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My Family
I have just started to trace my family tree and found that my mother was born in the pub in Patrington market place in the year 1922. The family name being Melbourne. Does anybody have any memories of the people who owned that pub around that time or even a little later. It would make interesting reading.
I Lived in The Square
I used to live in the square in one of the houses opposite the church. My father was in the navy at Spurn Head for a couple of years during the war. I went to the local school and I think my teacher was called Miss Skelton. I remember the awfull air raids, the night before we left for our other posting to Wales there was a terrible one, we were all sleeping at the local pub and my sister and I were so scared. My other sister joined the W.A.A.F, she used to do hairdressing in our front room. I remember there was a shop in the square, we used to play near the barn.My SURNAME was NURSE.
We Had A Caravan Here
My family had a caravan in the field behind Johnsons Farm, opposite the corrugated iron clad cafe in the picture. At one end of the cafe were amusement machines such as; Jennings indian head, one armed bandits and other mechanical amusements. Our caravan, originally a tourer but then a static, was made by a small company called Quorn. I have photographs of it. My father, says that he remembers when, as a child, he would ride his bicycle past the cafe and on for a further few hundred yards. That would have been in around 1935. I'm guessing that the photograph is a little later than 1955. There were two rows of shacks running parallel to the cliff edge, north of the cafe and they were still there in 1956. The cafe was shortened to enable it to continue to trade for an extra year or two before its inevitable end. I have been back many times since, and always marvel at the huge amount of land that has been... Read more
Lifeboat Cottages on Spurn Head
My great-great-grandfather Fewson Hopper was one of the first lifeboatmen to be housed in the Spurn Head cottages shown. They were built in the mid 19th century for the lifeboat crew members. Fewson (the maiden name of his mother) was lifeboat master (coxswain) from 1865-77, joining Britain's only professional resident lifeboat crew in 1846 and progressing to mate before being appointed master. On retirement from the boat, he became lighthouse keeper at Salt End, further down the River Humber. Many of Fewson's ten children became involved in the lifesaving operations, including daughter Eliza who was Spurn's only postmistress, serving more than 50 years until 1920. She operated the electric telegraph for her father. As a retired lifetime journalist, now author, I am currently researching and writing a history of my ancestral family on Spurn's lonely peninsula.
Withernwick Primary School
I attended Withernwick Primary School, starting 1996, now closed. The building still stands - I think they're not quite sure what to do with it! I hope the old conker tree still stands in the corner of the playground - everyone who attended will remember it.
Cleethorpes Zoo
I believe the elephant in the picture was named Tanya. I have fond memories of the zoo as my father Dave Mosley moved us from Derby to Cleethorpes in 1965 as he was employed by the zoo to do some building work, we as kids used to get to pet the animals, my favourite memory must be of stroking Calypso the killer whale.
I Played With This Bear Cub
My cousin worked at Cleethorpe Marina Zoo and I went in with her during summer holidays. I recall going in the pen and playing with this baby bear, I was about 9 years old. She also let me go in with the dolphins, they pulled me round their big pool in a dinghy. A lllama baby died whilst I was there and she also had to kill baby chicks to feed to the snakes. What an experience eh - no health and safety in those days and such fun too x
