Cathy and I are heading down to the Skipton area this coming weekend and hope to visit the cemetery where my Grandparents, Eddie DODGSON (1903-1976) and Lily Eleanor DIXON, (1905-1980) are buried. Eddie died way back in 1976, on my Dad’s Birthday, and Lily a few years later in December 1980. Although Eddie was born…
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Eddie Dodgson (1903 – 1976)
One of 6 children shown on the 1911 census, Eddie was the 2nd youngest at 8 years old and was living with his family at 35 Grosvenor Street, Colne, Lancashire. He had been born at Nº 6 Atkinson Street, about a mile away, so they had not moved to far since then. View Larger Map…
The Lancastria – 17th June 1940
I wonder what was going through Gunner Chute’s thoughts 72 years today when at 15:48hrs the cruise liner, Lancastria that was to be his safe passage back home came under attack from enemy aircraft. After 3 direct hits, apparently from a German Junkers 88 bomber, the Lancastria sank, within 20 minutes, taking with her many,…
Shand or Scott?
This is an old photo that is definitely from Cathy’s side of the family. Trouble is, we are not sure who the lady is … we think maybe a Shand or a Scott – does anyone recognise her? It would be great to put a name to it.
Samuel Preston Dixon (1900 – 1982)
This is a lovely photo of my paternal Grandmother’s brother, Samuel Preston Dixon who was born in Langcliffe, just north of Settle now in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in England. Samuel was the eldest of 5 children and the 1901 census shows him, at 6 months of age living with his parents, 2 uncles…
Never Say Die
Cathy’s Auntie Peggy (Margaret Scott) was married to Billy Lawson and whenever there is any horse racing on, I am always reminded that Lester Piggott won the Derby on Never Say Die, a horse connected to Uncle Billy’s family. I believe the horse was trained by Joe Lawson (1881 – 1964) who was born in…
Beryl Bryant
Some years ago I borrowed a box of old photos from my Auntie Beryl and scanned them to my PC. They have been transferred from PC to PC as I have upgraded and now that this project has started up I will be showing some of the better one here. This isn’t a photo of…
Lowick, Northumberland
Back in the mid to late 80’s I was working for an insurance broker and looking after a client that owned a large farming estate in Northumberland. Through this connection we found a lovely holiday cottage and spent a couple of holidays there enjoying the peace and tranquility of the countryside. We felt so at…
Archibald Trezise (1883 – 1945/47)
Archibald was my Great Grand Uncle, son of Joseph Trezise (born in Sancreed, Cornwall, 1840 – 1897) and Elizabeth Webber (born in Lelant, Cornwall, (1844 – 1905), he was born in Maesteg, Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. According to the 1891 census return he was a 7 year old scholar living at 38 Rock Street, Cwmdu in…
GeneaBloggers
Our site has only been live for a couple of days but already we have been picked up by the website GeneaBloggers, this is a “group of genealogists and family historians committed to augmenting their passion by blogging about their research” – I am so pleased with this! If you have time, please click through…