Alfred Crisp was my 3rd great grandad; Laura Crisp his daughter was my great great grandma and her daughter Margaret 'Bessie' Horan was my great grandma. I have a photo of Alfred and his wife which I have put on ancestry.co.uk so you may have seen it. My grandma had lots of newspaper clippings of obituaries of the Crisps. We also have photographs of some of the female Crisps but I have no idea who they are and sadly no-one in the family who may have known is still living.
I am interested in learning more about this side of the family and would love to hear from you.
Have just been reading the topic on the chamberlain's from Bowers hill . My farther was Norman Jelfs (nidgie) he always told me that three Jelfs brothers married three Chamberlain sisters from bowers hill one went on to live in Aldington at Sherwood farm (my grandfather) and one stayed in bowers hill . My grandfather was Walter married Flo the one in Bowers hill was Bill he married Kath dont know of the other one. Dont know if its the same family ?
I have the Walter/Flo marriage with 5 children ending in Edna Jelfs. I also have Ellen Maria married to Alfred Leonard Jelfs but no children for this marriage so far (not sure if this is correct). And the last I have is Lillian Maud married to Ernest Frederick Jelfs, again no children known and unsure if this is correct.
It is definitely the same family, I would love to have more information on any of these if you have any please.
The descendant of my partner is their brother Albert Francis Chamberlain whose daughter Elizabeth Emily Chamberlain married Francis Henry Groves, their son Winston was Dean (my partners') father.
If you would consider emailing me I could send you what I have from this line of the 3 Chamberlain girls for you to see if I have it correct.
I do have extensive records of the Jelfs family and can confirm that I could find no children for Ellen Maria and Alfred Leonard Jelfs but seven children for Lillian Maud and Ernest Frederick. All born at Bretforton and all baptised at St. Leonard's Church. I also have five children for the Walter/Flo marriage.
Thank you Peter, would it be possible to email any details of Lillian & Ernest please, I shall have a look on Freebmd now and match the children to the one marriage. As there were 2 marriages close to each other I wasn't sure which ones belonged to which marriage.
I will send details via your e-mail address. There is a correction to my last note. Walter and Flo had six not five children. The first child Iris Ellen (born in 1915) was not baptised. In addition you will not find another of their children Dorothy Enid (born in 1917) in Freebmd.
Hello
I noticed that you have an extensive history of the Jelfs family. I was adopted from evesham/badsey and my mothers name was Shirley Jelfs. She did have a daughter named Beverly who was born in 1963 (I believe). I don’t have much else to go on but any information is appreciated
Shirley’s parents were William Alfred Jelfs (1908-1989) and Annie Frances Griffin (1907-1993). William’s parents were Frederick Jelfs (1879-1941) and Phoebe Ann Brookes (c1878-1947). There are gravestones in the churchyard of St James’ Church, Badsey. William Jelfs was born in Badsey; his father, Frederick, was born in the neighbouring village of Bretforton.
Six children to walt and flo not five not very good at remembering but think my dad nidge was the youngest please feel free to Email me and i will help you all i can s.jelfs @ sky.com one died befor i was born (Whinne Cole ) Dot davies ciss Jelfs Edna Ford Iris Jefferiees
Your dad was the fourth child to be born. The children were - Iris (Born 1915), Dorothy (Born 1917), Winifred (Born 1920), Norman (Born 1922), Cicely (Born 1924) & Edna (Born 1926). Winifred, who married John Herbert Cole, died before you were born and interred in Badsey churchyard in 1949.
Your post was interesting. My grandfather was Charles Edward Chamberlain, brother of the girls mentioned in your post. I remember Winston and Sue though don't remember their son Dean. They lived in Hampton as did my grandparents (and obviously my mother until her marriage in 1954). I would be interested in any other information you may have on the Chamberlain family.
Hi, thanks for the reply, I do not have anything on Charles Edward except the marriage and 1 child, i have done a little research and found the marriage in 1954 of your mother. Win & Sue along with their children left Evesham in 1978. Thanks to a couple of people on here I have managed to pad out some of the families of the Chamberlains I am back to about 1800, but still need to get census records etc to confirm information.
I am happy to help with your research, not sure how much help I can be but please email me maltings1971@gmail.com
I am interested in the 2 names above if anyone has any information or is related please.
DAVIS - at one time Jesse Davis lived down the road from the Chamberlain family. He was a great great uncle of mine, I descended from his brother Joseph.
CHAMBERLAIN - my partner is a direct descendant from the Chamberlain family who lived at Bowers Hill, it is strange that the 2 families lived so close yet we met in Lancashire.
We drove along the road so we could see the houses they lived in as neither of us knew where Bowers Hill was. If there is anyone we could talk to or any information we could copy we would appreciate it. The next time we are down at Evesham is 28th April 2013. My contact email address is maltings1971@gmail.com
What a coincidence! Bowers Hill is a tiny place but I see on the 1911 census the Davis family were at 9 Bowers Hill and the Chamberlains at 5 Bowers Hill.
You can find a bit more about the families by going to our name index at www.badsey.net/history/d.htm and searching for Jesse Davis. I see there were two of them, father and son. The index has lots of Chamberlains too.
Terry Sparrow has written an article about Bowers Hill in the book 'Aldington and Badsey Villages in the Vale', which includes a brief mention of the Chamberlain family. For details of the book see www.badsey.net/bsp/op03.htm
Thank you Richard for your quick response, we have already searched through the name index as we have other names in the area and found it extremely helpful, we even found a couple of births in the Midwife section !
We currently have the Badsey schools book written by society members, we have asked a relative to pick up the one about the growers, but shall be visiting the Spar shop in Badsey when we are over at the end of April to see what others we can collect.
We have extensive research on both our families, but nothing is confirmed with actual documents except the odd few census records. The information we need is really between 1911 census and surviving members of the family, we have no contacts of Chamberlains at all and no contacts for my Davis side which is a shame as my dad doesn't know much about family still surviving round the area.
Any help at all is appreciated, and you can guarantee we will be sending in our membership form for the Badsey Society as soon as we can arrange.
I'm a decendent of the Stewart family from Aldington and Badsey. My late father was one of a number of grandchildren of the late William Henry and Charlotte Stewart, (both buried in St James Church in Badsey), which make them my great grandparents. They're joined by a number of other relatives plus our family has lots of other history there.
When my father was young and courting my mother, they used to visit my father's auntie and uncle, Pearcival and Evelyn Harrison (also buried in St James) who owned a bungalow called 'Glenroyd', on the Birmingham Road in Blackminster. I just about remember the bungalow and the visits in made there when I was a toddler. It still exists but it's not called Glenroyd anymore.
My parents used to walk up Merry Lane to the Fish and Anchor in the late 40's and 50's and I remember them telling me that they carved their initials on the 'Cuckoo Bridge'. I'm trying to find this bridge as I'm hoping that there might be a trace of their initials still there. Sadly I do not have any surviving family to ask now but could you or someone tell me where the Cuckoo Bridge is please?
I think it's somewhere near Aldington and I have a vague memory of it as a child but I'm really struggling to recall now as I'm 46 yrs old. I belive that it carries the railway line and there might not be any vehicular access to it but I'm not averse to a good walk once parked up.
I do hope that you'll be able to help me and thank you in advance of any information you can give.
Greatful thanks to Mike Lovatt for the photograph of the bridge and moreso to the person, if not Mike, who has kindly added a map for guidance. I'm waiting to hear from Will to enlist his assistance. Clive.
Have only just returned to this site after re-reading the Badsey and Aldington book I purchased whilst still in the early stages of tracing the family. my family had the lease of the Fish and Anchor Inn at Offenham for 300 years, although the certificates say North and Middle Littleton, I do hope you have found the place you were seeking given your message was dated 2013.
Thank you for your message. Unfortunately, their initials must have long eroded away.
It's funny because I came to Aldington and Badsey only yesterday........in the rain.
I remember the Fish and Anchor (as it used to be) as a small child. When I came with my parents to visit the area we would always stop off and have lunch there before going on to visit my dad's relatives.
My dad was the grandson of William Stewart and Charlotte Stewart of Corner Cottage in Aldington. When William and Charlotte married they had a number of children, one of whom was my dad's grandmother. Another of the many siblings was my dad's Auntie Evelyn, born a Stewart and married Percy Harrison. They lived in Glenroyd, a bungalow on the Birmingham Road in Blackminster. My dad and mum were close to Auntie Evelyn and Uncle Percy, who were technically a Great Auntie and Uncle to me right up until they died. I remember them too as a small boy. My parents used to visit them both before my parents were married and afterwards too. In the days before they married and this was clearly before my time too, they used to go out to the Fish and Anchor on a Saturday night, to give Auntie Evelyn and Uncle Percy a bit of a break. They used to walk from Glenroyd along Merry Lane up to the pub and back again later in the evening. This was the only time that mum and dad could get any privacy together so the success of their courting was based on being able to go to your family's pub for drinks. I agree with you though; it is at Offenham and not at the Littletons.
I have seen you post regarding the Fish and Anchor Inn. My ancestor George Aldington had the Inn until his death in 1841 and I believe his father, Richard, before him. I have researched the Aldingtons in some depth and would be interested in swapping notes with you.
I was fascinated to read about the Post Office as I remember living there in the 1950's my father was the Mr Thacker mentioned. My mother was very I'll with TB during that time & spent a long time in a sanatorium in the Malvern Hills so during the week I lived with my grandmother in Banbury travelling back to Badsey at weekends. I think this must have been about 1951 when I was 2, my mother finally took over looking after me when I was 5. We must have left Badsey around 1956/7. While we lived at the post office I remember a Mrs Hemmings coming in to clean, also going to Mrs Morris' cottage a few doors away. There was a girl I used to play with called Caroline Olsen , I don't really remember much about school except a teacher called Miss or Mrs Goldstraw, am I right?
Hello Marj. Thanks for some fascinating memories. You will be pleased to know that Mrs Pat Goldstraw is still living in Badsey - she ran the infants school. There is an article about the history of the post offices in Badsey at www.badsey.net/past/post.htm
Just reading about Badsey Post Office, I too remember going in there as a young child. My parents lived in Badsey until they married in 1956. Mrs Hemming you mentioned was my Grandma. Talking to Dad - they still have the pyrex dish your parents gave them as a wedding present.
Interested in your Gran being a Hemming!My Mum's name was Florence Mercy Hemming....and her dad was John George Hemming.My daughter has got the heritage bug....and would be grateful for any info.I used to spend many happy holidays in Badsey with my cousin Kathleen Tandy,and her husband Fred Tandy.We called them Auntie Kath and Uncle Fred because they were quite a bit older than me.They had 2 children...Ian and Kaye Tandy,and I would be grateful for any news you may have about them.I that area too we had an Uncle Bill Rawlings,and his 2 sons Bill and Cyril.(They lived in the Evesham area ..but not Badsey.)in the same area I had an uncle Ted Rawlings...and he had some childrenMy Auntie Lizzie cooke lived in Norton.It's lovely to have found a site which just may know about our relatives all good wishes from Australia...Pam and Mal Cotton.My daughter lives in Oxford.
My name is Cate Knight and I am currently the Music teacher at Blackminster Middle School. I have been researching the history of the school and have discovered that once upon a time there was a fantastic 60 piece strong brass band led by a Mr Paige at the school. I am a brass musician and am applying for funding and grants to purchase a full band worth of brass instruments and I hope to revive the wonderful musical heritage that the school once owned. I was wondering if you might know of anyone who has memories of the brass band? Or even any other Music at the school?
I have searched online records and your website appears to have the most comprehensive details. I would love to trace Mr Paige and/or any ex pupils or his relatives. Any help you can give me on this matter would be very much appreciated! Thank you for your time
I was a euphonium player in Blackminster Secondary Modern School's Silver Band in the 1960s.The band was run by William (Bill) Page. He was the school's RI (Religious Instruction) teacher and lived at Offenham.The band practised in the Main Hall (not in the music room) with Mr. Page conducting. The band was equally split between boys and girls, with the girls generally playing the smaller instruments, cornets, etc.
I played in the school band in 61/62 alongside Will Dallimore, then moved to Cheltenham after my mum died. I can remember Geore Jelfs, Selwyn ? , Heather Baylis and Heather Spiers, Richard Evererett, Jane Simms. Memory goes after 60 yrs can see there faces but not names
Hi Nick, I believe the Selwyn was Selwyn Gresty, most of the Bretforton and Littleton pupils went on to play in the Bretforton Silver Band. I never pursued the euphonium after leaving school, preferring the guitar. However like many 'wannabee Eric Clapton's' of a certain age, have now settled for a ukulele.
Thanks Will that's the name. Saw you on TV a couple of years ago with your brother, we were with a couple of friends had to translate they didn't understand assum, same when Billy Byrd was on . Seeing people on TV brought back loads of memories from Blackie , keep well in the bad times regards Nick Allen
I was in the band from 1964 to 1968, and played the cornet. We played fetes and local fairs, as well as visited another school band in Stourport i upon Severn. . Loved the concerts we did, the most memorable was when a school band ca me from Aberfan and we did a joint concert to raise money after the Aberfan Disaster. I wonder what happened to all our instruments. We were a Silver Band and proud of it. Bonus was we got to go on first dinners so we could get band practice in before start of afternoon lessons. Very happy memories.
Thank you for the report of the record peal on Badsey bells which I composed and conducted in 1956. Where have all those intervening 55 years gone?!. Strangely enough, this week I have also been in touch with the two other 'kids' that I lived close to in Brewer's Lane in the 1930's - Pat Goldstraw (nee Barnard) and Brian Jennings (currently moving back to UK (Rutland) from Vancouver, BC.
I, like millions of other people in the NY/NJ area, am recovering from the devastating effects of of 'Hurricane Sandy' that hit the East coast of USA last Monday. The eye of the storm hit the coast some 60 miles south of me, at Atlantic City. But it effects were felt over a wide area as it moves NW. (8 million 'accounts' left without power. I have been incredibly lucky, with almost no water ingress, and I was able to roll up the carpets where necessary. The biggest problem in this part of NJ is the loss of power for extended time. This is mostly due to thousands of trees blown down, severing power lines. Again, I have been very lucky, having power restored within 2.5 days. It isn't until you don't have electricity that you realise how very very dependent we are on having it there when ever you 'flick your switch'. My biggest worry what to do with the perishable stuff in my freezer, which was rapidly thawing out after 2 days without power. As I say, fortunately it came back in the evening of day three. Some people in the affected area will be without power for 2 to 3 weeks.
Robert Hall lent us a photograph of a record breaking bell ringing peal in 1956. knowing he would be interested, I emailed the details to Roger Savory, not realising what he had been through with Hurricane Sandy. What is particularly remarkable is, that a couple of days later, Roger sent us a fascinating email giving the background of everybody in that photograph. Badsey bells must seem very remote from his current predicament!
What a fascinating website. My wife and I lived at 48 Willersey Road from 1994 until 1999. I have just been reading all about our old house and its history. We had to do major work to modernise the property and make it habitable but enjoyed all of it.
Hi there I'm hoping you can help! Your website has been of such great help when it's come to researching my ancestors from Badsey. I'm trying to find out where it would be possible to view or get a copy of a baptism in the parish registers from 1830, and I wondered if you'd be able to point me in the right direction? Many thanks for any help you can provide.
As you have probably realised, we have a transcription of Badsey baptisms, marriages and burials on our website - and also the same for Wickhamford. But I know there are times when you want to see the originals. These are kept at the Worcestershire Record Office which has recently moved to the Hive - the new library centre in Worcester. You are normally expected to look at the records there on film readers, although they do have the originals in their store.
You may be interested that in a few weeks time, we are launching the Badsey Society archive website. This will allow you to look at images of quite a few original documents such as old parish magazines. But unfortunately, parish records are not included in our plans at the moment.
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Re: Crisp Family
Alfred Crisp was my 3rd great grandad; Laura Crisp his daughter was my great great grandma and her daughter Margaret 'Bessie' Horan was my great grandma. I have a photo of Alfred and his wife which I have put on ancestry.co.uk so you may have seen it. My grandma had lots of newspaper clippings of obituaries of the Crisps. We also have photographs of some of the female Crisps but I have no idea who they are and sadly no-one in the family who may have known is still living.
I am interested in learning more about this side of the family and would love to hear from you.
chamberlain
Have just been reading the topic on the chamberlain's from Bowers hill . My farther was Norman Jelfs (nidgie) he always told me that three Jelfs brothers married three Chamberlain sisters from bowers hill one went on to live in Aldington at Sherwood farm (my grandfather) and one stayed in bowers hill . My grandfather was Walter married Flo the one in Bowers hill was Bill he married Kath dont know of the other one. Dont know if its the same family ?
Re: chamberlain
Hi
I have the Walter/Flo marriage with 5 children ending in Edna Jelfs. I also have Ellen Maria married to Alfred Leonard Jelfs but no children for this marriage so far (not sure if this is correct). And the last I have is Lillian Maud married to Ernest Frederick Jelfs, again no children known and unsure if this is correct.
It is definitely the same family, I would love to have more information on any of these if you have any please.
The descendant of my partner is their brother Albert Francis Chamberlain whose daughter Elizabeth Emily Chamberlain married Francis Henry Groves, their son Winston was Dean (my partners') father.
If you would consider emailing me I could send you what I have from this line of the 3 Chamberlain girls for you to see if I have it correct.
Many thanks
Avril
Chamberlain
I do have extensive records of the Jelfs family and can confirm that I could find no children for Ellen Maria and Alfred Leonard Jelfs but seven children for Lillian Maud and Ernest Frederick. All born at Bretforton and all baptised at St. Leonard's Church. I also have five children for the Walter/Flo marriage.
Re: Chamberlain
Thank you Peter, would it be possible to email any details of Lillian & Ernest please, I shall have a look on Freebmd now and match the children to the one marriage. As there were 2 marriages close to each other I wasn't sure which ones belonged to which marriage.
Regards
Avril
Re: Chamberlain
I will send details via your e-mail address. There is a correction to my last note. Walter and Flo had six not five children. The first child Iris Ellen (born in 1915) was not baptised. In addition you will not find another of their children Dorothy Enid (born in 1917) in Freebmd.
Re: Chamberlain
Hello
I noticed that you have an extensive history of the Jelfs family. I was adopted from evesham/badsey and my mothers name was Shirley Jelfs. She did have a daughter named Beverly who was born in 1963 (I believe). I don’t have much else to go on but any information is appreciated
Regards
Brian
Re: Chamberlain
Shirley’s parents were William Alfred Jelfs (1908-1989) and Annie Frances Griffin (1907-1993). William’s parents were Frederick Jelfs (1879-1941) and Phoebe Ann Brookes (c1878-1947). There are gravestones in the churchyard of St James’ Church, Badsey. William Jelfs was born in Badsey; his father, Frederick, was born in the neighbouring village of Bretforton.
Re: chamberlain
Six children to walt and flo not five not very good at remembering but think my dad nidge was the youngest please feel free to Email me and i will help you all i can s.jelfs @ sky.com one died befor i was born (Whinne Cole ) Dot davies ciss Jelfs Edna Ford Iris Jefferiees
Jelfs
Steve,
Your dad was the fourth child to be born. The children were - Iris (Born 1915), Dorothy (Born 1917), Winifred (Born 1920), Norman (Born 1922), Cicely (Born 1924) & Edna (Born 1926). Winifred, who married John Herbert Cole, died before you were born and interred in Badsey churchyard in 1949.
Peter
Re: chamberlain
Your post was interesting. My grandfather was Charles Edward Chamberlain, brother of the girls mentioned in your post. I remember Winston and Sue though don't remember their son Dean. They lived in Hampton as did my grandparents (and obviously my mother until her marriage in 1954). I would be interested in any other information you may have on the Chamberlain family.
Re: Chamberlain/Hodgkins
Hi, thanks for the reply, I do not have anything on Charles Edward except the marriage and 1 child, i have done a little research and found the marriage in 1954 of your mother. Win & Sue along with their children left Evesham in 1978. Thanks to a couple of people on here I have managed to pad out some of the families of the Chamberlains I am back to about 1800, but still need to get census records etc to confirm information.
I am happy to help with your research, not sure how much help I can be but please email me maltings1971@gmail.com
thanks
Avril
Re: chamberlain
Hi Avril, my Mother was Lilian May Chamberlain, she was Albert’s Daughter and Bess’s Sister. Iam Winston’s cousin along with my Sister Jane.
DAVIS & CHAMBERLAIN names
I am interested in the 2 names above if anyone has any information or is related please.
DAVIS - at one time Jesse Davis lived down the road from the Chamberlain family. He was a great great uncle of mine, I descended from his brother Joseph.
CHAMBERLAIN - my partner is a direct descendant from the Chamberlain family who lived at Bowers Hill, it is strange that the 2 families lived so close yet we met in Lancashire.
We drove along the road so we could see the houses they lived in as neither of us knew where Bowers Hill was. If there is anyone we could talk to or any information we could copy we would appreciate it. The next time we are down at Evesham is 28th April 2013. My contact email address is maltings1971@gmail.com
Thanks
Avril
Re: DAVIS & CHAMBERLAIN names
Hello Avril
What a coincidence! Bowers Hill is a tiny place but I see on the 1911 census the Davis family were at 9 Bowers Hill and the Chamberlains at 5 Bowers Hill.
You can find a bit more about the families by going to our name index at www.badsey.net/history/d.htm and searching for Jesse Davis. I see there were two of them, father and son. The index has lots of Chamberlains too.
Terry Sparrow has written an article about Bowers Hill in the book 'Aldington and Badsey Villages in the Vale', which includes a brief mention of the Chamberlain family. For details of the book see www.badsey.net/bsp/op03.htm
Richard
Re: DAVIS & CHAMBERLAIN names
Thank you Richard for your quick response, we have already searched through the name index as we have other names in the area and found it extremely helpful, we even found a couple of births in the Midwife section !
We currently have the Badsey schools book written by society members, we have asked a relative to pick up the one about the growers, but shall be visiting the Spar shop in Badsey when we are over at the end of April to see what others we can collect.
We have extensive research on both our families, but nothing is confirmed with actual documents except the odd few census records. The information we need is really between 1911 census and surviving members of the family, we have no contacts of Chamberlains at all and no contacts for my Davis side which is a shame as my dad doesn't know much about family still surviving round the area.
Any help at all is appreciated, and you can guarantee we will be sending in our membership form for the Badsey Society as soon as we can arrange.
Avril
Farm railway bridge AKA Cuckoo High Bridge
Dear all
I'm a decendent of the Stewart family from Aldington and Badsey. My late father was one of a number of grandchildren of the late William Henry and Charlotte Stewart, (both buried in St James Church in Badsey), which make them my great grandparents. They're joined by a number of other relatives plus our family has lots of other history there.
When my father was young and courting my mother, they used to visit my father's auntie and uncle, Pearcival and Evelyn Harrison (also buried in St James) who owned a bungalow called 'Glenroyd', on the Birmingham Road in Blackminster. I just about remember the bungalow and the visits in made there when I was a toddler. It still exists but it's not called Glenroyd anymore.
My parents used to walk up Merry Lane to the Fish and Anchor in the late 40's and 50's and I remember them telling me that they carved their initials on the 'Cuckoo Bridge'. I'm trying to find this bridge as I'm hoping that there might be a trace of their initials still there. Sadly I do not have any surviving family to ask now but could you or someone tell me where the Cuckoo Bridge is please?
I think it's somewhere near Aldington and I have a vague memory of it as a child but I'm really struggling to recall now as I'm 46 yrs old. I belive that it carries the railway line and there might not be any vehicular access to it but I'm not averse to a good walk once parked up.
I do hope that you'll be able to help me and thank you in advance of any information you can give.
Yours faithfully
Clive Payne
Redditch
Re: Farm railway bridge AKA Cuckoo High Bridge
Get on thee walking boots, Clive, I feel a walk to Cuckoo High Bridge is imminent. And on the way I will regale you with tales of Percy Harrison.
If you would like to contact me, we can arrange a meeting, and a walk back into the past.
Thanks
Will Dallimore
Badsey
Email: will@badsey.net
Re: Farm railway bridge AKA Cuckoo High Bridge
I have just noticed that Mike Lovatt has provided a photo and short history of the bridge. See www.badsey.net/places/roads/bridg06.htm
Richard
Re: Farm railway bridge AKA Cuckoo High Bridge
Greatful thanks to Mike Lovatt for the photograph of the bridge and moreso to the person, if not Mike, who has kindly added a map for guidance. I'm waiting to hear from Will to enlist his assistance. Clive.
Re: Farm railway bridge AKA Cuckoo High Bridge
Will.
Thank you for your message.
I shudder to think about what stories you might have regarding Percy. I'll be in touch in due course.
Thank you again for your offer of help.
Clive
Re: Farm railway bridge AKA Cuckoo High Bridge
Hello Clive
Have only just returned to this site after re-reading the Badsey and Aldington book I purchased whilst still in the early stages of tracing the family. my family had the lease of the Fish and Anchor Inn at Offenham for 300 years, although the certificates say North and Middle Littleton, I do hope you have found the place you were seeking given your message was dated 2013.
Ann
Re: Farm railway bridge AKA Cuckoo High Bridge
Ann
Thank you for your message. Unfortunately, their initials must have long eroded away.
It's funny because I came to Aldington and Badsey only yesterday........in the rain.
I remember the Fish and Anchor (as it used to be) as a small child. When I came with my parents to visit the area we would always stop off and have lunch there before going on to visit my dad's relatives.
My dad was the grandson of William Stewart and Charlotte Stewart of Corner Cottage in Aldington. When William and Charlotte married they had a number of children, one of whom was my dad's grandmother. Another of the many siblings was my dad's Auntie Evelyn, born a Stewart and married Percy Harrison. They lived in Glenroyd, a bungalow on the Birmingham Road in Blackminster. My dad and mum were close to Auntie Evelyn and Uncle Percy, who were technically a Great Auntie and Uncle to me right up until they died. I remember them too as a small boy. My parents used to visit them both before my parents were married and afterwards too. In the days before they married and this was clearly before my time too, they used to go out to the Fish and Anchor on a Saturday night, to give Auntie Evelyn and Uncle Percy a bit of a break. They used to walk from Glenroyd along Merry Lane up to the pub and back again later in the evening. This was the only time that mum and dad could get any privacy together so the success of their courting was based on being able to go to your family's pub for drinks. I agree with you though; it is at Offenham and not at the Littletons.
Best wishes
Clive
Re: Farm railway bridge AKA Cuckoo High Bridge
Hi Ann,
I have seen you post regarding the Fish and Anchor Inn. My ancestor George Aldington had the Inn until his death in 1841 and I believe his father, Richard, before him. I have researched the Aldingtons in some depth and would be interested in swapping notes with you.
Best wishes
Tamsyn
Badsey Post Office
I was fascinated to read about the Post Office as I remember living there in the 1950's my father was the Mr Thacker mentioned. My mother was very I'll with TB during that time & spent a long time in a sanatorium in the Malvern Hills so during the week I lived with my grandmother in Banbury travelling back to Badsey at weekends. I think this must have been about 1951 when I was 2, my mother finally took over looking after me when I was 5. We must have left Badsey around 1956/7. While we lived at the post office I remember a Mrs Hemmings coming in to clean, also going to Mrs Morris' cottage a few doors away. There was a girl I used to play with called Caroline Olsen , I don't really remember much about school except a teacher called Miss or Mrs Goldstraw, am I right?
Re: Badsey Post Office
Hello Marj. Thanks for some fascinating memories. You will be pleased to know that Mrs Pat Goldstraw is still living in Badsey - she ran the infants school. There is an article about the history of the post offices in Badsey at www.badsey.net/past/post.htm
Re: Badsey Post Office
Just reading about Badsey Post Office, I too remember going in there as a young child. My parents lived in Badsey until they married in 1956. Mrs Hemming you mentioned was my Grandma. Talking to Dad - they still have the pyrex dish your parents gave them as a wedding present.
Re: Badsey Post Office
Interested in your Gran being a Hemming!My Mum's name was Florence Mercy Hemming....and her dad was John George Hemming.My daughter has got the heritage bug....and would be grateful for any info.I used to spend many happy holidays in Badsey with my cousin Kathleen Tandy,and her husband Fred Tandy.We called them Auntie Kath and Uncle Fred because they were quite a bit older than me.They had 2 children...Ian and Kaye Tandy,and I would be grateful for any news you may have about them.I that area too we had an Uncle Bill Rawlings,and his 2 sons Bill and Cyril.(They lived in the Evesham area ..but not Badsey.)in the same area I had an uncle Ted Rawlings...and he had some childrenMy Auntie Lizzie cooke lived in Norton.It's lovely to have found a site which just may know about our relatives all good wishes from Australia...Pam and Mal Cotton.My daughter lives in Oxford.
Mr Paige's brass band at Blackminster School
My name is Cate Knight and I am currently the Music teacher at Blackminster Middle School. I have been researching the history of the school and have discovered that once upon a time there was a fantastic 60 piece strong brass band led by a Mr Paige at the school. I am a brass musician and am applying for funding and grants to purchase a full band worth of brass instruments and I hope to revive the wonderful musical heritage that the school once owned. I was wondering if you might know of anyone who has memories of the brass band? Or even any other Music at the school?
I have searched online records and your website appears to have the most comprehensive details. I would love to trace Mr Paige and/or any ex pupils or his relatives. Any help you can give me on this matter would be very much appreciated! Thank you for your time
Kind regards
Cate Knight
Re: Mr Paige's brass band at Blackminster School
I was a euphonium player in Blackminster Secondary Modern School's Silver Band in the 1960s.The band was run by William (Bill) Page. He was the school's RI (Religious Instruction) teacher and lived at Offenham.The band practised in the Main Hall (not in the music room) with Mr. Page conducting. The band was equally split between boys and girls, with the girls generally playing the smaller instruments, cornets, etc.
Re: Mr Paige's brass band at Blackminster School
I played in the school band in 61/62 alongside Will Dallimore, then moved to Cheltenham after my mum died. I can remember Geore Jelfs, Selwyn ? , Heather Baylis and Heather Spiers, Richard Evererett, Jane Simms. Memory goes after 60 yrs can see there faces but not names
Re: Mr Paige's brass band at Blackminster School
Hi Nick, I believe the Selwyn was Selwyn Gresty, most of the Bretforton and Littleton pupils went on to play in the Bretforton Silver Band. I never pursued the euphonium after leaving school, preferring the guitar. However like many 'wannabee Eric Clapton's' of a certain age, have now settled for a ukulele.
Re: Mr Paige's brass band at Blackminster School
Thanks Will that's the name. Saw you on TV a couple of years ago with your brother, we were with a couple of friends had to translate they didn't understand assum, same when Billy Byrd was on . Seeing people on TV brought back loads of memories from Blackie , keep well in the bad times regards Nick Allen
Re: Mr Paige's brass band at Blackminster School
I was in the band from 1964 to 1968, and played the cornet. We played fetes and local fairs, as well as visited another school band in Stourport i upon Severn. . Loved the concerts we did, the most memorable was when a school band ca me from Aberfan and we did a joint concert to raise money after the Aberfan Disaster. I wonder what happened to all our instruments. We were a Silver Band and proud of it. Bonus was we got to go on first dinners so we could get band practice in before start of afternoon lessons. Very happy memories.
New archive website
Congratulations to all the team on the new website. I have been up half the night "playing" with it! Fantastic achievement.
Hurricane Sandy & Badsey bells
Thank you for the report of the record peal on Badsey bells which I composed and conducted in 1956. Where have all those intervening 55 years gone?!. Strangely enough, this week I have also been in touch with the two other 'kids' that I lived close to in Brewer's Lane in the 1930's - Pat Goldstraw (nee Barnard) and Brian Jennings (currently moving back to UK (Rutland) from Vancouver, BC.
I, like millions of other people in the NY/NJ area, am recovering from the devastating effects of of 'Hurricane Sandy' that hit the East coast of USA last Monday. The eye of the storm hit the coast some 60 miles south of me, at Atlantic City. But it effects were felt over a wide area as it moves NW. (8 million 'accounts' left without power. I have been incredibly lucky, with almost no water ingress, and I was able to roll up the carpets where necessary. The biggest problem in this part of NJ is the loss of power for extended time. This is mostly due to thousands of trees blown down, severing power lines. Again, I have been very lucky, having power restored within 2.5 days. It isn't until you don't have electricity that you realise how very very dependent we are on having it there when ever you 'flick your switch'. My biggest worry what to do with the perishable stuff in my freezer, which was rapidly thawing out after 2 days without power. As I say, fortunately it came back in the evening of day three. Some people in the affected area will be without power for 2 to 3 weeks.
Thanks again,
Roger Savory
Re: Hurricane Sandy & Badsey bells
Robert Hall lent us a photograph of a record breaking bell ringing peal in 1956. knowing he would be interested, I emailed the details to Roger Savory, not realising what he had been through with Hurricane Sandy. What is particularly remarkable is, that a couple of days later, Roger sent us a fascinating email giving the background of everybody in that photograph. Badsey bells must seem very remote from his current predicament!
Memories of Willersey Road
What a fascinating website. My wife and I lived at 48 Willersey Road from 1994 until 1999. I have just been reading all about our old house and its history. We had to do major work to modernise the property and make it habitable but enjoyed all of it.
Regards,
James and Emma Peacock
Badsey parish records
Hi there I'm hoping you can help! Your website has been of such great help when it's come to researching my ancestors from Badsey. I'm trying to find out where it would be possible to view or get a copy of a baptism in the parish registers from 1830, and I wondered if you'd be able to point me in the right direction? Many thanks for any help you can provide.
Gill Walmsley
Re: Badsey parish records
As you have probably realised, we have a transcription of Badsey baptisms, marriages and burials on our website - and also the same for Wickhamford. But I know there are times when you want to see the originals. These are kept at the Worcestershire Record Office which has recently moved to the Hive - the new library centre in Worcester. You are normally expected to look at the records there on film readers, although they do have the originals in their store.
You may be interested that in a few weeks time, we are launching the Badsey Society archive website. This will allow you to look at images of quite a few original documents such as old parish magazines. But unfortunately, parish records are not included in our plans at the moment.