Lumley, Castle And Ferry c.1883
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Help, My Grandfather and Grandmother, Arthur and Margaret Hancock worked in Lumley Castle, as a coach driver and seamstress. We think this was sometime between 1895 and 1910. We need help to confirm this, as we are at a dead end. If anyone with information regarding my Grandparents, it would be most welcome.. Many Thanks Mr Alan Thomson.
This is not actually a memory, but after finding this photograph I just had to write and say that in the little ferry going across the River Wear is either my great grandad or great granduncle, if that is the right terminology.  I am an ancestor of James Curry who along with his brother were the ferry men on that ferry.  When the bridge was built James became the bridge keeper.  One of James's sons Reginald drowned in ...see more