Look what's new today ?? (or last time you visited!!)

Brompton Heritage Group's talks and events programme has been completed now for 2008.
The 2009 programme is in the BHG section
(<<<<<next to the top on the left) - make a note in your New 2009 Diaries NOW!
Thanks to all villagers and visitors who have supported the Group this past year and particularly to the unsung heroes who make tea, washup, put out the chairs etc. Thanks - see you in the New Year
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Latest addition to the "People & Places in Days Gone By" is a selection of pictures and stories kindly donated by Elizabeth Coupe nee Balch showing Whitsuntide pageant and Fancy Dress in the 1930’s, Village Hall activities and Friendly societies.
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Additional information on the WHITSUNTIDE CARNIVAL & SPORTS section with a link to the excellent Marching Bands who were such a feature of the Whit Carnival in days gone by. Have a look at the pictures and the videos.
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At long last I am able to bring you a new section which is "AN INTRODUCTION TO BROMPTON’S LINEN INDUSTRY - BY JENNIFER ALLISON" - see 3rd story down on left hand side.
This article is a consolidation of Jennifer Allison's talk to the Brompton Heritage Group on Tues 4th Nov 2003.
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See new entry in "Looking for Ancestors..........." section:-
SMITH / DAY / LENG / TODD
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See new entry in "Looking for Ancestors..........." section:-
TODD/TYREMAN/LENG
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See new entry in "Looking for Ancestors..........." section:-
LINCOLN/RAISEBECK help needed to find Granddad Lincoln.
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See new entry in "Looking for Ancestors ..........." section:-
for family members of GALE / CHEESEBROUGH / SIMPSON / HUNTON
Any help with research or information would be welcome.
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It would be nice to know that there are readers out there so if you get a minute, please take time to register and sign our Guest Book - free of charge, - let us know what you think of the site.
Any constructive recommendations or advice would be gratefully received via the Mailform
Click on the various links on the left hand side.
Thanks
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Some names have been added to various pictures, if you recognise a face, please let us know.
New names have been added to Football teams 1919-20 and Boys Football team of 1931 plus names added to various pictures in People and Places.
Have another look, it might bring some names to mind. Thanks
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To save you time looking through the whole site, this section will be used to highlight any changes or additions.
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ELGIE / DUNN families plus
INFO WANTED ON POORHOUSE OR WORKHOUSE C1818/1820 - See new entry in "Looking for Ancestors..........." section.
Any help with research or information would be welcome. Thanks
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6 October 2008
Message Board.
I understand that there are problems registering and using the message board.
I know it was a long and complicated procedure to do so and this is probably why it was not used very much however it has worked in the past. Today it has now been pointed out to me that it is not working at all and readers are unable to register (I also tried it and failed miserably).
For this reason, the message Board has been "re-booted".
Please email me if you have any experience of difficulties with approximate dates if known in particular whether it was before or after the recent outage. Also please feel free to make an entry on the message board and see if it works for you????
Thanks. Harry@BromptonMatters.co.uk
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1 Oct 2008 Thanks to Mr Steve Metcalfe for his very interesting talk last night on "The Men behind the Names".
It was an extremely well researched and presented story of the Brompton men who gave their lives in World War 1. The event was very well attended by villagers and the presence in the Village Hall of many family relatives of the men, added to this very moving occasion.
Steve's excellent website, believed to be the first dedicated to WW1 memorials, features Brompton, Northallerton and Romanby memorials and can be seen at www.northallertonmemorials.org.uk (see our "Links for Brompton Matters" page and click on "War Memorials of Northallerton, Brompton and Romanby"
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NEESAM family - See new entry in "Looking for Ancestors..........." section.
Any help with research or information would be welcome. Thanks
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New entries for ELGIE/PATTISON family
and
METCALF family
and
WRIGHT/APPLETON family
joining existing family name searches in the "LOOKING FOR ANCESTORS/FAMILY HISTORY/GENEALOGY" section for

ELGIE/BRADLEY/HEPWORTH
ELGIE/ BRADLEY/ ROBINSON
ELGIE
RICHARDSON
DANBY
THOMPSON
WHITTAKER
JOBLING
BLADES
RAISEBECK
NEESAM/NEESOM/NEESON
CLARK/BUCKLE/ELGIE/KILVINGTON
GOLDSBROUGH/GOLDSBOROUGH/GOULDSBOROUGH
HART/SPENCE/HUTCHINSON/BRITTON
LONGBOTTOM
JOLLY/LENG
BYERLEY/HUNTER/SCOTT
SEDGWICK/DIXON/WIGFIELD
KILDING
DUNN
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E L G I E family - lots of Elgie activity around the village with visitors from far and wide and not so far and wide.
Activity includes new entries in "Looking for ancestors" section
PLUS
there is a new link (In "Links for BromptonMatters" section)to
E L G I E family - Diane Scannell's information pages
If you have bookmarked this previously, do it again - the website has been updated and has a new URL/address.
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DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE AGED 14-16 WHO HAS AN INTEREST, PERHAPS THROUGH A FAMILY CONNECTION, IN WORLD WAR ONE. Read on...............
The Imperial War Museum, in association with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, is looking for 24 young people from across the UK to travel on an all expenses paid trip to France and Belgium for Remembrance Day in November 2008.
To select these Remembrance representatives, Their Past Your Future is running a competition for all young people between the ages of 14 and 16, who live in the UK. They do not have to be studying history at school. We would like to find young people who are interested in finding out more about the lasting impact of the First World War, Remembrance and Commemoration ? they may be concerned about citizenship or the environment, fascinated by art, design and photography or interested in politics or geography. The competition is open to all young people across the UK.
Have a look at the following (not a link - please copy and paste) on the Imperial War Museum's pages on TheirPastYourFuture (TPYF)

http://tpyf.com/server/show/nav.22558

THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN. PLEASE PASS IT ON.

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New entry for ELGIE/BRADLEY/ROBINSON family with great picture of Jane Robinson (nee Elgie)joins existing family name searches in the "LOOKING FOR ANCESTORS/FAMILY HISTORY/GENEALOGY" section

ELGIE
RICHARDSON
DANBY
THOMPSON
WHITTAKER
JOBLING
BLADES
RAISEBECK
NEESAM/NEESOM/NEESON
CLARK/BUCKLE/ELGIE/KILVINGTON
GOLDSBROUGH/GOLDSBOROUGH/GOULDSBOROUGH
HART/SPENCE/HUTCHINSON/BRITTON
LONGBOTTOM
JOLLY/LENG
BYERLEY/HUNTER/SCOTT
SEDGWICK/DIXON/WIGFIELD
KILDING
DUNN
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TREWHITT family - new pictures and stories in the "FARMING around Brompton............" section
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New entry for ELGIE family joins existing family name searches in the "LOOKING FOR ANCESTORS/FAMILY HISTORY/GENEALOGY section
RICHARDSON
DANBY
THOMPSON
WHITTAKER
JOBLING
BLADES
RAISEBECK
NEESAM/NEESOM/NEESON
CLARK/BUCKLE/ELGIE/KILVINGTON
GOLDSBROUGH/GOLDSBOROUGH/GOULDSBOROUGH
HART/SPENCE/HUTCHINSON/BRITTON
LONGBOTTOM
JOLLY/LENG
BYERLEY/HUNTER/SCOTT
SEDGWICK/DIXON/WIGFIELD
KILDING
DUNN
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Also New Entry in "Links........" section to Diane Scannell's website and information pages for ELGIE family and others. Have a look, it is interesting to see, amongst lots of other information, how a young man from Brompton married a young lady from Brompton in the mid 19th Century................In Canada.

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New entries for RICHARDSON, DANBY, THOMPSON, WHITTAKER, JOBLING, BLADES family joins existing family name searches in the
"LOOKING FOR ANCESTORS/FAMILY HISTORY/GENEALOGY section
RAISEBECK
NEESAM/NEESOM/NEESON
CLARK/BUCKLE/ELGIE/KILVINGTON
GOLDSBROUGH/GOLDSBOROUGH/GOULDSBOROUGH
HART/SPENCE/HUTCHINSON/BRITTON
LONGBOTTOM
JOLLY/LENG
BYERLEY/HUNTER/SCOTT
SEDGWICK/DIXON/WIGFIELD
KILDING
DUNN
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April 2008
See new story "DOREEN NEWCOMBE nee FORTH - My Brompton Days"
A fascinating account of life in Brompton from 1930s to today. Stories and pictures were kindly provided by Mrs Doreen Newcombe (nee Forth.

Each story is shown separately and covers the following facets of her life in the village:-

1. A BROMPTON CHILDHOOD
2. WARTIME SCHOOLDAYS
3. THE SECOND WORLD WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD
4. WARTIME MEMORIES OF BEING EVACUATED TO BROMPTON by Pat Whitehead (now Pat Hunt)
5. YESTERYEAR SHOPPING IN BROMPTON
6. THE REVEREND MR. JOHN KETTLEWELL and his legacy - Read a transcript of the Kettlewell trust bearing the date March 9th 1694
7. FORTH AND NEWCOMBE FAMILY GALLERY
- More Pictures of Doreen?s family.
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23 March 2008
New entry for DUNN family joins existing family name searches in the
"LOOKING FOR ANCESTORS/FAMILY HISTORY/GENEALOGY section
RAISEBECK
NEESAM/NEESOM/NEESON
CLARK/BUCKLE/ELGIE/KILVINGTON
GOLDSBROUGH/GOLDSBOROUGH/GOULDSBOROUGH
HART/SPENCE/HUTCHINSON/BRITTON
LONGBOTTOM
JOLLY/LENG
BYERLEY/HUNTER/SCOTT
SEDGWICK/DIXON/WIGFIELD
KILDING
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21 March 2008
STOP PRESS.
Colin's full report (with pictures) of our recent Brompton Heritage & Family History Day on Saturday 15th March 2008 is now available - see the page itself - 4th down on the left.
Thanks to all who attended and thanks to those too far away who sent their best wishes.
from the Brompton Heritage Group
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18 March 2008
Final story in George Appleby's story of his life in Brompton - see WATER END UPSTREAM, DOWNSTREAM.
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1 February 2008
New entry for KILDING family joins existing family name searches in the
"LOOKING FOR ANCESTORS/FAMILY HISTORY/GENEALOGY section

RAISEBECK
NEESAM/NEESOM/NEESON
CLARK/BUCKLE/ELGIE/KILVINGTON
GOLDSBROUGH/GOLDSBOROUGH/GOULDSBOROUGH
HART/SPENCE/HUTCHINSON/BRITTON
LONGBOTTOM
JOLLY/LENG
BYERLEY/HUNTER/SCOTT
SEDGWICK/DIXON/WIGFIELD
KILDING
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10 January 2008
EVENT CALENDAR added - see second item up from bottom of list on left hand side - let us know your events if you would like to include them (NOT BIRTHDAYS Please!! - even if it is an "event")
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January 2008
See Brompton Heritage Group for the latest
Diary of Events 2008
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January 2008
See new entry in LOOKING FOR ANCESTORS/FAMILY HISTORY/GENEALOGY section

New email contact for BYERLEY/HUNTER/SCOTT families
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December 2007
See Northallerton & District Local History Society (N.D.L.H.S.) pages for new 2008 programme of events/talks PLUS membership & subscription details.
See also the very interesting details on the same page for the Working Group which should be of interest to anyone in the Northallerton/Brompton area who has time and skills to participate in this very rewarding group.
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December 2007

The Wilford Family was one of the 2 main Linen Manufacturers and are deeply involved in the history and heritage of Brompton. For anyone who is interested, and there are many descendents/relatives of the Wilford family in and around Brompton, both now and in the past, a direct descendent of the family has spent many years (and no doubt many Euros) researching the family history and has now produced a book.
Mary Wilford's message on the message board is repeated below with contact details for interested readers. Thanks Mary - a tremendous task finally comes to fruition. Well done.

Wilford Family History

After several years of research and contacting cousins around the world, I have finally completed a family book . ?Wilford Family History? is about the descendants of HENRY WILFORD, born estimated 1605 in Northallerton Yorkshire .UK. The book also has information on the presumed ancestors of Henry Wilford.
In addition to the dates and places of birth, marriage, and death which are usually presented in a family genealogy book, the book has about 400 scanned photos and has over 330 pages.
For any of you who are interested, please E-mail me at the address below.
marynowewilford@telenet.be
Mary Wilford
(Belgium)
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New year !

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December 2007
More great pictures and stories as told by George Appleby as The War Heroes Return.
See "Water End - Upstream Downstream"
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3rd December 2007
Fascinating extracts from a copy of the "Magazine of the Sunderland Bede Collegiate Boys? School
No 85. January, 1940" which gives accounts of pupils evacuated to Northallerton and Brompton in World War 2. Grateful thanks to Harry Fairburn for providing the information.
More to follow on Evacuees....................(eventually!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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29th November 2007
Maypole dancing from the '30s with more new pictures and stories from Colin Narramore in the "WHITSUNTIDE CARNIVAL & SPORTS- pictures & info" section PLUS Girl Guides in 1926 plus new (old) pictures of Water End in the "PEOPLE & PLACES IN DAYS GONE BY - Pictures & Stories"
A picture with some names of the Northallerton Methodist Youth Eisteddfod prizewinners of 1949 kindly donated by Alan Stewart & Joyce Boon.
ALSO - more stories and pictures from George Appleby as World War 2 comes to an end.
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22 November 2007
New pictures and stories from Colin Narramore in the "WHITSUNTIDE CARNIVAL & SPORTS- pictures & info" section PLUS
Pictures of Brompton Station in 1922 and on the last passenger day in 1963 plus others in the "PEOPLE & PLACES IN DAYS GONE BY - Pictures & Stories"
Great pictures of great days in Brompton's History
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19th November 2007
New section entitled "CHARTISM IN MID NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WEAVERS OF BROMPTON".- Thanks to Harry Fairburn for providing this extract/notes of his talk to the Brompton Heritage Group which took place in the Village Hall on 27 March 2007
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17th November 2007
New pictures and stories from Colin Narramore in the "WHITSUNTIDE CARNIVAL & SPORTS- pictures & info" section
PLUS - also from Colin -
Great & moving new picture of Wartime Wedding of Retta Hoare & John Potter in "WATER END UPSTREAM, DOWNSTREAM " section
PLUS - also from Colin - Poster and details of sale of 6 Farms in 1919 in the "Brompton's History - Farming Heritage" section
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8 November 2007
World War 2 starts in the Green Tree and it's effect on life in Brompton - More great pictures and stories as told by George Appleby.
See "Water End - Upstream Downstream"
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7 November 2007
See link to George's blog page on YorkPress website near the top of "Water End - Upstream Downstream"
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5 November 2007
Back to busy Brompton - picture of George hard at work and more stories from George Appleby's family . See "Water End - Upstream Downstream"
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13 October 2007
More pictures and more family stories about the days in Busby Terrace, more stories about life in Hilton Close - see additions to Betty's family story -
See "My Family Life in Brompton by Betty Dobson (Baines)" at the bottom of the list of contents on the left
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12 October 2007
Lots more great pictures and stories from George Appleby's family in the 1930's leading up to the start of World War 2 . See "Water End - Upstream Downstream"
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11 October 2007
Fascinating new story page about both Fred Boon and Desmond (Dizzy) Boon kindly provided by grandson and nephew respectively, Alan Stewart.
INCLUDES A GREAT PHOTO OF BROMPTON SILVER BAND IN 1930's
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10 October 2007
Our new internet address to this site is now activated and working.
Please usewww.BromptonMatters.co.uk which will link you to this site.(sorry, this is not a link but see bottom of this page for a link to the site using this new address) The existing links and addresses will still work but this new address should be easier to remember.
PLEASE PASS THIS INFORMATION AROUND - THANKS A LOT.
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1 Oct 2007
See "VERA BRITTAIN'S - My Brompton Days in pictures & words"
- new "old" pictures added
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October 2007
DO WE NEED A MESSAGE BOARD ON THIS SITE?
November 8th 2007
Reader poll closed - twice as many people voted FOR keeping a message board, so, THE MESSAGE BOARD STAYS. HOPEFULLY, IT WILL BE USED A LITTLE MORE???
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30 Sep 2007
DO YOUR REMEMBER DIZZY BOON??
Desmond Frederick Boon (1929-2003) attended Brompton Village School until he passed his 11+ exam a year early. This took him to Northallerton Grammar School where he excelled and became Head Boy in 1943/4. Here he won the nickname "Dizzy" - which stayed with him throughout his life.
Read all about him via our link on "Links for Brompton Matters" (bottom left)
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28 Sep 2007
Yes, even more stories and pictures of George Appleby's family (The Appleby, Bradley and Hoare Families)in George Appleby's Water End - Upstream Downstream section
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24 Sep 2007 plus further additions 28 Sep 2007 and yet more to come............
Fascinating new story about the life of her family in Brompton by Betty Dobson (nee Baines)
The Brompton story starts in Busby Terrace on Cockpit Hill in 1939 when her family moved there from Northallerton through the move to Hilton Close in 1947 and on to more recent days.
Many, many pictures of the family between now and then.
See the story by clicking on "My Family Life in Brompton by Betty Dobson (Baines)" at the bottom of the list of contents on the left]..
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17/18/19 Sep 2007
Goldsbrough/Goldsborough/Gouldsborough family,
Clark, Buckle, Elgie, Kilvington,
HART/SPENCE/HUTCHINSON/BRITTON,
NEESAM/NEESOM/NEESON and
RAISEBECK FAMILY being researched - see LOOKING FOR ANCESTORS/FAMILY HISTORY/GENEALOGY section

PLUS new link to GENUKI pages

PLUS more names added to many of the "old" pictures
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Our new internet address to this site is activated and working.
See www.BromptonbyNorthallertonHeritageGroup.co.uk which will link you to this site.(sorry, this is not a link but see bottom of this page for a link to the site using this new address) The existing links and addresses will still work but this new address should be easier to remember.
PLEASE PASS THIS INFORMATION AROUND - THANKS A LOT.
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8 & 11th September 2007
Yet more stories and lots of wonderful pictures of George Appleby's family (The Appleby, Bradley and Hoare Families)in George Appleby's Water End - Upstream Downstream section
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2nd & 3rd September 2007
New pictures and names courtesy of Betty Dobson nee Baines in Schooldays section
PLUS New section for Brompton Whitsuntide Carnival weekend added - more material to follow including Fancy Dress photos from years gone by
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30 August 2007
More pictures and information added to People and Places in days gone by including:-
More names on some of the pictures,
New pictures:-
Robert Clark and Elizabeth Mary Clark (nee Kilvington),
Retta Potter nee Hoare pictured around 1946,
Tree Planting in Hilton Close - to celebrate the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth 2
and fun at the Whitsuntide Carnival Fancy Dress with a coloured image of "Last of the Summer Wine.................................
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28 August 2007
New section added -
LOOKING FOR ANCESTORS/FAMILY HISTORY/GENEALOGY -
Forward the "Surnames" or other details you are interested in or researching by "MAILFORM" and we will add them to this section of the site.
See the page for further details
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23/27th August 2007
Billy Baines has kindly provided pictures and some names for some of the people who are pictured in the "PEOPLE & PLACES IN DAYS GONE BY." & in "BROMPTON SCHOOLDAYS" section.
Do you know any of the faces on any of the photos? Please let us know.............
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20th August 2007
SEE "PERSONAL STORIES OF BROMPTON DAYS GONE BY" for more stories :-
Bert Langthorne's memories of childhood in Brompton during WW2.
Gladys Wetherill's childhood memories
Both added to Vera Brittain's story.
3 fascinating and interesting recollections of Brompton's past.
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19 August 2007
New article about authoress Florence Bone and a bit about her best known book "Clacking Shuttles"

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12 August 2007
New pictures of soldiers outside Brompton School in 1915, another school class photo - this time 1922 kindly provided by Colin Narramore and a boys football team photo from 1931 kindly provided by Vera Brittain

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3rd,8th and 9th August 2007
Yet More added to George Appleby's fascinating story of his life - see "WATER END UPSTREAM, DOWNSTREAM. By George Appleby"---
Domesday Book entries for Brompton
Battle of the Standard 1138
Union Workhouses
Brompton Tithe map of 1841 and much more.

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1 Aug 2007
PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THE NORTHERN ECHO'S ARTICLE ABOUT ST THOMAS CHURCH BROMPTON - HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED - CAN YOU HELP??
SEE ARTICLE MARKED "ST THOMAS CHURCH APPEAL" BELOW FOR DETAILS
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23rd June 2007
New addition - FOOTBALL IN BROMPTON - History and Pictures
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20th June 2007
New addition - Village Hall page - Chairman's Annual report for 2007
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19th June 2007
New addition -
"A WALK ROUND BROMPTON as it is now -- come & join us........"
- see new item on the left
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17th June 2007
New contribution - See George Appleby's story of Water End - Upstream and Downstream.
A fascinating story of life in early Brompton
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16th June 2007 More additions to Brompton Schooldays and additions to People and Places in days gone by plus one picture added to the Farming section of Brompton's History - Linen and Farming
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15th June 2007 - WE HAVE ADDED TWO NEW "PAGES" WITH LOTS OF PHOTOS. HOPE YOU LIKE THEM??
See our New "Old Pictures" which have been added to
"BROMPTON IN FLOOD - Pictures and stories" page.
PLUS
ANOTHER NEW ITEM & ADDITION 15th June 2007
See our New "Old Pictures" which have been added to
"BROMPTON SCHOOLDAYS - Pictures & Stories" page.
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New items added 14th June 2007
Click on the "Pictures of People and Places in Days Gone By" page on the left hand side for the latest additions to our unique collection of old pictures.
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New entry 5 June 2007
See links page for link to Steve Metcalfe's very comprehensive and moving website which is dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives from the County town of Northallerton, North Yorkshire and its satellite villages of Romanby and Brompton.
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New entry 4 June 2007
See new entry for Brompton mills - some aerial pictures of the old mill on the general info page - send in your pictures of anything to do with the linen industry and we will include them.
Thanks.
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New item 29 May 2007
Reader poll added (bottom left) - your vote will help us with the design and content. It's your site, let us know how you feel.
Please use the mailform if you have any constructive comments outside the scope of this reader poll.
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New item 25 May 2007
SEE Vera Brittain's story in the "PERSONAL STORIES OF BROMPTON DAYS GONE BY"
(provided by B.H.G)
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