maypole still stand where it used to be and is there clotted cream for tea? Posted: 16/07/2006 00:50 by Gerard Mos |
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Year: 1860s
Magor and Menadue families A memory of Mithian, Cornwall In the 1840's Magors and Menadues migrated from Mithian to South Australia, and I am the product of the marriages between the families. If anyone would like to correspond with me on this page I have more details and would love to learn new ones. I live in Adelaide South Australia and am visiting Mithian in May 2007 to learn what I can. Thankyou Ruth Gates nee MAGOR My father's mother was a MENADUE Last edited: 20/04/2007 04:10 by Ruth Gates |
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 Camborne, School of Metalliferous Mining c1955 (ref: C13013) |
Year: 1959
Looking for my Ugandan father circa 1959 A memory of Camborne, Cornwall I am looking for my birth father but unfortunately have very little information and am hoping that someone who was at the college in 1959, or who have relatives that attended the college, may be able to help. I was born in April 1960. My mother was trainee nurse at a nearby college and attended student dances where she met my father, a Ugandan mining student at Camborne mining college. Apparently he was a wonderful ballroom dancer! I was the result of their very brief affair and unfortunately as regards my father's identity we only know that he was Ugandan. I travelled to Uganda in 2003 and was given as much assistance by the Ugandan Ministry of Education and the Ugandan Department of Mining as they were able, but without a name it has proved pretty much impossible to identify him. If anyone has ANY information, as small or irrelevant as it may seem, please get in touch with me at amandalugg@hotmail.com Thank you. Posted: 28/07/2008 00:05 by Amanda Lugg |
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