Friday 10 August 2012

From the Derby Daily Telegraph ~ July 19, 1913

Some months ago I opened an account with the British Newspaper Archive and have found some fascinating newspaper articles. Once I start feeding in some family names or places I can soon lose two or three hours.

Take my grandad, Charles Wildgoose ... and his brother, Robert. They appeared in court in July 1913 described as farmers of Darley Dale and were accused of "keeping dangerous dogs and not having them under proper control."

My grandad's greyhound had been found worrying sheep on the moors "five or six miles away from home". My great uncle Robert had a "cur dog" which "was barking at the sheep".

The owner of the sheep shot both dogs but they weren't so badly wounded that they couldn't get home. They were though subsequently found and identified.

The Magistrates "made an order for the destruction of the hound within seven days, and for the cur to be kept under proper control. - Defendants were ordered to pay costs."

I had never heard this story until I read it in the Archive and whilst it might only be a fairly minor incident it certainly adds something to what I know of my grandad.

Fifteen years or so later grandad still liked his greyhounds. Here he is on the steps of Darley House, where the family lived, with his wife, some of his children ... and a greyhound.
 
On the steps at Darley House.

15 comments:

  1. OK.. so Karyn and I decided to follow you where ever you headed.. I am having a hard time with blogger.. but then I guess I had a hard time with multiply at times to...

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  2. You're my first commenter since I brought this back to life Barbara. I know it's not Multiply but Multiply isn't going to be around for many more months. Stick with it and I' m sure we'll all get the hang if it.

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  3. I don't know how I found you, exactly ... something to do with your Twitter feed ...

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  4. Aaah, once a Greyhound owner, always a Greyhound owner. :) Oh, and by the way, it's Jenny Davies (PoshPaws) - Jenny Eatwell is the name of my food blog over here on Blogger. :)

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    1. So it appears as regards being a Greyhound owner, Jenny. I will follow you and keep an eye on what you;re cooking up :-)

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    2. You don't have a 'Follow me' on your blog ...

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    3. Ah ... I've found it and so I'm following you. I have to say that there are some very tasty looking dishes on there.

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  5. Glad you are back here... as I was having some problems with multiply advertisements. It's always a pleasure to read your blogs.

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    1. Thank you Diane. It's nice to be back. I'm enjoying it more every day. Thank you for your kind comments as regards my blogs too.

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    2. I don't think you have a gadget that allows me to join in and follow your blog[s].

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    3. I don't have the gadget to follow on my blog, I simply didn't have much time to write but I always like to stop by and read yours.

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    4. That's not a problem Diane ~ and you're always welcome.

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  6. Interesting what one can learn from old articles... I can understand how you could get lost in the reading, especially when it pertains to family:-)

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