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Hello, My dad Jack Arries was born and raised in Amble He then met and married my mam who was from Liverpool. They moved to chevington Drift where i was born. I'm interested in doing my family tree.

Welcome to the forum fellow Drifter
I'm sure you will find plenty to interest you here, it's a great site

Thanks John. I'm enjoying looking at the old photos . Very interesting .

A good friend of my sister was Mary Arries from Amble. They both worked at Hardy's fishing tackle in Alnwick in the 1950s. Would she be related to your dad?

Hi Janwhin, Most likely distant cousins, I think all the Arries's are related somewhere .

hi I was born at the drift and knew a family called Arries they were a big family and lived on Hartside Terrace,the children names that I can remember are Margaret,brenda,david Noreen Kenny and the youngest was june could this be the same family.

Hi, yes it's the same family, i'm Margaret, I left the drift over 40 yrs ago, The best place to have lived, nothing but happy memories.:)

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Is this chap your relation Margaret?
I think he is John Arries, Amble

The Red Row Brick Club football team was run by Jack Arries, Jimmy Collier and Archie Freeman. We're apparently talking above 50 years ago :) It might have been called the Black Watch or perhaps this was a second team.

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Margaret have you looked in your private messages:)

John, that's my grandad taken during the first war , nana and dads sisters .

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Janwhin, yes my dad helped run the football team , think we had some photos somewhere.

Little Lass read your message , sent a reply, and your right lol.

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it was bill collier not jimmy, john harvey and tashy simpson that helped to run it

John @ the Drift, I want to look into my dads army records etc, how do i go abt it, he was in the Manchester regiment 2nd world war, i have his army no , his discharge date , photos etc , hope you can help.:)

http://www.tameside.gov.uk/archives/manchesterregiment

I think this would be a good starting point Margaret
Anything I can do to help, drop me a line

Margaret all the 2nd World War army records are held centrally in Glasgow, I think. I got my dad's and uncle's records a few years ago for £30 each. They're very informative. I'll look up the reference and get back to you.

Thank you John and Janwhin, i've alway's wanted to know more abt his time in the army, John 2 of my grandads cousins were killed in the first ww . Edwards name is on the Alnwick memorial and Mansfield name is on a memorial in a school in Bedlington .

That's right .. still are
for information about medals service records etc use
http://www.veterans-uk.info/recordsmedalsbadges.htm

this will lead you to the MOD site for details about applying for your father's service records
https://www.gov.uk/requests-for-pers...ervice-records

Select the form you need and send off with the fee - still £30
State on the form that you want your father complete file - this sometimes brings up additional documents.

The say it can take many months to get the file to you .. do not be put off .. we've had them back in a few months .. and last one applied for on 20 July arrived last week.

TO find out more about the details of your dad's war you could also join
http://ww2talk.com/forums/page/index.html
where there are many also interested in the war and the men and women who served.
Robin

I've had a quick look and believe there are several on that forum with a special interest in the Manchesters ...

Firstly they went out as part of the BEF and were evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940.
Do you know when your dad joined and any detail of which unit of the regiment he was with?

Robin