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Counting sheep in dialect
Further to my last, I've just had my attention drawn (thanks John!) to the article on wikipedia on the subject.(An appropriate photograph follows ...)
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Days of plenty in Redcar: a middle class household before the First World War
In old age, Mrs Katharine Isobel Ellis Hill (1905-2005) looked back to the golden times before the First World War broke out ... when she lived with her parents and her brothers in the little hamlet...
View ArticleAlfred Edwin Sadler, manufacturing chemist of Ulverston
John Lamb of Ulverston has asked me if I have any information on Alfred Sadler, son of Samuel Sadler. Alfred, who once owned John's house in Ulverston, Cumbria, ran a tar works in Ulverston. I will...
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Alfred Edwin Sadler of Sadler & Co, Middlesbrough and Ulverston
Here, with very many thanks to Ian Stubbs, who contacted me to offer the use of the photographs on his flickr stream, are pictures of the Sadler family memorial in the churchyard at St Cuthbert's,...
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The family of the Revd Thomas Todd, Rector of Kildale
In February 2013 I mentioned the family of the Revd Thomas Todd, Rector of Kildale, and his wife Elizabeth Jackson. She was born in Wilton, the eldest daughter of George Jackson of Lackenby and his...
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Richard Ord Todd on the Isle of Man and in Australia
A glimpse of life on the Isle of Man in the 1880s. Private theatricals were evidently all the rage!You may remember from the photograph in the last post, that Richard Ord Todd as a youth had delicate...
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The Ords of Guisborough
Richard Ord Toddwas born in Guisborough. His mother was Elizabeth Mary Poynter, the daughter of John Poynter and Ann Ord. Here she is, with her husband Edward:Edward and Elizabeth ToddSo the Revd...
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William King Weatherill of Guisborough: a sad story
Far off in Sydney, Australia, Richard Ord Todd and his aunt Isabella had photographs of her nephew William King Weatherill of Guisborough and his children. (William was the brother of Annie Weatherill,...
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Revd Thomas Todd (1799-1860), Rector of Kildale
Amongst the photographs I have received from Australia was this one:It shows notes and cuttings about the parish and rectors of Kildale and the burial place of the Revd Thomas Todd, which must have...
View ArticleJohn Cresswell Brigham of Darlington
I often wondered what happened to the Brigham family of Rudby. Now, thanks to an email from their descendant Jonathan Taylor at last I know!The son of George Brigham (1790-1841) was also called...
View ArticleEmailing me through the blog
Just to say that if you've tried to email me through the blog and found your email has pinged back - do try again! I know at least one person has had problems, but the thing usually works.
View ArticleCorrections to posts relating to the Todd and Ord families
I've just made some corrections to the Family of the Revd Thomas Todd and to The Ords of Guisborough.
View ArticleThe Dragon of Sexhow
I wrote this version of the old story a long while ago for schoolchildren and had quite forgotten it until I came upon it recently.I have to admit - this is one blog post for which I really cannot make...
View ArticleFlintoff family of Hutton Rudby & Nova Scotia
Joan McDougall has just commented on the About this Blog page, but I thought I'd also post her comment here, in case it's missed. Her family, the Flintoffs, were among those who emigrated to Nova...
View ArticleThe Community Hub at Hutton Rudby
I mentioned the Sycamore Tree Project or Village Hub in my reply to Joan (see last post) and I think I should include a mention of it here. I don't live in Hutton Rudby any more, but friends tell me...
View ArticleFrom Hutton Rudby to Nova Scotia in the 18th century
I have already mentioned in this blog the emigration from Hutton Rudby to Nova Scotia in the 18th century. It was prompted and encouraged by Charles Dixon (1730-1817), who owned the paper mill in the...
View Article'The Live Bait Squadron Remembrance Book'
Henk van der Linden is the founder of the the Live Bait Squadron Society and the author of The Live Bait Squadron: three mass graves off the Dutch coast.Henk is now proposing to produce a commemorative...
View ArticleLewis Carroll & the North East
Don't miss Alice in Teesside, Simon Farnaby's programme on Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland!It was broadcast on Radio 4 last Thursday and is now on iplayer.I can't help but think that their...
View ArticlePapers deposited at NYCRO
I have now deposited all the papers relating to John Richard Stubbs with the North Yorkshire County Record Office. The deposit includes his diaries and also family letters mainly from the 1870s. The...
View Article"On the wondrous trail of Alice"
Alice in Wonderland, that is.To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chris Lloyd (deputy editor of the Northern Echo) wrote a...
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