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Gainsborough| Misterton| West Stockwith| Retford| Willingham By Stow
West Burton area books
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Silver Jubilee
I remeber,the Queens Silver Jubilee Celebrations.There was a Cricket Match .ALso Games and activities organised in the Village Hall.All the Children from the Village,received a Silver coin.It was Lots of Fun,and very nice for the whole Community .
Church Corner Treasures
One of the 'treasures' of Church Corner, Misterton was the Post Office which was run by Dorothy and Gordon. I often visited there as Dorothy was the sister of my boyfriend at that time. Nearby was Walter Scott who was the butcher who went to School with my Mother, Minnie Butroid, one of a very well known and respected Misterton families. Walter made the best sausages and any time my Mother and I visited Misterton we had to take some home for my Father. My Father was the reason I came to live with my Grandma in Church Lane. She was Elizabeth Butroid and we lived with her whenever my Father had a new posting with the Army and we had to wait for a quarter.
Also at Church Corner was the Fish and Chip shop always a favourite place to be on Friday lunchtimes and for a lovely bag of chips on the way home from the Youth Club. Almost next door was a lady who sold flowers... Read more
It Has to be The Canal .........
My cousin who lived beside the canal in Gringley Road was Roy Butroid, my favourite cousin, who was the local carpenter and later undertaker. Sadly he died eight years ago but his widow, a lovely lady named Pauline, still lives there and my husband and I sometimes visit. Margaret Freebury (from another well known Misterton family) was Walter Freebury's daughter who was my mother's cousin. She unfortunately died but was Roy's first wife and together they had a son named Michael and a daughter named Linda.
Across the canal from Roy's house was the brickyard and I think a friend of my brother, Robert Clarke, used to live next door - name of Neville Wilson (I'm not sure of the name but he may still live there). Further down Gringley Road my Uncle Bob (Butroid) and Auntie Fanny had a small farm where I first saw battery hens - not good but they made him a lot of money! Next door was Snell's Farm and Miss Snell used to run... Read more
Visit To Church Grave Yard And Nearby School, And Other Stuff
This is the place where in the early 1960s I took my mother to visit and stay with her sister Bertha. During our stay my mother and Bertha (there was another sister called Freda, she moved to Hull with her husband Walt who was a dead ringer for a star of the time Victor Mature - he really was) took me to the graveyard. Out front was the headstone of my great something father. I do not know his first name and to be honest was not that interested, being young at the time, but I found it scary.
On the headstone was written, if my memory serves me well, words to this effect: 'Here lies ???? Spencer, cruelly slain' (I remember no more) - is it still there? Apparently he was murdered by two men after his daily takings, for he was some sort of businessman.
They then took me to a small bridge and brook where the deed was done and showed me newspaper clippings of the event.... Read more
My Mum is in This Photo.
My mum is in this photo, living at the time on this street. It was taken summer 1958. The photo was for sale in a local shop.
Burn's Shop/bakery
My parents, Zack and May Burn had a bakery and grocery shop on Station Street during the 1950's. It was the whitewashed building at the far end of the photograph. In the 1960's they bought "Eignbrook", further along Station Street, which used to be Miss Maxwell's hairdresser's, and prior to that was Holmes' bakery. There my mum ran the grocery shop, which was a "Mace" shop and my father had a mobile grocery shop, serving Misterton and West Stockwith. They remained there until retirement. Other shops in the picture include Dick Kitchen's (newsagent) which was like an Alladin's cave, Colver's (clothing/haberdashery) and Metcalfe's which was divided into two, with Mrs Metcalfe selling baby clothes etc. and Mr Metcalfe selling groceries. Happy days!!!!
My Younger Years
Hi all,
I spent a few years in Lound, then came to Canada. I have been back to my little village a few times - there are many changes now!
To anyone reading this - I would like to know what happened to the Burford family- they lived at the crossroads in the village, there were three girls and the one I would like to contact is Barbra. At the time I left for Canada and retired to live in Retford then married and returned to Canada. The Burfords may have moved to the north end of the village. We are going back to the mid 1960s!
My e-mail is fletchet@shaw.ca
Thanks,
Tony Fletcher.
