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At Darlington C of F E in 1963  was A Mr Hammond    The College Principal at the time was C E Beynon
Head of Engineering Mr Emerson      Mr Hammond was either Deputy Principal or Deputy Head of Engineering  I can't recall Mt Hammond's christian name  He had a built up shoe He was a good teacher and he might have been a distant relative,   There was more than one family of Hammond in Darlington at that time  Hope somebody can recall him

regards Jim Corps

Thanks for replying CarolW    You are right That is the family  Born William Corps he took his mother's husband's name upon marriage  He did marry Bridget Peel after moving to Cumberland and I have details of his children  It is the link between him in Cumberland and the records on Scotland's People that I am trying to locate  There are births to a Corps-Bell mother so maybe an unmarried mother  there are records relating to a Noeline/Noelene Corps-Bell  (various spellings of Noeline) and an Australian death record relating to her  Only a name for a Corps-Bell child that links to to her will confirm identity  I was in contact with a relative of earlier Corps-Bell but William rarely showed up at family gatherings and contact was minimal almost to the point of non-existence If I could establish which Corps-Bell went to Scotland then the link would be complete.  Here's hoping

Thanks for replying BillyF   Didn't know of the Cleethorpes connection Will trying tracing back from that and see what comes up   Regards Jim Corps   N Yorks

Hi Diddy   Thanks for that one I had not seen it  There are others in that area and I'm sure they are related  Might have to go further back ti find the common link

Jim  Corps

My apologies to claire.t   You have already ruled out Ann Hanson in convincing style   I had not noticed this at first reading  will have to be more careful    Jim Corps