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Surrey / Re: Croydon girls wartime hit song?
« on: Friday 22 January 16 07:36 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks all

It's a real mystery all this isn't it?  I must admit that when I was told that it was Peggy and Pat (Emily and Madeline) who had performed the song I was a bit sceptical because of the age difference as Pat (Madeline) would only be about 8 when the war started.

Curiouser and curiouser....

Steve

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Surrey / Re: Croydon girls wartime hit song?
« on: Thursday 21 January 16 14:32 GMT (UK)  »
Malky

Sorry but other than the very vague story I have no further details as to the timing of the record.  The general feeling is wartime.

Yes that is the same Madeline Gatland and Emily Gatland.

Cheers

Steve

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Surrey / Re: Croydon girls wartime hit song?
« on: Thursday 21 January 16 14:11 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for the tip!

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Surrey / Croydon girls wartime hit song?
« on: Thursday 21 January 16 14:02 GMT (UK)  »
Afternoon

This is an enquiry for a Canadian friend.  Her grandmother was Emily A Gatland, born Croydon 1920, daughter of Joseph Gatland and Alice E Scriven.  Emily later married an Alex Bolinski and moved to Canada.

There is a family story that Emily Gatland had a hit record with her sister Madeline Patricia Gatland, sometime around World War Two.

Is there anyone in the Croydon area who knows about the town's musical history?  Emily and Maddie Gatland may have performed as a duo, been part of a bigger group or even been the songwriters?  Sorry to be so vague, but this is one of those family stories, which I'm sure we've all come across!

I have a lady in Canada who's looking for an answer?

Cheers


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Hello again

I wrote last week seeking information about Colchester Street, thanks to all who helped.  On Sunday I visited what is left of the eastern side of Colchester Street, now renamed Manningtree Street. I also visited a public house shown on old maps, as being on the corner of Colchester Street and Church Lane (now called White Church Lane) the pub is now called the Bar Locks. This brings me to my questions, 1 does anyone know when Colchester Street was renamed?  2. What was the pub called when Colchester Street still existed?  Finally has anyone got sight of the census for 1851 and 1861 for the names etc. of the people living at no 10, Colchester Street as my Gt. Grandfather John Vorwerg Dobson was born there 30/03/1855.

I'm trying to track down when the Dobson family moved from the East End to Liverpool, I know that my Gt.Gt. Grandfather John Daniel Stephen Dobson died in Liverpool in 1863 and on the 1871 I've have found his widow Mary, living with two daughters and my Gt. Grandfather John V. Incidentally My Gt. Grandfather had an uncle Henry Vorwerg Dobson, who came to Liverpool before his brother J.D.S. Dobson, any sign of Henry down there?

Just trying to fill in some blanks.

Cheers in advance

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Colchester Street, Whitechapel
« on: Wednesday 03 June 15 14:19 BST (UK)  »
Thanks again!

If I post again, then I'll be looking for ancestors of John Vorwerg Dobson.

Cheers

Steve

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Colchester Street, Whitechapel
« on: Wednesday 03 June 15 13:25 BST (UK)  »
Dear All

Thanks for the info supplied! Sorry about the duplicate post I thought I'd posted the first question to the wrong forum!! 

As to Tina's question, yes John Vorwerg Dobson did die in Liverpool in 1925, however by then (because of the post Franco-Prussian war anti Germanic feelings) he had Anglicised his name to John William Dobson, this happened around 1873-77. 

I'm looking forward to my visit back to my roots, it must be the year for it as only four weeks ago I was in Glasgow and visited the house where another set of Great Grandparents married.

Cheers again

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I'm from near Liverpool, but my Great Grandfather John Vorwerg Dobson was born at 10, Colchester Street, Whitchapel in 1855.  The street has now disappeared bur appears to have been in the Leman St/ Braham St area, best I can tell it's now got an office tower build on its site,  Any one got an old A-Z or local knowledge can confirm its location and which tower block it's now under?  Asking because I'll be in the East End on Sunday 7th and would like to have a look! 

Also would like to look at St Georges German Church in Alie Street, which was connected John Vorwerg Dobson's Step Grandfather, Georg Frederik Vorwerg.

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Colchester Street, Whitechapel
« on: Wednesday 03 June 15 10:36 BST (UK)  »
I'm from near Liverpool, but my Great Grandfather John Vorwerg Dobson was born at 10, Colchester Street, Whitchapel in 1855.  The street has now disappeared bur appears to have been in the Leman St/ Braham St area, best I can tell it's now got an office tower build on its site,  Any one got an old A-Z or local knowledge can confirm its location and which tower block it's now under?  Asking because I'll be in the East End on Sunday 7th and would like to have a look!

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