The link below should take you to a photo of my grandfather, Charlie Wildgoose, standing beside a binder being pulled by a pair of horses.
I rather like this.
The link is here !
Showing posts with label Grandad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grandad. Show all posts
Saturday, 10 August 2013
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Binder and two horses ...
After showing Dad and his parents with a binder being pulled by a tractor I have an even older photograph showing Grandad with a binder being pulled by a couple of horses.
It's a tiny photo so I'm pleased how well it has turned out.
Any ideas when it was taken ? I haven't ... not really.
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Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Who do I think I am ? [13] ~ a photograph taken circa 1913 ...
Whilst my father's family originally come from Over Haddon in what is now the Peak District my mother's family were [at least at the beginning of the 20th century] living at 151 Coggins Row, Hodthorpe, near Whitwell, on the other side of Derbyshire.
Here they are, my grandfather, his parents and his siblings.
That's my grandad, Albert, on the back row.
My grandparents, Henry [seated] and Sarah Ann, the matriarch, next to him. Henry would have been about 53 in his photo and Sarah Ann five years younger. I always think Henry looks less than healthy in the photos I see of him but as I understand it he lived into his 90s. Sarah Ann fared less well, dying in 1929 aged 65 or so.
This photo dates from the year 1913 or thereabouts.
According to the 1911 census return Henry was "cartering coal". He was born at Belph a hamlet near Hodthorpe. Sarah Ann was born Sarah Ann White in "St. Elones" [corrected to St. Helens, Lancashire, subsequently]. They had been married for 29 years in 1911 and 12 children "had been born alive" though 2 of them had died by 1911.
It looks like a couple of them on the back row may have been to a wedding ~ they are wearing buttonholes.
To say the photo is a century old we know quite a bit about this family.
HARRY WHITE [on the left at the back] was "born out of wedlock to Sarah Ann and probably not the son of Henry. He was a brass bandsman and played trombone ..."
FRED [second from the left] was the eldest son. "He was in the army and had fought in the Khyber Pass and right through the First World War. He was a standard bearer for the Old Comrades [Sherwood Foresters] and went annually to the memorial service at Crich Stand near Crich, Matlock."
JOHN WILLIAM [third from the left] "was called Jack and was probably in the army during the First World War. Later he worked down the pit at both Whitwell and Manton ..." He was referred to in the 1911 Census Return as follows "Pit Boy Collier Pony Driver Below".
ALBERT [third from the right] [my grandad]. "He was aged 18 or 19 in this photo and was in the Navy, mainly on destroyers and minesweepers. He was a leading stoker. When he left the Navy he went back down the pit where he was an underground enginewright eventually [in charge of the underground machinery etc.]" In the 1911 Census Return Grandad was living at home [aged 15]. He was a Pit Boy Pony Driver (Below).
HAROLD [second from the right] ~ "he was also in the pit. His wife was from Huddersfield so eventually they moved there and he worked for the Corporation and the Electricity Board before returning to the pit at Whitwell ..."
LEN [on the right] ~ "farmer and collier. He grew a moustache because of scarring due to a bad accident. After the accident he was an engine driver and on-setter [the man underground sorting out the cage]." He was still living at home in 1911 [aged 21] and at that time he was described as a Collier Below Ground (Hewer). He was born at Belph.
The information about the family members referred to above comes from an uncle [now deceased].
If this proves to be of sufficient interest to people I will post information about the six people on the front row.
Here they are, my grandfather, his parents and his siblings.
That's my grandad, Albert, on the back row.
My grandparents, Henry [seated] and Sarah Ann, the matriarch, next to him. Henry would have been about 53 in his photo and Sarah Ann five years younger. I always think Henry looks less than healthy in the photos I see of him but as I understand it he lived into his 90s. Sarah Ann fared less well, dying in 1929 aged 65 or so.
This photo dates from the year 1913 or thereabouts.
According to the 1911 census return Henry was "cartering coal". He was born at Belph a hamlet near Hodthorpe. Sarah Ann was born Sarah Ann White in "St. Elones" [corrected to St. Helens, Lancashire, subsequently]. They had been married for 29 years in 1911 and 12 children "had been born alive" though 2 of them had died by 1911.
It looks like a couple of them on the back row may have been to a wedding ~ they are wearing buttonholes.
To say the photo is a century old we know quite a bit about this family.
HARRY WHITE [on the left at the back] was "born out of wedlock to Sarah Ann and probably not the son of Henry. He was a brass bandsman and played trombone ..."
FRED [second from the left] was the eldest son. "He was in the army and had fought in the Khyber Pass and right through the First World War. He was a standard bearer for the Old Comrades [Sherwood Foresters] and went annually to the memorial service at Crich Stand near Crich, Matlock."
JOHN WILLIAM [third from the left] "was called Jack and was probably in the army during the First World War. Later he worked down the pit at both Whitwell and Manton ..." He was referred to in the 1911 Census Return as follows "
ALBERT [third from the right] [my grandad]. "He was aged 18 or 19 in this photo and was in the Navy, mainly on destroyers and minesweepers. He was a leading stoker. When he left the Navy he went back down the pit where he was an underground enginewright eventually [in charge of the underground machinery etc.]" In the 1911 Census Return Grandad was living at home [aged 15]. He was a Pit Boy Pony Driver (Below).
HAROLD [second from the right] ~ "he was also in the pit. His wife was from Huddersfield so eventually they moved there and he worked for the Corporation and the Electricity Board before returning to the pit at Whitwell ..."
LEN [on the right] ~ "farmer and collier. He grew a moustache because of scarring due to a bad accident. After the accident he was an engine driver and on-setter [the man underground sorting out the cage]." He was still living at home in 1911 [aged 21] and at that time he was described as a Collier Below Ground (Hewer). He was born at Belph.
The information about the family members referred to above comes from an uncle [now deceased].
If this proves to be of sufficient interest to people I will post information about the six people on the front row.
Monday, 31 December 2012
Walking with The Boy ...
Benjamin was ten when I took him up to explore a Forestry Commission wood near where I used to live until I was about his age.
The wood is named as Bown Piece and it's only in the last year or two that walkers have been able to explore this wood ... open access and all that.
It's hard to describe a walk like this because although there are some paths on the ground they're often not marked on a map ...
Half the fun is just following your nose knowing that you can't get lost in a small wood like this ... can you ...
Find a branch that's the right height and smooth enough and you can sit and have a chat about life and both learn something ...
We reached the corner of the Five Fields and I looked across to the spot where Benjamin's great grandfather died 50 years ago. Was it the right time to tell him something of that death. I decided not ...
... not today.
I suppose these trees were growing up as I grew up nearby though some of them have probably been around longer than me ...
Then we got lost ... a bit ...
Before we knew it we'd found the path which led us back to the car.
What I couldn't understand was why the path was so distinctive in places and in other places it just didn't exist.
This walk was followed on the 29th January 2011
Length of walk ~ 0.96 miles *
Total mileage walked so far in 2011 ~ 32.63 miles
Total mileage between the 1st September 2009 and the 29th January 2011 ~ 561.68 miles
10 of 2011
* distance calculated on Ordnance Survey's Getamap
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.
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