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Sunday, July 20, 2008 3:42 AM |
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| Name | Joan McKinlay | |
| Comment | My Grandfather was from Broughton | |
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Hello My grandfather was William P Thompson from Broughton. He and his wife Ellen (Short) immigrated to Canada around 1907. His family lived on High Street but think it has been torn down. The Thompson family owned the meat shop and bakery. I have pictures of High Street with these shops. My grandparents were married in the Anglican Church. I know Grandpa had brothers and sisters. One sister played the organ at the church. My great grandparents I believe are buried there. I would love to know any family members names. Hopefully we will visit this village when we are in England. Yours Joan McKinlay Peterborough Ontario Canada |
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Saturday, July 12, 2008 10:11 PM |
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| Name | Irene Stevenson | |
| Comment | Former Broughton Residents | |
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I grew up in Broughton, my great g/father was George spider
Turland who many knew of . my g/mother Flo Reynolds and mother Joan Reynolds, was
Irene McNally. my query is does anyone have any photos or know of great g/dad spider whose wife was
Mary Dawkins of Rothwell .any thing of the Turland's would be appreciated |
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Friday, May 30, 2008 08:12 AM |
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| Name | John Reeves | |
| Comment | To any one who knows me | |
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My name is John Reeves I used to live at 12 Church St from 1935 to1942 I now live on Merseyside, is there anyone who remembers me? It is such a long time ago and the only names I can remember are Dennis Panther & Peter Eaton , who were at school with me. I am new to this internet lark & I only came onto this web site just recently its nice to read it, it brings back fond memories Keep up the good work webmaster
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 13:07 PM |
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| Name | Anne Robins | |
| Comment | Coronation 1911 Broughton photograph | |
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In looking through family photos we discovered a Post Card with a photo of what looks to be around 30 house/ estate workers taken on to commemorate this event, and
labelled Coronation 1911, Broughton. We think we can recognise a Robins family member in it - he was married in Broughton a few years prior to this date. Does anyone know if there was a large country house/estate nearby which would have had that number of staff? Or can anyone suggest what group this could be? |
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Saturday, May 24, 2008 18:10 PM |
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| Name | Andrew Wood | |
| Comment | Broughton High Street | |
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I've thoroughly enjoyed viewing this site and I'm hoping that someone might be able to help me in relation to the street numbering of Broughton High Street in 1851. Unfortunately, the houses were only numbered in the consecutive order that the enumerator did the census in 1851 and were not the actual address. My great great grandfather x 3, Thomas Wood, was listed as number 18 High Street, the enumerator worked through the High Street from south to north. By the time of the 1861 census, both Thomas and his wife had died and it would appear that the actual house numbers were used in the census for the first time and they do not correlate with the 1851 numbering. I've done a comparative exercise, checking my ancestors neighbours in both census returns, but many had moved and those that had not do not compare exactly. The difference is about 9, i.e. 8 & 11 in 1851 were 17 & 20 respectively in 1861, but further up the street the difference was increased, number 24 became 34; but the house before 24 in 1851 was not occupied in 1851 and not given a number, that brought the differential back to 9. Consequently, the number of my ancestors house was probably 27 High Street. The Three Tuns was 20 High Street in 1861, does anyone know whether the numbers were consecutive or were evens on one side and odds opposite in 1861? My main interest in trying to find the property is because Thomas was described as a brewer in 1851, which partly confirms folklore that he brewed beer and sold it locally, so his property was probably a beer house, courtesy of the 1830 Beer Act. Any help with this one would be greatly appreciated, as I'm planning to visit the NRO and that area early next month. Andrew Wood Stockton on Tees |
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Monday, March 24, 2008 6:28 PM |
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| Name | Mark Poxon | |
| Comment | History of Pubs in Broughton | |
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I'm interested to know which pubs in Broughton would have been used by cattle drovers in 1841. My wife's 3rd great grandfather was a cattle dealer from Wiltshire who is recorded as stopping in a pub on Broughton High Street at the time of the 1841 census. The pub was run by Joseph and Hannah Amsby (?) at the time. Cattle were driven from South Wales, fattened up in Northamptonshire before going to market in London. Any information that can be provided would be greatly appreciated. Regards Mark Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire |
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:12 AM |
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| Name | Janie Overton Varley | |
| Comment | Such a walk down memory lane! | |
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My sister and I spent this evening looking over your website, and I am so pleased we found it. We lived in Broughton for one year, in 1955-1956. We lived in a huge old house, which for the life of me, I cannot remember the name or address of, but which we do have photographs of still. The people who owned it kept cattle and sheep in the fields behind the house, and the young daughter (I think she was a daughter) would come to ride a big white horse. The house was not far from the school, and it seems as though it was on Kettering Road. My father was a USAF military, stationed at Molesworth AFB. We rented this big house with a fireplace in every room. We attended English school there, and I will never forget the shriek the teacher let out when she saw the length of my hemstitch. We enjoyed living in Broughton very much. It was a wonderful experience for us to learn about the English people. I enjoyed your site very much. Janie Overton Varley Vanderbilt, Texas |
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Thursday, January 31, 2008 20:21 PM |
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| Name | Val Wood (nee Rowney). | |
| Comment | Born in Broughton | |
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I was born in Broughton on March 9 1937 to George and Olive Rowney. My grandfather James Rowney [Jim] lived at 31 Cransley Hill with a large garden that looked over the
school. My dad had two sisters who lived in the village until there deaths. My
dad would have been a 100 this year, my mother is nearly 95 and still remembers a lot off the old names. Mother still has a poster from 1948 when I was soloist at the chapel but do not remember
this. So pleased to have found this site. |
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Thursday, January 03, 2008 13:39 PM |
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| Name | Olive Arnold. | |
| Comment | Family Tree | |
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Hello my name is Olive Arnold used to be Olive James Hi to anyone who may vaguely remember me, I haven't lived in the village since I was 19. Anyway, like a lot of other people these days I am trying to compile my family tree. I would love any information and especially any photo's anyone may have. My grandmother and grandfather where Olive and Frank James, Grandpy was at one time the village milkman and had a herd of cows. My mother was Mable James nee Deacon. I would be very interested to hear from anyone, Thanks very much Look forward to hearing from anyone. Regards Olive |
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