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David Middleton on Cecil Tom SilverwoodHi Susan Many thanks for your very helpful additional information about your grandfather, Cecil Tom Silverwood. Your kind offer to...
Susan Rhone on Cecil Tom SilverwoodCecil Tom Silverwood was my maternal grandfather. His first marriage was to my Grandmother, Irene (Rene) Elsie Waite, and they...
Stewart Smith on Staff of Belvoir High School, Bottesford, soon after it opened.Does anybody have class school photo's around 59 - 62. I remember the teachers well
David Middleton on Frank AllcornThank you for your kind comment and interest.
Darren Allcorn on Frank AllcornGreat read, must be my great grandfathers brother!.
Martin Fussell on Chapter 13: ‘He will be greatly missed and mourned’My father Jim Fussell was in charge of maintenance for N Nancy which he called N nuts. He painted the...
Tony Gammage on Demolition of the former Secondary School pig stiesI was part of the second intake into the new school. We had, if l remember correctly, two periods a...
Jon Hudson on Bernard Donald OgdenBernard Donald Ogden is shown as one of the witnesses at the wedding of Herbert Hudson (see separate Survivor History...
Jon Hudson on Local GoodsonsI am trying to identify the guests in the wedding photo of Herbert Hudson from April 1912, see picture on...
Neil Fortey on Shield of Henry Manners K.G., 2nd Earl of RutlandDear Megan, We were fascinated by this shield and had a hard time sorting out what the different sections refer...
Megan Dally on Shield of Henry Manners K.G., 2nd Earl of RutlandHello, I was wondering if you had any more details about the coat of arms? For instance, what does this...
Neil Fortey on Geology of the Bottesford AreaHello Julie, I am not sure what the problem is, though it is true that the comments box does not...
Julie on Geology of the Bottesford AreaI found an interesting stone here in the vale last week. It seems to have iron in it? Unfortunately it...
John Welch on Acacia House, BottesfordMy Great grandmother, Jane Welch (nee Barber), was living at Acacia House when she died on Aug 28, 1951 at...
Sharron on Who Lived in Muston in 1851?I'd like to say a big Thank you for this wonderfully presented article on Muston. Hannah Caunt (Mentioned on the...
Gary Waudby on Bottesford School MemoriesHi, for many years now I have been constructing my family tree, Which finally brought me to Bottesford. I have...
jason jackson on Locating Bottesford’s brickyards and gas works1939 census shows Samuel Clifford Markham as the resident of the Gasworks, occupation: Gasfitter
Steve James on Shield of Isabel, 3rd Countess of Rutland (nee Holcroft, of Vale Royal)The eagle and child legend is well known in South Lancashire and is described in many places. The link below...
David Middleton on Ernest Huckerby PhilpottsSmall world indeed Bill. Our next door neighbour for many years, Bill Matthews, served with the Royal Engineers and was...
Bill Pinfold on Ernest Huckerby PhilpottsI was curious about this article because of an "it's a small world" connection involving the name Huckerby. Elsewhere on...
John Shipman on The Cross & Stocks, Bottesford’s former parish magazineI used to help my father deliver the magazine. Shame it never continued.
Bill Pinfold on William BullimoreThe GRO register site shows that William and Mary Ellen Bullimore had their fifth child, a daughter named Lilian, in...
Michael Bradshaw on A view towards Queen Street Mill chimneyMy family also lived in that house David back in 1961, we lived in the front section and your Parents...
David Ball on A view towards Queen Street Mill chimneyThe location, the cross, from where the photograph was taken is probably correct. I lived in what is now referred...
Neil Fortey on Shield of Isabel, 3rd Countess of Rutland (nee Holcroft, of Vale Royal)Dear Peter and Steve James, thanks for shedding light on the shield on the tomb in St Mary's. I wonder...

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