Thursday, 28 November 2013
Thursday, 21 November 2013
Guy Gibson's Memorial - Steenbergen Holland -August 2013
A friend sent me these two photos he took in August this year on a visit to Holland,
They were taken in
They are a memorial to Guy Gibson and Jim Warwick who are buried in the churchyard. The circumstances surrounding their deaths have never been fully resolved but a brief summary.of the theories are on wikipedia
They were taken in
| Steenbergen-En-Kruisland Churchyard - Steenbergen - Noord-Brabant Netherlands | |
Berni Inns
I cae across this advertisement for Berni Inns
and it certainly brought a few memories back. I knew that the Norton was a Whitbread pub prior to being a Berni Inn, and so check on wikipedia revealed that after it was sold by Grand Metropolitan in 1990, it reverted back to Whitbread's ownership under their Beefeater brand
But what I did not know was that by 1970 Berni Inns was the largest food chain outside the USA. It had taken them just 15 years to achieve this
But what I did not know was that by 1970 Berni Inns was the largest food chain outside the USA. It had taken them just 15 years to achieve this
The Mitchell Family - 107 Pitsmoor Road Sheffield - 14th December 1940
I received the following mail this week
"I have spent ages looking through your wonderful sites and have come across the one about civilians who died in Pitsmoor during the blitz.
My sister in laws family were the Mitchell’s of 107 Pitsmoor Road. I have looked all through the newspapers from the date of the blitz up to their burial on Dec 24th in Burngrave Cemetery and can find no mention of anything much about the blitz. I can only conclude that this was not reported in full as the authorities did not want the full extent to be know.
Is there anywhere else I can look that will perhaps tell us what their story was ?
Hope you can help"
I check on the Sheffield Indexers site showed the full horror of the tragedy - 4 member of the family were killed hat night and are buried together. The funeral took place on Xmas Eve 1940
BREAN, Annie ((Air Raid Victim), age 22).
Died at 107 Pitsmoor Rd; Buried on December 24, 1940 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 4358, Section JJ of Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Parent or Next of Kin if Available: . Remarks: Officiating Minister: E. P. Cook: Removed from Sheffield Parish.
LAYTON, Harry (Greengrocer, age 64).
Died at 155 Skinnerthorpe Rd; Buried on April 16, 1924 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 4358, Section JJ of Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Parent or Next of Kin if Available: . Remarks: Officiating Minister, H.D. Mullett: Removed from St Cuthberts Parish.
MITCHELL, Agnes (air raid victim, age 54).
Died at 107 Pitsmoor Road; Buried on December 24, 1940 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 4358, Section JJ of Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Parent or Next of Kin if Available: . Remarks: Officiating Minister: E P Cook: Removed from Sheffield Parish.
MITCHELL, Archie (shoe maker (Air Raid Victim), age 14).
Died at 107 Pitsmoor Rd; Buried on December 24, 1940 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 4358, Section JJ of Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Parent or Next of Kin if Available: . Remarks: Officiating Minister: E. P. Cook: Removed from Sheffield Parish.
MITCHELL, Gordon (air raid victim, age 12).
Died at 107 Pitsmoor Road; Buried on December 24, 1940 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 4358, Section JJ of Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Parent or Next of Kin if Available: . Remarks: Officiating Minister: E P Cook: Removed from Sheffield Parish.
I could not add any further information about the event - it is a fact that the press both locally and nationally were heavily censored by the Ministry of Information. And the information that was printed was at best "sketchy" and at worst just plain incorrect.
If anyone can throw any more light on the fate of the Mitchell family please let me know
"I have spent ages looking through your wonderful sites and have come across the one about civilians who died in Pitsmoor during the blitz.
My sister in laws family were the Mitchell’s of 107 Pitsmoor Road. I have looked all through the newspapers from the date of the blitz up to their burial on Dec 24th in Burngrave Cemetery and can find no mention of anything much about the blitz. I can only conclude that this was not reported in full as the authorities did not want the full extent to be know.
Is there anywhere else I can look that will perhaps tell us what their story was ?
Hope you can help"
I check on the Sheffield Indexers site showed the full horror of the tragedy - 4 member of the family were killed hat night and are buried together. The funeral took place on Xmas Eve 1940
BREAN, Annie ((Air Raid Victim), age 22).
Died at 107 Pitsmoor Rd; Buried on December 24, 1940 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 4358, Section JJ of Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Parent or Next of Kin if Available: . Remarks: Officiating Minister: E. P. Cook: Removed from Sheffield Parish.
LAYTON, Harry (Greengrocer, age 64).
Died at 155 Skinnerthorpe Rd; Buried on April 16, 1924 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 4358, Section JJ of Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Parent or Next of Kin if Available: . Remarks: Officiating Minister, H.D. Mullett: Removed from St Cuthberts Parish.
MITCHELL, Agnes (air raid victim, age 54).
Died at 107 Pitsmoor Road; Buried on December 24, 1940 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 4358, Section JJ of Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Parent or Next of Kin if Available: . Remarks: Officiating Minister: E P Cook: Removed from Sheffield Parish.
MITCHELL, Archie (shoe maker (Air Raid Victim), age 14).
Died at 107 Pitsmoor Rd; Buried on December 24, 1940 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 4358, Section JJ of Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Parent or Next of Kin if Available: . Remarks: Officiating Minister: E. P. Cook: Removed from Sheffield Parish.
MITCHELL, Gordon (air raid victim, age 12).
Died at 107 Pitsmoor Road; Buried on December 24, 1940 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 4358, Section JJ of Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Parent or Next of Kin if Available: . Remarks: Officiating Minister: E P Cook: Removed from Sheffield Parish.
I could not add any further information about the event - it is a fact that the press both locally and nationally were heavily censored by the Ministry of Information. And the information that was printed was at best "sketchy" and at worst just plain incorrect.
If anyone can throw any more light on the fate of the Mitchell family please let me know
Thursday, 7 November 2013
November 2013 Update
I've just got around to posting updates to some of the articles on the site.
George Lawrence - a request from Brian Ward for further information
The Shocking Xylonite Fire at Netherthorpe Sheffield 14th December 1921 I was contacted by the great-grandson of one of the victim's of the fire and was delighted to supply him with further information on the tragedy
A Grave Affair in Sheffield in 1862 which covered the cemetery riots at Wardsend Cemetery. A student contacted me in the spring of 2012 and I was able to supply him with references etc. His finished dissertation has been added to the site in pdf format
and finally an actual eye witness account of the Zeppelin raid on Sheffield on September 25th 1916
http://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffieldsfirstraid1916.htm
There are a couple more items that I need to post but a bit more research is required
George Lawrence - a request from Brian Ward for further information
The Shocking Xylonite Fire at Netherthorpe Sheffield 14th December 1921 I was contacted by the great-grandson of one of the victim's of the fire and was delighted to supply him with further information on the tragedy
A Grave Affair in Sheffield in 1862 which covered the cemetery riots at Wardsend Cemetery. A student contacted me in the spring of 2012 and I was able to supply him with references etc. His finished dissertation has been added to the site in pdf format
and finally an actual eye witness account of the Zeppelin raid on Sheffield on September 25th 1916
http://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffieldsfirstraid1916.htm
There are a couple more items that I need to post but a bit more research is required
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