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Offline ronaldaroo

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Jack Mckechnie
« on: Tuesday 28 March 06 16:41 BST (UK) »
Any info/photos/reminiscences etc of Jack Mckechnie Modern Music Dudley or ex Hedley Ward Trio.
He is believed to have married a possibly Northern Irish girl calld Greta(?)
Thanking you in anticipation for your help.
Ronald John Saunders

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Re: Jack Mckechnie
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 28 March 06 19:00 BST (UK) »
Hello Ronald,

If I am right you are writing a book about Jack. Have you tried Gerry Anderson at Radio Foyle ??? His postal address is:- Gerry Anderson BBC Radio Foyle, Northland Road, Derry/Londonderry, BT48 7GD email address in this site address:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/radiofoyle/gerry_anderson/gerry.shtml Gerry has a load of contacts in the musical world. Some of the older guys might remember Jack. The other guy would be George Jones www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/radioulster/shows/just_jones.shtml
Do you have the exact dates when Jack McKechnie was playing music ???
Did you follow up on this message and contact Keith Miller's widow?
http://www.78online.com/forum/read.php?f=4&i=102&t=102
You have this message on loads of sites on the net.  How much information have you got so far? Do you know the date of Jack's birth and where he was born ??? Any idea when he played with the Hedley Ward Trio in Belfast ??? Would you like someone to look in the Newspaper Library and see if any of the papers mentions one of their  appearances in Belfast ???

All the Best, Chris
 
 
 
 
 

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Re: Jack Mckechnie
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 05 April 06 14:17 BST (UK) »
well hello Chris, now let me see Greta is sometimes short for Margaret but i cant help on anything else because i dont know anything about John mckechnie Modern Music Dudley or ex Hedley Ward Trio. im totally lost on that one maybe i should google it. where was he from? and when was he born?

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Re: Jack Mckechnie
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 05 April 06 16:26 BST (UK) »
Hei Ronald,

Do you know where Jack was born ??? Have you any idea of his age when he played in the band. I have a friend on this site who used to live in Carlow. She phoned me this afternoon. I mentioned the name McKechnie and she told me that a Mrs McKechnie and a son Tom used to live in Carlow town in Tullow Street during the 1950s and early 1960s. Mrs McKechnie owned a small sweet shop. Tom did not work but helped his mother occasionally in the shop. It is possible that Jack may have been related to this family. He may have married Greta because he missed Ireland. There were McKechnies in Ireland www.familysearch.org I have also found a McKechnie who plays the drums www.kickinthehead.com/profile.cfm?ID=20030430152906

Would Tim Ward of Hedley Ward Music Management Ltd be the son of Hedley ??? Maybe he has some memories of the 50s and 60s when Jack played with the band ??? http://www.timward-livemusic.co.uk/featuredbands%20-%20TWJTrio.html

I had a look at this site http://genforum.genealogy.com/mckechnie The highest number of enquiries for the name McKechnie is Scotland with 166 followed by Canada 69 and in the small search I did Ireland came third with 20. Ronald, I noticed you posted here and mentioned Jack's wives Greta and Pauline. Do you by any chance know where Jack lived ??? It is possible that the local paper in that area mentioned something about his marriage to Greta. Do you know when Jack died ??? Again a look through local papers should produce something. My earlier post was deleted because I have a habit, as do many Ulstermen, of speaking bluntly and pulling no punches.. this upsets some people but I usually get some results through persistence.  I hope this one will not be deleted..I am trying to assist in your search for Greta but I now find I am doing needless work..I had something in the back of my mind about Jack being a Canadian..I was close..His father John Collingwood McKechnie. a London/Chelsea mason, in the 1920s sent Jack to be educated in Canada. I discovered this fact when I read your post at the following site whilst trying to learn something about Jack in my endeavours to find Greta. I think it may be possible to find Greta..there are at least three ways of doing it..1) keep your fingers crossed and pray that someone who knows something about her eventually reads this thread, 2) thoroughly research Jack as details of their wedding should be mentioned somewhere and 3) look through the Belfast papers for a twenty year period..maybe longer than twenty years. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the four Belfast papers of the time..Belfast Newsletter, Belfast Telegraph, Irish News or The Northern Whig mentioned the marriage of Jack and Greta. long link

All the Best, Christopher.



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Re: Jack Mckechnie
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 17 January 08 02:19 GMT (UK) »
Hello Ronald,

I may have the name of a guy that might be worth your while contacting if you've not been in touch with him already.

I'm on the MySpace website where I've been making contact with a large number of musicians. I received a message yesterday regarding a query for a musician who played in the Brighton and Hove area. The message came from a poet and short story writer, from Co. Tyrone, who had received a message from a friend giving some assistance with the Brighton query.   

Her friend was kind enough to suggest it might be worthwhile contacting Bob Potter OBE, owner & Managing Director of The Lakeside Group of Companies (Bob Potter Leisure Ltd).
I googled Bob to see why he had been recommended. He's had twenty to thirty years experience in the music business as from the 40s through to the 60’s he was a musician and touring show promoter presenting & hiring some of the biggest chart names around.

Bob may be able to provide info / photos / reminiscences etc about Jack Mckechnie and the Hedley Ward Trio or at least point you in the right direction.

I'm checking to see if it would be OK to mention the name of the person who suggested contacting Bob as that would be a good introduction if you've not previously met him.

Christopher

 

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Re: Jack Mckechnie
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 27 January 08 12:36 GMT (UK) »
Great to hear that you are keeping my inquiry in mind.Bob Potter sounds a good source and will contact him once you provide the name of the person as I have not previously met him.
Do you have a contact email/phone number/address for him?
Thanks once again.
Ronald

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Re: Jack Mckechnie
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 27 January 08 18:29 GMT (UK) »
Great to hear that you are keeping my inquiry in mind.Bob Potter sounds a good source and will contact him once you provide the name of the person as I have not previously met him.
Do you have a contact email/phone number/address for him?
Thanks once again.
Ronald

I've posted you a PM.

Christopher