We have received several new microfiche to add to the
library.
Bury 1891 census (4 fiche) surnames only. RG1/2127 -
3147.
Lytham St. Peter R.C. Church 1837 - 1940. (marriage
regs) (2 fiche)
index & full transcripts including witnesses.
Marton (Blackpool) St. Paul 1838 - 1900. (marriage regs)
(2 fiche)
full transcript & index.
Marton (Blackpool) St. Paul 1806 - 1900. Burial
registers and MIs. (2 fiche)
Rawtenstall War Memorial
You may remember that in March this year we had a talk
from Bill Turner on Rossendale’s War Memorials. Bill told us that the
first WW1 memorial to be erected in this country was in Rawtenstall
cemetery and that he was trying to get it listed as a historic monument.
This memorial was erected as early as September 1915 at the instigation of
Carrie Whitehead. It commemorates those who died in the early part of the
war. Bill has succeeded in his quest and the memorial newly cleaned and
repaired has received national recognition.
Finding military information on the internet.
Military Medals and Records. www.mod.uk/forces.htm
(contact addresses only)
Royal British Legion. www.britishlegion.org.uk helps
former soldiers who are trying to contact comrades. Also helps relatives
to find out about loved ones,
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. www.cwgc.org
Records the Commonwealth soldiers who died in both world wars.
World War One. www.worldwar1.com Detailed Website,
recounting history of the Great War. Packed with maps, documents,
biographies and pictures.
(extracted from the Daily Mail 19 October 1999)
Family Tree Service on Teletext
(Channel 4
p489)
This new service currently consists of 15 pages listing
persons either seeking ancestors or trying to make contact with living
descendants. If you wish to add your own message (about 50 words on a
postcard) write to Family Tree, PO Box 297, London SW6 1XT.
Coming Events. Talks, Conferences, Exhibitions.
Saturday 13 November 1999 Local and
Family History Day, Thorne’s Park Centre, Wakefield. Activities, stalls,
exhibitions, family trees etc. Open 10.30am - 4.00pm. Adults £1.50,
Concessions 50p.
Bury Branch Programme change
10 November Transportation to Australia.
Fred Holcroft
8 December Christmas Festivities at Rochdale
12 January Gallipoli. Mary Davison
Cissie Green’s Famous Pies
From
Michael Hiluta....
There is a confectioner’s shop in Deardengate,
Haslingden, well known for its pies. Cissie Green’s has never lost its
name locally although the famous lady died in January 1967. Barry Howarth
who bought the shop three years ago recently made an appeal for old
photographs, printed stories or mementoes to display. All he knew was that
Cissie Green had married a Mr. Ashworth. The front door of the shop has
the words "Ashworths Confectioners" etched into the glass and the original
phone number "Ross. 1099".
So, who was Cissie Green? I was able to tell him that
she was Sarah Elizabeth Green, daughter of Arthur Billett Green and that
she had married Ernest Ashworth in May 1910, at Salem Methodist Church,
Regent Street, Haslingden. They lived at 80 Manchester Road, Haslingden,
Ernest was a master joiner before his retirement and had been a partner in
the firm of Grindrod and Co. joiners and funeral directors. He died in
February 1961 aged 75. "Cissie" died in January 1967 aged 80.
Mr Howarth says that they are still making hand risen
pies on the premises using the original recipe. As soon as he took over
the shop he had the name "Cissie Green’s" added to the shop window. The
above information as obtained from the marriage record and obituaries. I
passed them on to Barry, whereupon, I was given two of the famous meat
pies, 4 current teacakes and one small brown loaf.
From the burial register at St. Nicholas, Newchurch
This could be helpful to someone:
21 February 1879 John Kershaw Newchurch aged 72
24 February 1879 Edmund Ashworth Newchurch aged 69
27 February 1879 Henry Holt Mill End aged 55
The Clerk has written in the margin " John Kershaw was
brother in law to Edmund Ashworth and Uncle to Henry Holt".
And finally:
"I can trace my ancestors back to a protoplasmal
primordeal atomic globule. Consequently my family pride is something
inconceivable...."
The Mikado 1885.
"You should study the Peerage.....It is the best thing
in fiction the English have ever done."
Oscar Wilde. A woman of no importance.
