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8006 georgeroper1974 Offline Send Email Jan 7, 2010
12:38 pm
HI My great grandfather died in Victoria Road in 1910. I made a special journey from Cleveland to visit, and I expected him to be buried in Crow Lane cemetery....
8007 ohpollocks Offline Send Email Jan 7, 2010
1:03 pm
Hi John, Along with Crow Lane Cemtery there is also East Brook End Cemetery which comes under Dagenham although it is just on the border of the two local...
8008 Chris Allen
higgs192 Offline Send Email
Jan 7, 2010
3:44 pm
Some cemetries have now got listings on the web so you can see who is buried where. Don't know if this helps. ... From: georgeroper1974 Date: 01/07/10 12:38:53...
8009 georgeroper1974 Offline Send Email Jan 7, 2010
5:53 pm
Hi Don Thanks for the info, that's great. His name was George Stuart Hamilton and he died in November 1910. Any help you could offer would be much appreciated....
8010 georgeroper1974 Offline Send Email Jan 7, 2010
5:57 pm
Thanks Chris - it is worth a try...
8011 Phil Steer
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Jan 7, 2010
7:59 pm
Dear all, I've received the following via my Romford Now & Then website, which I hope is of interest. Best Regards, Phil Romford, Havering I wonder whether you...
8012 Peggy Horsey
peggy.horsey Offline Send Email
Jan 7, 2010
8:12 pm
Hello Phil: I found this fascinating, and I do not even know of the person! Peggy, Canada ... From: Phil Steer To: RomfordHistory@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
8013 colin f
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Jan 7, 2010
9:38 pm
I have the Romford burials list and there are a few Hamiltons listed might be related, one listed as wife died aged 60 from 60 victoria road on 5 oct 1892...
8014 ohpollocks Offline Send Email Jan 7, 2010
10:09 pm
John, unless there where two George Stuart Hamilton's that died in 1910 your grandfather appears to have been buried in St Andrew's Churchyard Hornchurch on...
8015 ohpollocks Offline Send Email Jan 7, 2010
10:28 pm
8016 colin f
c_h_friend Offline Send Email
Jan 7, 2010
10:39 pm
Here is a link to where he was living in1886 http://historyofstratford.co.uk/Romford/1886/Romford-1886Commercial2.shtml...
8017 colin f
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Jan 7, 2010
10:40 pm
http://historyofstratford.co.uk/Romford/1886/Romford-1886Commercial2.shtml...
8018 ohpollocks Offline Send Email Jan 7, 2010
10:42 pm
apologies John I should have said ....your great grandfather...don....
8019 georgeroper1974 Offline Send Email Jan 8, 2010
8:23 am
Hi Colin Funnily enough, his wife did die in 1892, but was further up the road at 174. I will keep her in mind though as she may be some other relative. Thanks...
8020 georgeroper1974 Offline Send Email Jan 8, 2010
8:36 am
Hi again Don That is him - on further checking he moved to 2 Claremont Road just before he died and he was 77. Thank you very much for the time you have taken...
8021 John Brown
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Jan 8, 2010
8:39 am
one listed as wife died aged 60 from 60 victoria road Funnily enough, his wife did die in 1892, but was further up the road at 174. or more likely a "clerical...
8022 Phil Steer
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Jan 13, 2010
8:36 pm
Dear all, I've received an enquiry via my Romford Now & Then website asking about a company called Reslosound. The following information comes from Wikipedia ...
8023 Alan
havering105 Offline Send Email
Jan 16, 2010
8:44 pm
I worked for a number of years for Romford Council at the nursery in Bedfords Park. Some of my friends do not answer any more and some I know have gone but if...
8024 colin f
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Jan 16, 2010
10:55 pm
Hi Alan I dont know if we know each other but I certainly knew Cyril, about 50 years ago I also worked for the Romford parks division one of my jobs was...
8025 harry94th Offline Send Email Jan 16, 2010
11:45 pm
In 1939 I won a scholarship to attend th S.E. Essex Tech. Coll. Dagenham. The school was full so I was switched to the S.W. Essex School in Walthamstow. Then...
8026 m4burke@...
meskyscraper Offline Send Email
Jan 16, 2010
11:59 pm
In 1963 when I was 16 years old I was a electric coil winder I worked at Gallows corner for Loxford transformers they also had a factory Electric Windings...
8028 Dianadiluca@... Send Email Jan 17, 2010
11:18 am
The South West Essex Technical School is on Genes Reunited. There are 62 members on there but you can browse it for free. Kind regards Diana [Non-text...
8029 fruinmike Offline Send Email Jan 17, 2010
10:17 pm
Around 1953 I was a member of a boxing club at a youth club in Clockhouse Lane School, Collier Row. The trainer was a guy probably in his 50s. He worked for...
8030 Harry Hartshorne
harry94th Offline Send Email
Jan 17, 2010
10:57 pm
Diane,  With my limited computer skills I was able to get Genes Reunited but didn't knowwhere to go from there, however I dont think it makes any...
8031 Harry Hartshorne
harry94th Offline Send Email
Jan 17, 2010
11:08 pm
Small world;   When I finised school at the S.W.E.T.C. I went to work at Mitchell/Vandys' tool and gauge shop on Wingletye lane at St. Marys.  I was there...
8032 Dianadiluca@... Send Email Jan 18, 2010
9:40 am
Harry, Sorry I should have said Friends Reunited. Here is the link where you will see possibles - click on the one you want and names come up or you can ...
8033 m4burke@...
meskyscraper Offline Send Email
Jan 18, 2010
10:00 pm
HELLO HARRY HARTSHORNE The World is smaller than you think My Father an American Soldier WW2 after going around the battles of Europe Met My Mother in...
8034 Alan
havering105 Offline Send Email
Jan 18, 2010
10:12 pm
Thanks Colin. Cyril Thirkettle. I remember him as one of the old 'sages'. Lived in a wooden house at the top of Noak Hill Road. The front...
8035 Harry Hartshorne
harry94th Offline Send Email
Jan 20, 2010
2:03 am
Mike,  I didn't know of any bobbin factory.  I just went back and forth to work from Marshalls Drive in Romford on my bike.  Never had any reason to go down...
8036 Harry Hartshorne
harry94th Offline Send Email
Jan 20, 2010
2:09 am
Diane, I found the 62 member thing but got no further than that. I could have used that site to search for names I suppose but I think that may have been an...
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