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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Yorkshire (North Riding) => Topic started by: soulsister on Wednesday 12 September 07 07:51 BST (UK)
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I'm just wondering whether there are any names people would like me to keep an eye out for when I'm reading my evening paper. I live in Scarborough and buy the local paper each day. As well as the bmd pages they also run a piece on old pictures of scarborough some days which usually includes some names and places.
If anyone would like to send me there names from the scarborough and outlying areas I shall be happy to keep an eye out for the names when I'm reading through the paper.
Emma
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Great idea, Emma!
Can I ask you to keep an eye out for the old photies of places like Levisham, Pickering and Scalby.
Also any old pictures of Pashby Bros. Pork Butchers in Newborough - it's now the ARGOS shop. :'(
MT ;)
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Of course MT!!
The ARGOS shop that used to be Tesco??
Emma
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"The ARGOS shop that used to be Tesco??"
Ummm ... not sure - haven't lived in Scarborough for MANY years now, so ...
It's just down from the Catalogue Shop, but up from the Indoor Market! I have photos which I took six weeks ago if you're REALLY interested! (unlikely)
MT ;)
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Ooh, that would be great. If you see any reference to Abraham Jackson Hewson who was a school master in 1839, his address being Crazy Cottage (25 Quay Street), The Seamans Hospital, I would be very grateful.
Many thanks.
Sharon x
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I shall keep a look out for you sharon!
Emma.
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Thanks ;)
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Hi Emma,
My Great Grandfather lived in Ireton Street in the 1800s, but I doubt if the paper would show stuff from then. He was from Ireland and was a ship's carpenter. He came back to live in Ireland.
Regards,
Peter
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Hello Emma,
Can you keep an eye out for any HECKLER stories please. They lived in Scarborough from about 1800
to 1865.
Great idea
Thank you :)
Keith
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Hallo Emma,
My g-grandfather's sister - Charlotte Wright - was employed by the Laughton-family in the Royal Hotel, Scarborough.
I do not have much information about what she did but this is an extract from a family member who knew a little about her....
"However, the only task I associate with her was in the restaurant drinks dispensary, but I may be doing her a disservice. Perhaps she would be called a sommelier these days?"
Apparently, she had a good job as she had "money" and bought a house which was inherited by a family member....
Would love to find out more about her..
Thanks and hoping :)
Viv
What exactly her job was ???????
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Hallo Emma,
My g-grandfather's sister - Charlotte Wright - was employed by the Laughton-family in the Royal Hotel, Scarborough.
I do not have much information about what she did but this is an extract from a family member who knew a little about her....
"However, the only task I associate with her was in the restaurant drinks dispensary, but I may be doing her a disservice. Perhaps she would be called a sommelier these days?"
Apparently, she had a good job as she had "money" and bought a house which was inherited by a family member....
Would love to find out more about her..
Thanks and hoping :)
Viv
What exactly her job was ???????
How interesting Viv!
Perhaps she worked at 'Laughtons' bar. There used to be a bar in Scarborough called Laughtons, it closed down a couple of years ago, not sure when it first opened though. The Laughtons were and are very famous so no doubt she was well paid working for them!
Emma
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I am still looking everyone, so far none of these names have been mentioned!
Tonights paper has the mention of:
Webster
Wood
Hudson
Oxley
Williams
Oddy
Easton
Harrison
Emma
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Hi Emma,
yes, I think she was very well paid. It was said that she had help investing her money and she was one of the first people to own a car! At least in Scarborough I would exepct. Apparently a "tiny Black Singer!.
My Mum can remember her being "very posh" which was confirmed by the distant relative.
Don't know of a Laughton's bar but maybe that was opened by the family too.
Viv
Another name is Keefe
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Laughtons Bar and nightclub was opened in the late 1980s no connection with with the laughton family except the name
Charles Laughton the actor was born in the Victoria Hotel Westborough just opposite the railway station I believe his family owned it
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Hi Emma,
Are you still keeping an eye out for local names for people?
If so, I would be delighted if you could let me know if you come across anything related to my LISTER family. They lived at the OLD SHIP INN on SANDSIDE in Scarborough before moving to QUAY STREET where they lived at 2 GAS HOUSE YARD. They lived in Scarborough from around 1881 until my gt gt grandmother died in Gas House Yard in 1921.
Here's hoping!
marsidy
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I sure am! I'll add your family to my list!
Emma
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Hi there,
I'd be most grateful if you could please keep an eye open for any mention of John White and his wife Ellen or Helen (changes in the census!).
He was born in Grinton area around 1808. John worked in Brompton and Snainton as a gardener. His wife was from Aberdeen. (Can't trck down their marriage certificate, most frustrating!)
From the 1861 census onwards, he was a greengrocer in Scarborough. I have 2 addresses for them - Salegrave Road and finally 56 Nelson Street.
Thank so much. :)
Angela
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Added Angela!
Emma
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Thanks Emma that would be really good. My ancestors were named ELAND. Regards
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Hi Emma
would you add the name PELHAM to you list please.
Thanks
musictrish
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Indeed!
Emma
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Hi Emma,
Could you please add to your list Margaret Diana HASTINGS who died in Whitby Hospital on 2 June 1988 aged 69 but looked decades older? She maybe in some local papers from time to time as she had become eccentric [ that's a mild statement] and in Whitby, Filey, Scarborough was known as Miss H... She sometimes slept rough even tho she owned property in Whitby...
She'd been thru RADA and could put on various voices... there may be articles about her in the Magistrate' Courts about rental properties.
Anything that bobbed up would be of interest and thank you.
charlotte
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Hi Emma
Are you looking at names of the present or are there sometimes references to times of old?
My great grandfather John Porteous, born 1815 in Lockerbie, was, at the 1881 census, living at the Black Bull Inn in Pickering, he and his second wife were employed as gatekeepers on the railway.
I don't know what happened to him from then on until his death in Scarborough, 25 Beaconsfield Street, 14 July 1895 at the age of 80 (although his death certificate says he was 78). He died of senile decay and cystitis and is interred in a paupers grave in Manor Road Cemetery.
When or why he was in Scarborough I don't know. Why a paupers grave I don't know, he had five children from his second marriage! Seemingly he had no contact with the four children of his first marriage (with my great grandmother Jane Hall) after the marriage to his second wife Ann in 1851.
Perhaps you may have something on Beaconsfield Road or the Manor Road Cemetery.
Many thanks
Ceeoh
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Hi Ceeoh,
I will keep a look out for your surname. I look through all the paper so both past and present. So far seen no mentions of the names people are looking for me, but one day maybe!
Kind Regards
Emma