Thorne People
A Memory of Thorne.
I visited Thorne a few years ago to attend a 90th birthday party with the Scutt family and lots of other people. The hospitality of all of those people that I met was second to none. The party was held in the Southfield Road Club and we had a really good time. I met so many new relatives that I was previously unaware of that it was quite mind-blowing. I met two cousins within 5 minutes of arriving at St Nicholas Church while I was eating a butty. A church warden asked me my business(family tree) then immediately introduced me to two lady cousins(Suttons) who happened to be arranging flowers.
That evening I popped into the Canal Tavern and was accosted by about 15 young women who were all Sutton related and they took me on a pub crawl. It was a great night although I struggled to keep up with them.
With a bit of luck I am going to return soon with the aim of getting more info for the family tree. I have about 1850 names in my tree now. I am considering taking a photo of every gravestone in Southfield Road Cemetary so that I can carry out further research into my family. It would be nice to meet some more relatives again so if you see a baldy old scouse taking photos in the cemetary, and you are related to the Suttons, Stones, Todds, Scutts, Rapers or Halls, come over and say hello.
John Wallace
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