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CWN : PEOPLE
: GUESTBOOK : 2008 : OCTOBER
Guestbook - October 2008
The Guestbook is not just about finding old friends, you might also
want to post questions about the local area or make comment on a visit
to Coventry and Warwickshire. If you would like to post a message to the
guestbook please send them to : editor@cwn.org.uk
NOTE : For any enquiries where someone
is trying to find someone else we feel it better if you do know the people being sought to ask them first before passing on any information about them - remember they may not want to be found!
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PAGE FAMILY HISTORY |
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am researching my husband's family tree and my research has taken me
back to Ridlington, Rutland. His great, great grandfather was William
Page, born Ridlington c 1813. He married Elizabeth Shelton 15 November
1838.
As far as I am aware they moved from Rutland to Hanley, Stoke on Trent
area.
My husband's grandfather was born in Foleshill, Coventry and his
wife Amy Tranter was born in Stoke on Trent.
The photo is of Samuel Page born in Ridlington c 1881. He is wearing his
Met Police officers uniform. I have the uniform confirmed as that of a
Met officer's but unfortunately not the rank. I know that he retired to
Bournemouth and died there 1982 aged 101 years.
Can anyone tell me if there are still any Page descendants living in the
area. I would be grateful for any information regarding this family
name. |
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Mrs Rosemary Page |
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| [17 OCT 08] |
Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School |
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I was one of the original pupils who joined students from Cheylsmore
School and Churchfield High School as the original intake in 1955?. We
had great playing fields and spent joyful times there. When we arrived
the bridge had no guard rails so my friend and I staged a dramatic
plunge into the lake in order to get the rest of the day off. I can't
remember if we succeeded, but the rails were soon in place.
I was at the school until 1961. I credit many of the staff then with
imbuing in me the love of music and literature. Mr Poole, an English
literature teacher, read us Sherlock Holmes while our music teacher
played at his piano while we gazed at the swans and their signets on the
lake. My memories are of a very relaxed atmosphere and I consider myself
fortunate to have attended the school - although when I first learnt I
was going there, I cried and cried because no one knew what a
comprehensive school was and I thought that I had failed my exam.
I now live in Serbia at the foot of the Valjevo mountain range and the
internet connection can be rather unreliable. I hope someday there is a
reunion, it would be lovely to reminisce. |
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Amanda Celar (née Walton) |
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