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Forum: Amble and Hauxley 16-03-2016, 08:17 PM
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Posted By Burton descendant
The gem in all this is Mr Gibson's little note! ...

The gem in all this is Mr Gibson's little note!
Worth a dozen "official" documents.
I am amazed there were so many schools at that time. I was expecting one infant school and maybe a couple of...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 16-03-2016, 08:16 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 13,383
Posted By Burton descendant
The gem in all this is Mr Gibson's little note! ...

The gem in all this is Mr Gibson's little note!
Worth a dozen "official" documents.
I am amazed there were so many schools at that time. I was expecting one infant school and maybe a couple of...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 10-03-2016, 03:36 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 13,383
Posted By Burton descendant
Amble schools 1892 to 1905

Does anybody know what schools were operating in Amble during the period 1892-1905?
My grandmother Gladys Nora Burton (born 1888) was a schoolgirl during this period along with younger siblings...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 10-03-2016, 03:00 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 34,637
Posted By Burton descendant
Thanks. Looks like they rented out the house and...

Thanks. Looks like they rented out the house and then advertised the land in the next issue of the newspaper.

M&R
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 10-03-2016, 12:07 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 34,637
Posted By Burton descendant
Mineral water works The Wynd 1892

Chasing down the start of the Burton and Richardson partnership, Mineral Water manufacturers, Amble.

I found an advert in The Morpeth Herald of 19 November 1892. “To let, 4 1/2 acres of Good...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 08-03-2016, 09:39 AM
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Views: 5,753
Posted By Burton descendant
Amble Burns Club

The Amble Buns Club founded about 1899 was active in the early 1900's.
The earliest report we've found is in the Morpeth Herald of 4 February 1899.

The club met at the Waterloo Inn where the...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 26-08-2014, 07:23 AM
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Views: 44,891
Posted By Burton descendant
The Medal Card for Pte Charles R Straker shows...

The Medal Card for Pte Charles R Straker shows that he served in two regiments

There is also a card for his WWII medals at
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D4325455
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 24-08-2014, 02:56 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,476
Posted By Burton descendant
Have you looked at the CWGC website ...

Have you looked at the CWGC website
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx
There are some 28 Straker men who died in the UK forces.

There is also a Pension record surviving for William Straker...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 24-08-2014, 02:41 PM
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Views: 10,476
Posted By Burton descendant
The Wynd Mineral Water Factory

I am putting together a time line for Burton and Richardson Mineral Water Manufacturors and have a prticular interest in the Wynd

The first evidence of the partnership is an advert in the Morpeth...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 24-08-2014, 02:35 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 34,637
Posted By Burton descendant
Thanks for posting the new bottle photo .... not...

Thanks for posting the new bottle photo .... not seen this one before.

I assume this was a mineral water bottle ... What closure did it have?

We can date it to a short period between 1898 and...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 06-12-2013, 05:47 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 37,413
Posted By Burton descendant
That looks like a 'widows penny' in the larger...

That looks like a 'widows penny' in the larger envelope ...
I have my great uncle's


R
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 12-10-2013, 10:13 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 24,306
Posted By Burton descendant
Yes a surprise .. but she gives the same address...

Yes a surprise .. but she gives the same address on two or three trips
Just hoping that the frequent visit of an 'American cousin' was the talk of the town and someone remembers.

Krause was her...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 12-10-2013, 07:33 AM
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Views: 24,306
Posted By Burton descendant
Krause House, Amble

""Catherine Krause - nee Forbes born Amble 1896- visited her relatives in Amble many times in the 1950's" said her granddaughter

I've now seen the passenger lists which show her travelling back...
Forum: New member zone 06-10-2013, 07:45 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 25,852
Posted By Burton descendant
This could be his medal card

This could be his medal card
Forum: New member zone 19-09-2013, 07:14 AM
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Views: 25,852
Posted By Burton descendant
1st Battalion Manchester Regiment

The original 1st Battalion of the Manchsters was lost in the fall of Singapore a brief history o of the Regiment has
***The New 1st Battalion

A new 1st Battalion was formed in June 1942 by the...
Forum: New member zone 18-09-2013, 08:03 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 25,852
Posted By Burton descendant
I've had a quick look and believe there are...

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....
Forum: New member zone 18-09-2013, 07:51 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 25,852
Posted By Burton descendant
That's right .. still are for information...

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...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 06-09-2013, 08:07 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 24,306
Posted By Burton descendant
Forbes descendant

I've been in touch with Anne Capellanti a grand daughter of Catherine Forbes the youngest sister of the two maids. She writes

***
I'm still flabbergasted. Thank you so much. I really don't have...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 06-09-2013, 07:27 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 34,637
Posted By Burton descendant
The Wynd factory

I am putting together a time line for Burton and Richardson.

The first evidence of the partnership is an advert in the Morpeth Herald of 19 November 1892. This is for the letting of four and half...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 01-09-2013, 11:06 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 24,306
Posted By Burton descendant
Thanks .. we did not find him in 1901 on ancestry...

Thanks .. we did not find him in 1901 on ancestry due to minor mistranscription .. have now seen both 1901 and 1911 images.


There is a family tree on ancestry with his death as 1965 in Amble
...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 01-09-2013, 07:49 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 24,306
Posted By Burton descendant
J w barsted

Found this via http://www.victorianphotographers.co.uk/
****
Studio Details Barsted, John W
Works - Queen Street, Amble, Acklington, Northumberland

Dates 1902 - 1910
***

They do not give...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 31-08-2013, 03:50 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 24,306
Posted By Burton descendant
Any idea of dates for Barsted in Amble?

Any idea of dates for Barsted in Amble?
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 31-08-2013, 10:34 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 24,306
Posted By Burton descendant
The Forbes girls were in the Steamboat Inn with...

The Forbes girls were in the Steamboat Inn with John Burton in the 1901 Census. The rest of the Forbes family were in Acklington Street

Both Alexander and Catherine were from Dumfries but had...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 31-08-2013, 10:29 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 24,306
Posted By Burton descendant
The Forbes family emigrated around 1905-7 .....

The Forbes family emigrated around 1905-7 .. found on passenger lists
Have made contact with a grand daughter of Catherine Forbes the youngest sister of the maids in the photograph .. hope to find...
Forum: Amble and Hauxley 21-08-2013, 03:06 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 24,306
Posted By Burton descendant
Here is another photograph by Pringle Beatrice...

Here is another photograph by Pringle
Beatrice Burton on her own ...
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