Obituaries of noted Accringtonians.

[Bob Dobson]

Originally Posted by garinda

Captain George Edge - Sea Captain/author.

Born 1905. Educated Accrington Grammar School.

http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/medonedge.html

This should be required reading for every Accringtonian. The book is availabe in the library. I was at school with his son, who died three years ago. His daughter is still alive. They lived on Blackburn Rd near Sacred Heart Church. His book is described on the site as a minor classic. Nonsense - it is major. This man was a giant.

[susie123]

Originally Posted by garinda

Captain George Edge - Sea Captain/author.

Born 1905. Educated Accrington Grammar School.

http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/medonedge.html

I was at school with his daughter Katherine, High School 1957-64. They lived on Blackburn Road. I remember her saying he was a ship's captain but I had no idea of his experiences. H must have been quite old when he had his family, after the war.

[garinda]

Taimi Boswell - Gypsy storyteller.

Lived Oswaldtwistle, circa 1915.

'Another version, “The Little Red Squirrel”, was told by Taimi Boswell at Oswaldtwistle, 2 January 1915. This has the Cymbeline motif of a wager on a wife's chastity.'
Folk narratives - Katharine Mary Briggs - Google Books

Mossycoat is a fairy tale collected by Katherine M. Briggs and Ruth I. Tongue in Folktales of England.[1]
Also included within A Book of British Fairy Tales by Alan Garner.
Their informant was Taimi Boswell, a gypsy, at Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, January 9, 1915
Mossycoat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Her story 'Mossycot'.
enargea.org | Mossycoat

Mossycoat - Encyclopedia

http://www.bspu.ru/files/Dictionary-...Folk-Tales.pdf

[Bob Dobson]

Originally Posted by susie123

I was at school with his daughter Katherine, High School 1957-64. They lived on Blackburn Road. I remember her saying he was a ship's captain but I had no idea of his experiences. H must have been quite old when he had his family, after the war.

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Bill was born during the war -1941. Katherine after it - 1946. As dad was away at sea a lot, there was not a lot of opportunity for arranging conceptions. Katherine lives near Stockport. Bill died after a fall several years ago.Delightful family.

[susie123]

Bob you are a mine of information.

Thanks.

[garinda]

Derek Oldham

Born Accrington 1887 - 1968.

Actor, singer, tenor D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Savoy Theatre.

Derek Oldham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Derek Oldham

DEREK OLDHAM

DEREK OLDHAM REMEMBERS

[garinda]

Originally Posted by garinda

Derek Oldham

Born Accrington 1887 - 1968.

Actor, singer, tenor D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Savoy Theatre.

Derek Oldham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Derek Oldham

DEREK OLDHAM

DEREK OLDHAM REMEMBERS

(Henry Lytton, Derek Oldham and Elsie Griffin singing.)



Filmed in 1926, this is the oldest video of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

The Mikado ... Darrell Fancourt
Nanki-Poo ... Charles Goulding (recording: Derek Oldham)
Ko-Ko ... Henry Lytton
Pooh-Bah ... Leo Sheffield
Pish-Tush ... John Huntington
Yum-Yum ... Elsie Griffin
Pitti-Sing ... Aileen Davies
Peep-Bo ... Beatrice Elburn
Katisha ... Bertha Lewis

[garinda]

Samuel Ormerod - Manager of Manchester City F.C.

Born Accrington 1840 - 1906.

SAMUEL ORMEROD - MCFC Managers - Manchester City, Man City - Bluemoon-MCFC

Sam Ormerod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Mancunian Way

[stetrovers]

Originally Posted by jaysay

The link is throwing a 404 up G. but I can only think she was appearing at the Hippodrome in accy which was near the bus depot, be beggared if I can remember the street name, could it be Argyle Street

Argyle Street is were Aldi is. Croft Street was were Aldi car park is now.

[susie123]

Originally Posted by jaysay

The link is throwing a 404 up G. but I can only think she was appearing at the Hippodrome in accy which was near the bus depot, be beggared if I can remember the street name, could it be Argyle Street

Originally Posted by stetrovers

Argyle Street is were Aldi is. Croft Street was were Aldi car park is now.

Hippodrome was in Ellison street, near the bus garage. What's Croft street got to do with it?

[Michael1954]

There's a thread about the Hippodrome in the Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be section.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by jaysay

The link is throwing a 404 up G. but I can only think she was appearing at the Hippodrome in accy which was near the bus depot, be beggared if I can remember the street name, could it be Argyle Street

Just for Jaysay.

Since the Times is now only available by subscription.

Mollie Sugden's obituary, and mention of her time in rep in Accrington, with Eric Sykes.

Obituary: Mollie Sugden | Media | guardian.co.uk

Good old Guardian.

[Corker01]

garinda .... do you have any info on a Major Milliam Nutter JP who lived at Rough Lee House until his death in 1990.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Corker01

garinda .... do you have any info on a Major Milliam Nutter JP who lived at Rough Lee House until his death in 1990.

Garinda sadly no longer comes on the site

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Corker01

garinda .... do you have any info on a Major Milliam Nutter JP who lived at Rough Lee House until his death in 1990.

Think you'll find that Garinda no longer posts on Accyweb.

Have a look at post 42 on in this thread

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...n-43479-3.html