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Northumberland / Re: Isabella Pit - Blyth
« on: Monday 01 May 17 14:00 BST (UK) »
Hi Belay,
It wasn't really a matter of finding them to be honest, I knew who they were. I was just intrigued that I'd found them in West Row and then suddenly New Row at the same number so I thought perhaps it was the same row with a name change but according to the map in an earlier post it's apparent that they moved.
Bink's name was William Arthur and his wife was Grace, he was my uncle, the brother of my Mum. They were lovely people, we were all very fond of them. The story goes that he had an eye defect as a child and blinked a lot so my Mum called him Blinky but couldn't manage the word properly when she was young, hence Binky. Norman had a problem with his eyes as well. David was a year younger than me and tragically took his own life I believe, at the age of 27. I visited Bink in his new flat and he seemed happy there. He died in 2004.
It wasn't really a matter of finding them to be honest, I knew who they were. I was just intrigued that I'd found them in West Row and then suddenly New Row at the same number so I thought perhaps it was the same row with a name change but according to the map in an earlier post it's apparent that they moved.
Bink's name was William Arthur and his wife was Grace, he was my uncle, the brother of my Mum. They were lovely people, we were all very fond of them. The story goes that he had an eye defect as a child and blinked a lot so my Mum called him Blinky but couldn't manage the word properly when she was young, hence Binky. Norman had a problem with his eyes as well. David was a year younger than me and tragically took his own life I believe, at the age of 27. I visited Bink in his new flat and he seemed happy there. He died in 2004.