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Quaker Family History / Re: Hobby/ Jenkins. Almeley Quakers
« on: Friday 09 March 07 13:39 GMT (UK)  »
Hi. If you log on to www.hmwquakers.org you will be able to view the burial ground records for Almeley and you will see that there are about half a dozen Hobby's buried there as well as several Jenkins.The most recent burial was Gladys Hobby in 1993. The Meeting house is just north of the village in Lower Wootton on the Lyonshall road. The meeting house is one of the oldest in Britain. It is a beautiful old Black and White building set in perfect tranquility (if I seem biased its because I grew up in Almeley) From personal experience I have found that Quakers are very accomodating and I would imagine that they would be very helpful.

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Herefordshire / Re: robert jones vc
« on: Thursday 08 March 07 17:22 GMT (UK)  »
I dont know if this helps. I was a pupil at a  school in Kington in Herefordshire in the 1960's . The lad that I sat next to was someone called Michael Wilding who was from Vowchurch which is very near to Peterchurch. Michaels grandfather won a VC at the battle of Rorkes Drift ! The relationship was on his mothers side.I remember when Zulu first came out that he and his mother were featured in the Hereford Times and were given complimentary tickets. I havent seen Michael since school but I do know that he lives in Abergavenny . It may prove possible to contact him through the Friends Re-united website which is where I picked up where he is. Jones is obviously a common name  but the Peterchurch link is interesting.If you can trace the Hereford Times archive around the date the film was released it might confirm. There again it might have been someone else.   

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