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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Grassington School 1914. Part 1.
« on: Monday 18 September 17 09:30 BST (UK) »So many local names & so many hits on the four posts.
Does nobody have any information on the families from Grassington?
Evelyn Blagden (1906 Dove Holes) and Margery Blagden (1908 Skipton) were my Great Aunts, their brother being Harry Blagden (1914) who is my Grandfather. Their parents were William Blagden (1883 - Dove Holes) and Martha H Oldfield (1885 - Dove Holes) who married inn 1905. Martha's brother (their uncle) was William Oldfield (21 Aug 1889). When Martha and William B moved to the Skipton area where William Blagden took up a job as a blacksmith William Oldfield, and his sister, Kate Elizabeth Oldfield, moved with them. In 1909 Kate married local Grassington man John Henry Darwin (he was the brother of Tom Darwin, who was to volunteer along with William Oldfield. These are Tunstills men. When William enlisted at Grassington and on his medal card his address is given as Grove House, Grassington. William Oldfield was wounded during the great war and awarded the Military Medal (infor from B Smith who has researched Tunstills Men). Harry Blagden married Evelyn Ludbrook from Esh in Durham and stayed in Grassington until his death in 1977.