General Chat

Hi all,dose anyone know of an easy to use parish records site for Prees Shropshire ?

Hi Sarah Ann Cooke and John Griffiths married in1861 Q4(and according to igi 7/11/1861 Ellesmere district.
Her 2nd husband was John Bullock(1880)
3rd husband Edward Blake.

She is the sister of my direct rellie.

Star

shrewsbury families pretty well all knew each other
or were on nodding terms--thats the old families

colin F

It didnt need a wink in the blood tub or the
6 bells and we wont mention the comet
and capsi and ticker
Used to get lively at Morris's dances

cofessions of a miss- spent youth especially
when cowleys or robert.s from by the mytton
came in

lovexxx
colin F

Blimey Col ..

Not heard of the blood tub for many a year. My father was a regular in there.. together with the 'Hole in the Wall' .. and no i dont mean a cashpoint.. lol.
I used to sit in the little anti room of the blood tub whilst my dad would pass me a vimto thru with a packet of crisps ... lol.
My grandmother and aunties were permanant fixtures of the 'hole in the wall'..though i used to be made to sit outside that place.. up the sidealley.

eee by gum ..them wert days.. lol.

Andy

Hey JJ ....

Yeh i remember the Old Slipper... lol..

That place was my usual place to go and drink when i was 15 ... lol.

Andy

My old sparring partner george Riley used to get
in the Hole in the wall

colin

Aye Col ...

Like i say my father and most of his family used to get in the 'Hole in the wall' .. It was getting them out of it that was the problem. lol.

Andy

Did you ever get to the dog in the lane--or
the lion at battle field
Do you remember that cold frige shop there
name escapes me--owned by Cid the canadian
Indian--He was a champion boxer in canada before
the war
And during the war was famous as a rear gunner

colin F

Hi Col,

Have only ever been in the Dog-in-the-lane once i think. Though the Lion in Battlefield used to be a regular haunt, only really for the meals. They used to do a lovely 'chicken New Yorker' before they got took over and went down hill.

I used to live in Sundorne so it wasnt that far a walk on a nice sunny evening.

You have lost me on the Cold Fridge Shop though..Unless you mean the slaughter House which was at the back of the Lion?

Andy

I have the following

GIFFITHS from Llanyblodwell, Shropshire
WILIAMS from St Martins, Shropshire
HARRISON from Ellesmere, Shropshire

Patricia

Patricia did that griffiths marry a wellings????
colin F

Foulkes
Vaughan
Pickstock
Hewens
Vagg
Evans
Williams

Hi Tudor,which part of Shropshire 'Foulkes' are yours?

Oh, and Pierce/Pearce and one or two variations in spelling.

Carla,

Mostly around Kinnerley, Knockin, Knockin Heath, Oswestry, and a fair amount of the north of the county. Some from Ruyton too !!

Oh,just wondered,we're more Much Wenlock-my Aunt did that tree so we could be out that way,I know she got us back to Whittington.

I know Whittington pretty well, used to go through it regularly before the A5 was made straight, past Gobowen, West Felton etc.

I'll see if I can get a copy of 'The Tree'-I think there was a connection at Nescliffe as well (it's still shorter route via Whittington,knocks 4 miles off)

scoured my whole tree, cant find a single one

must have got my rebellious streak from somewhere else lol