More enquiries have been received this week for the Lockett and Russell family trees and we also have had good responses for both the Showell and Thomas families for their requests.  Also some interesting information for anyone with Moses Lockett in their ancestry.
Also received is a raft of photographs covering all different aspects of the village including The Lot cottages before they were knocked down, two ‘Now & Then’ of Mount Pleasant, some school photos from the early 1950s inc Pat Foster, Jean Bullock, Tina Farrington, Margaret Burton, Valerie Norman, Madeleine Wain, Pat Stokes, Janet Gunn, Mavis Round, Heather Havelock, Sheila Roberts, Joan Davies, Roy Peach, Barry Taylor, John Heminsley, Barry Simpson, Dolphin and many more unnamed.  Also some of Wedges Mills around 1954 with the haymaking in Nodens Field and of the Village Fetes.  Well known local names include Dawson, Rowe, Bibb, Osbourne, Jones, Lewis, Sargeant, Prosser plus many others.  We have also received a photo of Birds Row in 1959, the demolishment of the old houses at the Station Street end of Littlewood Lane and one of Floss’s Wool Shop.
Our base is open as usual on Tuesday 10am – 4pm.
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