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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Derbyshire => Topic started by: harlor on Friday 01 September 23 10:33 BST (UK)
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Hi all
My brother was born in 1946 on Whittington Moor in Chesterfield and when i recently asked him where he was born he told me in a maternity home on Nelson Street where we lived but I can find no trace of it. Any help would be much appreciated.
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I'm not sure if this helps, except speculatively, but in Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, 1941, I found this entry listed under Midwives:
"Slinn Mrs Ida May, 28 Stand Road, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield"
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Many thanks for the info I will look into it but when i was a kid in the late 1950s my best mate lived at 28 Stand Road but he wasnt a Slinn.....what a coincidence Thanks Harry
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I'm not sure if Nelson Street is part of Whittington Moor. Chesterfield, perhaps?
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Yes Nelson Street is part of Whiitington Moor or it was when i was a kid in the 1950s unless its changed now as I now live in Greater London
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Possibility?
Derbyshire Times 1945 under births "on Dec 8th at "Beechville " Nelson Street, Chesterfield."
1943 advert for a housekeeper at Beechville Nursing Home, 69 Nelson Street, Whittington Moor.
Cathy
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Hi Cathy
Thanks very much for that piece of info which sounds very promising to me.Harry
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I cant read the whole piece but it looks like " the family residence known as Beechville situated at the corner of Peveril Road and Nelson street, Chesterfield "was up for sale in 1943 so possibly a nursing/maternity home ( mentioned in both terms) after that.
I guess a birth certificate would confirm.
Cathy