Winster memories
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Remember The Crown
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The Old Youth Hostel in Elton
I recall staying in the youth hostel in Elton (Elton Hall was it?) when on a hostelling holiday in August 1967 with my girlfriend Angela Chapuis. We had a lovely time walking between Ilam Hall, Hartington and Elton youth hostels in idyllic summer weather.
Somewhere I still have some photos from that trip.
Childhod Memories of Elton.
I spent many holidays, as a child, in Elton, staying at Beresford House, the home of Mrs Elliott, a lovely lady.
My parents were Bill and Lucy Paterson.My father had holidayed in Elton since he was a teenager, and knew lots of the locals.
My parents were friendly with all of Mrs Elliotts children....who were all married by then.I remember Joan, maried to Jeff, Framk, married to Vera, whi later kept the Post Office, Wilf, married to Clarice, Arthur, a farmer, married to Sadie, and was it Ron? married to Ann.
I remember also Edie and Reg Jones, who kept the Duke of York in Elton.
If anyone remembers me, or my parents, I would love to share memories.
I am now 61, so I stayed there in the 50's.
The Taylors of Well Street
My father was Arthur Marsden Taylor born in Elton 1896, he had two brothers
William (1900) and Benjamin Aaron (1890), their mother was Sarah Ann Taylor (no father named), and her mother I believe Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Robert Taylor (b Brassington 1823) and Martha Staley (b Elton 1821). Martha's mother was Elizabeth Staley and her brother was Benjamin. I know that Aaron senior, son of Robert, went to live in Moor Lane with wife, another Sarah Ann and baby Mary Ellen, he was a lead miner. I don't know if my father went to Elton school or not as I always thought he lived in Youlgreave. He went into the Great War before he was 18, he joined the Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) but didn't marry Annie Elizabeth Mather of Kniveton until Dec 1931. I don't know what happened to him in between. I am fascinated by the Taylor family and recently visited Elton to see where they lived. I hope to come back soon with one... Read more
The Taylors of Well Street
I have recently aquired a picture (thanks to Lyn of Elton History Society) of the cottages in Well Street where my ancestors lived but sadly they were demolished in 1930.
Raised by A Village
Born in Bonsall, I never realised how lucky I was. The beauty, freedom to play Cowboys and Indians etc. etc. without restriction, was something I took for granted. Not any more. My family still live in and around Bonsall, while I reside in Canada. My greatest memories are and always will be of Bonsall, a place forever etched on my heart. It's sad that I realized too late how good my life was, but I am grateful for every picture and website I can peruse from far away. If you read this and are a resident of Bonsall, enjoy every minute of it. You are truly blessed to be part of such a fantastic village.
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