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Maggie Dooley and Peter
 Maggie Dooley and Peter - courtesy of Kath Percival nee Cave
Maggie Dooley was a famous wit..always ready with a shrewd comment to raise the spirits of the occupants in Vaughan Street.
Her maiden name was McAuliffe..the sister of the famous billiards player Johnna.
You can read about one of her adventures in "How do you like your eggs ? "in
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The McNicholas Family of 64 Vaughan Street c 1898
 | The McNicholas Family c 1898
L-R: James b.1897; Mother: Mary Kenny b. 1863; John b.1893; Annie b.1886; Margaret below, b.1888; Alice b.1896; Father: James b.1860; Mary (Cissie)b.1890.
Both parents James and Mary formerly Kenny, were immigrants from Counties Mayo and Armagh.
Their children were highly intelligent, most becoming teachers and one became a Senator in the U.S.
Alice taught at the Farm School for years and was known as Mrs Caherty.
Margaret taught at St Mary's also and married Patrick Walsh. They had four daughters and one son
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Dai Thomas marries Mary Ellen Welsh 1920
 | Dai Thomas marries Mary Ellen Welsh 1920 - courtesy of Jim White
Dai Thomas, steelworker and acknowledged amateur footballer who played for Grangetown St Mary's FC, married Mary Ellen Welsh and later emigrated to the U.S...and their relatives are now living in Chicago... avid viewers of the site.
Maid of Honour was Margaret Quinn
Best Man was Dick Thomas
The flower girls were :-
Winnie Traynor, Maggie Lawlor.. Cassie Bennett and Joanna McCarthy. |
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Maggie and Jim O Brien of Laing St c 1914
 Maggie and Jim O Brien of Laing St c 1914 - courtesy of Kath Percival nee Cave
Maggie and Jim lived in Laing Street.
In 27 Laing Street according to the 1901 Census James O'Brien was 60 and Maggie 58 with children Thomas 26, James 23, Mark 21, Margaret 18, Jane 16, John 14, Peter 10 and William 7. The Jim O Brien in the picture with Maggie must be the one aged 23 in this 1901 Census - which would make him 36 in 1914. I wonder which Maggie, Jim married.
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Jim White's ancestors - 98 Holden Street c 1917
 | "The Four Generations"
One day in 1917/19 they decided to go to North Ormesby to have their photograph taken:
Ellen Williams (my Gt Gt Grandmother) b at Gateshead in 1836. Her parents, James Ward and Jane nee Frankland were from Yorkshire. The Wards can be traced back to 1638 at Marske nr Richmond.
She first married Patrick White* b Co Wicklow, a coal miner, at St Wilfrids, Bishop Auckland. She was not a Catholic - he was.
Patrick died of smallpox at Whitwood, West Riding and the family returned to Co Durham where she remarried - Lewis Williams and had a second family. They moved to South Bank. She died 1919.
* White - not my paternal surname - can be confusing.
Mary Jane Thomas nee White, daughter of above - b at Whitwood in 1860. Married David Thomas. Had 13 children. Died 1937.
Gwenllian McCarthy nee Thomas, daughter of above - b Grangetown 1889. Married Charles McCarthy(1878 - 1933). Five children- 2 boys died young. "Nan"below also died young (22 yrs). Died 1950.
Johnna O'Neill nee McCarthy, daughter of above - b Grangetown 1915. Married James O'Neill. One child, Patricia (1937 - 39). Johanna died of child birth complications - 1937.
Ellen Williams formerly White nee Ward (1836 - 1919)
Mary Jane Thomas nee White (1860 - 1937)
Gwenllian McCarthy nee Thomas (1889 - 1950)
Johanna O'Neill nee McCarthy (1915 - 1937)
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The Sleight Family from Lincolnshire c 1890
 | 1890 Photograph of Westoby Sleight and Family
Westoby aged 46 yrs and Wife Jane Beel aged 41 yrs
Children - Walter aged about 4 yrs
Lucy aged about 8 yrs
Thomas aged 11 yrs
Charles aged 18 yrs
Arthur aged 19 yrs
John ( William ) aged 21 yrs - The Pikelet Man
1891 Census of 104 Princess St South Bank
Westoby Sleight Hd m 47 Joiner Stratton Lincs
Jane Sleight Wfe m 42 Osgodby Lincs
John (Wm)Sleight son u 23 Greengrocer Lincoln
Arthur Sleight son u 21 Gen Lab Lincoln
Charles Sleight son u 20 Gen Lab Osgodby
Thomas W Sleight son u 12
Lucy Sleight dau u
Walter B Sleight son u ( see photo aged 18 )
Arthur Sleight later married Grace Kirk and had seven children.
Charles Sleight later married Mary Meegan and had three children.
Mr. Sleight was the 'Pikelet man'. He lived in a cottage just out of town in Church Lane, on a smallholding, which was rented from the council. The house had been very ingeniously built out of hard pieces of slag, and the walls rendered with sand and cement. On this holding he kept a few poultry and a donkey, which pulled a small box on wheels containing delicious pike-lets which were made on the premises by his wife and then sold round the streets. The pikelets were covered with snowy white cloths and at 'two for a penny' were a good value buy for children just in from school clammering for tea. People were always asking for the recipe, which he stoutly refused to give! I can remember calling at the cottage for a drink of water in the vain hope that we could gain some insight into the mystery, and thereby impart the knowledge to our mothers! These culinary delights have not been copied since.
The cottage stood till after the war, but when he passed on it was pulled down to make way for the new road. It is said that one of our hometown boys being inducted into the Army, and given his first intelligence test was asked, "Who lives in the White House ?" He replied " The Pikelet Man!" We could not understand why adults chortled at this, as we knew it to be true.
Ged O'Neill
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Patrick Golden from County Mayo 1862-1929
 | photos supplied by Kathleen Percival ( Cave)
Top left Patrick and his daughter; top right Esther Pattison - his bride - from Richmond Yorks
Below Patrick with a bus driver, conductor in the Market Square Grangetown c 1928
The earliest tram seen in the area was in 1919.
Patrick Golden aged 21 married Esther Pattison aged 17 in 1885 in St Peters RC Church South Bank.
Witnesses were Annie Quinn + Michael Golden (brother)
Esther's father is recorded as a Whitemetal Worker
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Caves of Grangetown
 | Top is Thomas Cave..brother of Walter
Middle: Walter Cave and Norah Golden (Cave)
Bottom: Tommy Cave, Mary Cave and Brian Cave
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The Goldens of Grangetown
 | Centre is Bella Golden born in 1887
She married Matthew Mohan..
Her daughter Nellie is on the left.
She died tragically aged 18
Below is Norah Golden born 1890
Right are Patrick and his wife Esther. |
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The Gainfords of Holden St
 | The Gainfords of Holden St - courtesy of Winnie Chambers
George Gainford arrived in the area from Monaghan c 1860..with his mother and brothers and sisters.
He lived in Middlesbrough for a while, married Bridget Callaghan in St Mary's Chapel Mbro and moved to Witton Park and later back to Bolckow and Vaughan's iron and steelworks to live in South Bank.
He arrived in Grangetown later where his son John tragically drowned in the slems c 1895.His daughters survived to marry and his descendants are still living in the area. I am one. |
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The McKennas of Bessemer St
 Mark McKenna of Ireland married Margaret Quinn in Grangetown and had a number of children-
one of whom is featured on this picture with Nora Golden...taken about 1910 ..her friend Annie McKenna who married a Lloyd Thomas in Nebraska USA in 1911.
Are there any relatives out there?
Annie of course had a famous sister..Winnie the footballer...see football teams page. |
Bessemer Street Children c 1912
 | photo and information-Sheila Barker
The lady on the doorstep of number 77 Bessemer street is Mrs Simpson (nee Feeny)
Sitting at the front with his finger in his mouth and bare feet is my handsome uncle Pat Burke. The lad holding the bike is our good friend Jonna McAuliffe.
When I was a young girl in the late 40s I remember Jonna used to stand at the corner of Bessemer and Vaughan street back arch with Harry Carr.
They were lovely men and everyone would chat to them coming and going home along the ally including me. When the race horse Sheila's Cottage was running, Johnna would tell me - and a couple of times my mam gave me sixpence to back it.The first time it won that was fine.But then it lost and Johnna gave me my sixpence back. Alas !!!! that was the end of my gambling campaign. Sheila Barker
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The Solomon Family of Victoria Road
 | photos sent by Dick Fawcett of SlaggyIsland fame of his wife's ancestors
Edwin (Ned) Solomon: Born in Swansea 1872, married Rosa Forrester in Jarrow 1897, moved to Victoria Road Grangetown to work at Bolkow & Vaughan as a Steel Smelter.
Ned and Rosa with eldest daughters Ethel and Olive.
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Later photo of Solomon Family of Victoria Road
 | photo-Dick Fawcett
l-r: Ethel, Olive, Ted (in dress at front), Richard, Henry, Rose.
They had another two daughters after these!
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Nanny Newton of Bessemer St 1914
 | Nanny Newton of Bessemer St 1914 - courtesy of Sheila Barker
This is Elizabeth Ann Newton my great grandmother formerly Thomas nee Harris of 67 Bessemer street Grangetown - with two of her grandchildren. |
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The Duckering Family of Bessemer Street
 | photo and info - Sheila Barker
This allotment was situated I am told at the top of Laing st.,
L to R Charles Duckering his wife Mary (nee Simpson)
and their four children |
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The Ledgerwood Family c 1885
 | The Ledgerwood Family c 1885 - courtesy of Dennis King
Reputed to be one of the first Grangetown families to inhabit the town....further investigation reveals...
1881 Census No 23 Grangetown
Thomas Harris Head 52 Ironworker b France British Subject
Margaret Harris Wife 47 b M'Bro
William Son 15 Ironworks Labourer b M'Bro
Dorothy Daur 12 b M'Bro
Isabella Ledgerwood Grand Daur 2 b Eston
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The Garvey Brothers of 119 Bessemer St
 | The Garvey Brothers of 119 Bessemer St - courtesy of Dennis King
A wonderful poster of the period depicting a brother "double act" who lived in 119 Bessemer St. |
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The Garvey Brothers
 photo - courtesy of Dennis King
Dennis tells the tale that the person who brought the original poster to him, was actually the wife of the younger brother - and Dennis was able to obtain further copies of the brothers from her family album - which he copied. |
Mrs Burley with sons Ben and Harry
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The Story of John Boyle
 photo and story - Sheila Barker
Although the street houses were only two up and two down and most had large families, I have found in my research that there was hardly a house that did not have a lodger, and sometimes two or three.
My grandparents were no exception. They had a man named Jim Connelly. My Great Aunt Harriet took in a man named Johnny Connelly. One day Johnny came home from work worried about a young sixteen year old lad who had come from Donegal and who was in lodgings in South Bank, which were not very good. Johnny had been sharing his bait with him. When Harriet found out, she gave him extra for the lad and after a while Harriet let Johnny bring him home to live with them.I don't know what happened to Jim but Johnny lived to a good age with the family and is buried in the same grave as my grandparents.
Harriet was a first world war widow. She had a son John Higgins who died at the age of thirteen. The young lad was named John Boyle. He remained at Aunt Harriet's until her death in 1956. He was devastated and ended up moving to my mothers house until his death in 1980. John was part of the family and always referred to any members as our ??. He lived a carefree life and he was a member of the Social club and had many friends in Grangetown. He had come to England following the death of his father. His two sisters went to America. After a few years, his sisters traced him to Bessemer street and he received a letter asking if he was the John Boyle they were looking for. John was delighted, and he took the letter to the Social club that night to show his friends and... lost it.!!!!!!
John never heard any more about his family.
SB
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Mrs Lane and Children - Bessemer Street c 1925
 | photo - Courtesy of Dennis King
Already a famous picture - as front cover of Sid France's booklet on Grangetown's past - entitled ' Clean Steps and White Pinnies'- Mrs Catherine Lane - related to the White family - is holding baby Lawrence as brother Thomas stands by. Catherine (nee Fleming) and her husband James had seven children altogether: Hannah, Philomena, Thomas, Jack, Francis, Jimmy and Lawrence. From Bessemer Street they moved to the "Branch" (Branch End) and back to Bolckow Road's Carnival House before finally ending up in Vickers Street. |
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Stapylton Street Party c 1919
 | photo - courtesy of Dennis King
Getting together to celebrate the peace after Great War, the families of Stapylton street pose for the camera. As far as I know, no-one has claimed any of these people as their relatives.
What a wonderful site!
Some minor info: My grandmother, Sarah Ann Wilkinson was born at 102 Stapylton Street on 2/8/1892 and was still living there when she got married on 23/8/1913. She married William Herlingshaw (born as William Shaw) who was also living at 102 at the time of the marriage.
It is thus likely that they were at the street party.
Ken Herlingshaw (ken@iconfonts.com)
The more observant among you, may have noticed a switch in the year applied to this particular photograph - which now seems more likely - considering the short table and the presence of women only seated at the table. It's now my belief that these women were wives and possibly mothers of those brave soldiers who had fought and lost their lives during the Great War.
Hi John,
Just back from watching "the match" at my father's. Even though I only lived in the area for two years or so before the age of five I have always been a devoted Boro supporter.
My father was amused to see his photograph on your site. My grandmother (Sarah, nee Wilkinson) is the tall girl at the back and to the right of the table, looking forward.She is immediately to the right of the girl with a white headband and
white top.
My grandfather William Herlingshaw, born William Shaw, is to the right of her, against the house wall, wearing a large light-coloured cap looking across the street.After leaving the army in 1916 he was a crane driver in the blast furnace
area until he retired.I really have no clue about the year. I asked my father but he wasn't
born until 1922. Either 1911 or 1918/9 seems plausible. The Herlingshaws and the Wilkinsons lived at several different houses in Stapylton Street over the years.
There were three William Herlingshaws, my grandfather, uncle and cousin. It is nice to see the contributions to your site made by my cousin Billy. Keep up the good work,
regards,
Ken Herlingshaw
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The Watson Family - Holden Street
 | photos - courtesy of Keith Watson
Top left is Albert Watson born 1901, next are his parents and on the right is Elizabeth Watson who emigrated to the USA.
Bottom are Clifford and Keith - himself. |
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The Simpsons of Bessemer Street 1919
 | photo - courtesy of Sheila Barker
Bridget Simpson (nee Feeney) with grandchildren George & Sarah Knight 1919
Jack Simpson with grandaughter Thelma Duckering 1919.
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Margaret & Violet Grout - Holden St
 | photo - courtesy of Keith Watson via Sheila Barker
Violet Grout is pictured with Keith Watson - probably wearing a balaclava - on the left and with Margaret Grout on the right.looking a very curly blonde ..He was never short of lady friends. |
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The Gribbin Family of Laing St
 | The Gribbin Family of Laing St - courtesy of St Mary's Archives
Top - Patrick Gribbin and wife Elizabeth ( nee Stinson )
Bottom - Lizzie or Katie Gribbin and her sister Deborah with husband Patrick Carson who were married on June 2nd 1914 by Father Bernard Kelly -Witnesses : Catherine Gribbin and James Daly
My great grandfather John O'Neill gave his address as 15 Laing St when he married my great grandmother Annie Fox in Grangetown St Mary's...which was the address of the Gribbin family at that time...Strange. |
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The Children of George William Ayton
 | photos - courtesy of George Ayton
Delighted that your web site improves every time I see it. Even more delighted that you put the pictures of my grandfather on. The attachment shows individual pictures of his children, at least the nine that survived into adulthood. My father was George Albert Ayton born at 112 Vickers Street on 26th December 1919. He was billeted in South Shields in WWII with the Royal Scots and this is where he met and married my mother. He worked as a caretaker, I think in the Council Schools in Grangetown after the war but settled in South Shields.
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The Walsh Family of Bessemer Street 1908
 | The Walsh Family of Bessemer Street 1908 - courtesy of Tony Walsh
Back Row: Tom, Paddy, Jim, Andrew
Middle: Mary, Andrew Walsh, John, Margaret nee Tierney, Winnie.
Front Row: Michael, Joe, Bill
Maggie Walsh later Pattison was born in 1909 and ...
her mother Margaret Tierney was living in 117 Bessemer St at the time of her marriage to Andrew of 43 North St South Bank in 1887 in St Mary's Chapel Grangetown.
Andrew Walsh himself was born in the Swinford parish of County Mayo in 1856 and his mother was a McManus. |
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Tom and Anastasia
 | photo - courtesy of Tony Walsh
Thomas Walsh married Anastasia Bruen in St Peter's Church South Bank in 1920. They had eight children. |
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The Burke Family of Bessemer Street
 | photo - courtesy of Sheila Barker
Top L-R: Mary Burke b 1897 Grace Burke b 1899 Elizabeth Ann Burke b. 1895.
Middle row: L-R: William Burke b 1902 Jane Burke (nee Thomas) b 1873 Gavin Burke b 1918 Patrick b 1905.
Bottom Row: James Burke b 1909. John Burke b 1868 in Co Mayo
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George and Maggie Ayton c 1930
 | photo + info - courtesy of George Ayton
I thought I'd send you this photograph of my grandparents (taken in the 1930's, just to complete the family group.
My Grandfather, George William Ayton, was born at 133 James Terrace, Warrenby, the son of Benjamin and Charlotte Ayton from Norfolk (Gissing and Pulham Market respectively).
He worked as a locomotive cleaner and became a locomotive fireman (I think this was at Warrenby Ironworks) before WWI. He was injured in the war and amongst other injuries, lost an eye, after the war he worked as an oiler and greaser. He married Maggie Buxton of 119 Wood Street, Grangetown, she was the daughter of George James Buxton and Elizabeth Mary (nee Easton). They lived at 112 Vickers Street from around 1909 until they moved to Shakespeare Avenue in the 1930's.
George
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The Murphy Family of 95 Cheetham St c 1920
 | The Murphy Family of 95 Cheetham St c 1920 - courtesy of Kevin Murphy USA
The Murphy family lived in Lackenby, South Bank and Grangetown also - before they emigrated to Chicago in the Twenties.
Pictured above are :- Joseph ( who stayed in occupied Germany after WW1 - thus the uniform ) his brother John, who also served, and sister Catherine, who was a registered nurse. |
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Jack and Ethel Dalton of 9 Whitworth Rd c 1920
 | Jack and Ethel Dalton of 9 Whitworth Rd - courtesy of grandaughter Elaine Meadows
Jack and Ethel ran the confectioners and tobacco shop in the section of Whitworth Rd between Cheetham St and Vickers St - featured in the Shops section. It later became Tonkin's wet fish shop. |
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Nellie and Hilda - Bessemer & Vaughan Streets 1918
 Nellie and Hilda - Bessemer & Vaughan Streets 1918 - courtesy of Sheila Barker
I have just rang Joan. She said it would be round about the first world war and that Hilda would be 98 if she was still alive. I would guess the photo to be about 1918. Hilda was Hilda Simpson, photo taken on their back step 77 Bessemer St ,and re Nellie:- the Doyles lived opposite in the back street; so they would be Vaughan St even numbers.
Joan remembers Mr Doyle she said he was a nice man, tall with a white moustache.
Hilda went away to service at 14. She married and lived all her of her married life in Rochdale. Nellie later moved to Normanby but they never lost touch. They had been best friends at school and when Hilda was home she always went to see Nellie.
Sheila Barker
We went to Nellie's 80th at the St Peter's Club. A great lady !
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Harriet Best of Stapylton Street
 Harriet Best - courtesy of Sheila Barker
Harriet was the eldest sister of Hilda Lightfoot nee Simpson and grandaughter of Edward Feeney. |
Harry Scutt and Friends 1906
 | Harry Scutt and Friends 1906 - courtesy of Edward Wilcock
Harry Scutt lived in Vickers Street and sent a postcard or two to his ex neighbours and friends Jane and Ethel Pearson who left the town in 1905 to teach in York- bottom left.
They were soon joined in York by another neighbour and colleague - Lucy Toomey bottom right.
Another friend of the Pearson sisters is Abigail Cooney - top right.
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Jim White's Relatives
 Jim White's Relatives |
Jim and Lizzie Murphy of Grangetown
 Jim and Lizzie Murphy of Grangetown - courtesy of Kevin Murphy |
Andrew & Margaret Walsh
 Andrew & Margaret Walsh - courtesy of Tony Walsh
Margaret was a Tierney before she married Andrew from County Mayo. |
Charles Duckering marries Mary Simpson July 1917
 | Charles Duckering marries Mary Simpson July 1917 - courtesy of Joan Duckering via Sheila Barker
Charles and Mary are on the left. |
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Mary and Bill King of Vickers Street
 | | Mary and Bill King of Vickers Street - courtesy of Dennis KIng |
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Tommy and Dolly Davis
 | Tommy and Dolly Davis - courtesy of Sheila Barker
Tommy and Dolly Davis nee Duckering were the first Steward and Stewardess of Grangetown British Legion. Tommy died young in the 1940s.
S.Barker
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Peter Fox of 39 Bessemer Street
 Peter Fox of 39 Bessemer Street - courtesy of Jim Fox of Barley Hill County Tyrone
Don't get too excited - this is not a thatched cottage in Bessemer Street. Peter is pictured here later in life enjoying his farm in Barley Hill County Tyrone after earning the cash to buy it - working as a labourer in the Steelworks of Bolckow, Vaughan & Co.for about ten years in the latter part of the 19th C - as an inspiration to his sons and daughters who followed. Sadly, he found that the industry exacted a very high price.
His daughter Annie died of pneumonia aged 28 soon after giving birth to two children. His youngest son Michael was killed by a locomotive inside the gates of Bolckow, Vaughan leaving a widow Bridget who lost all of three children in infancy - the final one to grief. His daughter Bella who lived next door to her brother Michael and married his best friend Ned Purcell - was widowed within two months of her brother's death - and buried her husband in her brother's grave in Eston Cemetery.
A tragic tale for Bessemer Street - which could possibly be replicated by other families in the town. Times were hard for all. |
Amy Smith of 19 Wood Street
 Amy Smith of 19 Wood Street - courtesy of Carl Hierons
Amy Youngman Smith lived in Eston and was my grandmother. She was married to Harold James Caswell who lived at 41 William Street. They were married in the Parish of Grangetown on 16th November 1927, Witnessed by parent John James Caswell (born 1878), and parent Charles Smith. Banns where read on 23rd October 1927. The witnesses were Sydney Bullock and Winifred Smith.
Harold and Amy lived in Grangetown for many years.
Harold died in 1959 age 57 and Amy died age 75 in Whale Hill.
BIRTH :1906 Eston
BANNS :23 October 1927
MARRIED :Harold J Caswell
CHILDREN :John born 1928, Charles Robert 1931,Arthur 1933, Derick 1937, Kenneth, Alan 1942, Amy 1947.
DIED :1981
Carl Hierons
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The Caswells of Grangetown
 | | The Caswells of Grangetown - courtesy of Carl Hierons |
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Johnna McAuliffe and friend in Bessemer Street 1912
 | Johnna McAuliffe and friend in Bessemer Street 1912 - courtesy of Sheila Barker
As a young man, Johnna lost his leg attempting to hitch a lift on a lorry, I was told. Here is looking on, leaning on a large bicycle, whilst a group of youngsters from Bessemer Street take a pause from their street games to satisfy the photographer. Johnna became a very successful biliards player.
Mrs Simpson nee Feeney looks on from number 77. |
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The Livingstones of Bolckow Terrace c 1900
 | The Livingstones of Bolckow Terrace c 1900 - courtesy of Kathleen Potter nee Livingstone
An idyllic scene outside the Bolckow Terrace residence of Mr JohnLivingstone - worker at Bolckow and Vaughan's ironworks just up the road.
He strikes a familar Victorian pose alongside his wife, child and elderly mother - against a background of trained climbing plants and shrubbery. |
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Toddlers of Holden St 1912
 | Toddlers of Holden St 1912
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Mr & Mrs Gus Jones of 10 Cheetham St
 | Mr & Mrs Gus Jones ( nee Carrick) of 10 Cheetham St - courtesy of grand-daughter Ann Moutrey nee Carman
The photo was taken 1957. They had 3 children - Freda, Arthur and Vera.
After his retirement from Dorman & Long, Gus worked as caretaker for Browns' on Whitworth Road.
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The Whiles Family of Bessemer Street
 | The Whiles Family of Bessemer Street- courtesy of Brian Crowther
The Whiles Family
Collin Whiles married Mary Alice Smart on November 19th 1926 and they had nine children. Margaret, John (Jack) Colin, Joan, Ronald, Michael, Dennis, Kenneth and Samuel Peter.
Collin was born 6th June 1904 and died 9th December 1993
Mary Alice born 20th October 1906 and died 6th January 1986
Margaret Elizabeth was born 5th December 1928 attended St. Mary’s school and when St. Peter’s was built on Normanby road attended her last year of school there. Married Leslie Crowther 11th December 1948 in Saint Mary’s RC church they have 2 sons Brian and Arthur and a daughter Hazel. Margaret and Leslie in there early married years lived in Marquand road in South Bank until in 1963 moved to Spencer road, Teesville. On 4th May 1997 Leslie died.
John Edward everyone knew as Jack. Born 21st July 1931 attended St. Mary’s school and St. Peter’s on Normanby road. Married Hilda Coleman 11th November 1952 at Saint Martins church Whinneybanks Middlesbrough and have 3 daughters Carol Janette and Jacqueline. They emigrated to Australia in November 1963.They have lived most of the time near the Gold Coast Brisbane area of Queensland, Australia since emigrating. They have come home twice on holidays and visited Grangetown twice since emigrating.
Colin was born 6th January 1933 and died 6th February 1933
Joan born 30th May 1935 attended St. Mary’s school and St. Peter’s on Normanby Road. She married Terrance Rooke in Saint Mary’s RC church. Terry for years was a local athlete and still lives in the Eston area. They had a son Terrance and a daughter Carmel. Joan died 10th March 1973.
Ronald born 11th December 1937 attended St. Mary’s school and St. Peter’s on Normanby road. Married Doreen Smith 29th July 1961 Saint Peter’s church Redcar and have one daughter Donna. Ron and Doreen live in Marton.
Michael born 26th January 1939 attended St. Mary’s school and St. Peter’s on Normanby road. Married Carol Snaith and have 2 sons and 2 daughters
Dennis born 17th May 1940 spent most of his life in Claypenny Hospital and died 29th November 1958
Kenneth born 8th December 1945 attended St. Mary’s school and St. Peter’s on Normanby road. Married a Grangetown girl Peggy Milsom at Saint Mathews church in Grangetown and have lived all there married life in Eston.
Samuel Peter was stillborn February 1949
Collin and Mary Whiles in early married life lived at 52 Whitworth Road. Margaret John and Joan were all born here. They moved to 36 Bessemer Street in 1936 Ronald, Michae, Dennis, Kenneth and Samuel were all born at this house and Mary and Collin lived there until the street was demolished and they were rehoused at 212 Birchington Avenue. I, as their oldest grandchild, remember going there and if the door was not open you would pull the string, which lifted the latch, and that was the door unlocked there was no mortice lock. There was always a pram or a push chair in the passage as members of the family were visiting. On a Friday you would see everyone as that was the day they would be paying granddad back what they had borrowed during the week. The number of times we use to walk across the fields from South Bank to Grangetown and if the weather was really bad we would use the tip. On Sunday afternoons when we visited after the initial welcome Mary my grandmother always would give you one of the large Yorkshire puddings from on top of the oven.
As I remember that house there was a small lobby, then a half paned glass door. To the left was the front room, mainly only used on Sundays, walking up the passage with the stairs in front of you then to the left the middle room through the middle room to the kitchen which led to the back yard. Tin bath hung from a nail on the wall. I remember having a few baths in front of the fire in the middle room; I might have been fourth in line for the bath. The toilet was at the bottom of the yard, it had the newspaper squares hung on the wall, it was cold in the winter and dark on a night no electricity in there. The coal house was next to the toilet.
Mary Whiles mother Elizabeth Burke formally Smart (nee Hewitt). Elizabeth Hewitt married Henry Smart. They had a son Peter and three daughters Mary Miriam and Elizabeth. Mary married Collin Whiles Miriam married George Willoughby and Elizabeth (Lizzie) married Vincent Mc Namara. Henry Smart died and Elizabeth remarried and that was to Thomas Burke and they had 2 sons Michael and William. Michael an army man married Joanna Mc McCarthy and lived in Vaughan Street and William married Winifred Tierney. Michael was a very talented pianist mainly classical and lived at 57, Bessemer Street. On the Coronation of the late King George and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 Michael moved the piano under the front window and played nearly all night for everyone to dance and jig to. On the 1927 electoral register Elizabeth and Thomas Burke with her father William Hewitt lived at number 1 Bessemer Street. There was a steam locomotive named William Hewitt named after him. This Locomotive ran on the Grangetown Rail Bank. A certificate of the award was on the wall of the middle room at 36 Bessemer Street for years it was presented to him on behalf of Bolckow and Vaughan.
Margaret Crowther nee Whiles and son Brian Crowther.
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The Thompson Family of Eversham Road
 | The Thompson Family of Eversham Road - courtesy of Margaret Thompson
Top left: An avid reader of four to five books a day, Mrs Thompson of Eversham Road is pictured in her favourite chair in her front room. Top right is her husband Charles Thompson, pictured with his parents Charles and Margaret Thompson nee McGuone when they were living in Lanchester Road Grangetown. Moving clockwise, bottom right, her mother Mrs McGuone can be seen. She lived in the Bungalows on Birchington Avenue. Bottom left in their Eversham Road garden, Madge Thompson and her mother Margaret pose for the camera. |
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The Thompson Family of Eversham Road 2
 | The Thompson Family of Eversham Road 2 - courtesy of Alan Thompson
Madge was taken at Normanby Hall Summer Fayre. She worked abroad quite a few years - in fact she was in Canada when Alan and I married. When Mam had a stroke she stopped her work and nursed her for five years until she died age 68yrs. Madge never married but had a way with kids. Our four loved her as did Charlie and Enid’s Ian. Sadly she too died young. Margaret Thompson
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The Porter Family of Bolckow Road c 1900
 | The Porter Family of Bolckow Road c 1900 - courtesy of Wendie Thiele
The top row are pictures of Ernest Porter, my great Uncle; Thomas Albert Porter, My grandfather, Edith Porter Hayden, my Great Aunt, My Great Grandfather, Thomas Porter My Great Grandmother MaryEllen Winn Porter, and in the bottom row, Arthur Porter, and Percy Porter.I think they are also my Great Uncles.
Hello John,
I remember my mom saying that my grandfather owned a pawnshop. I do believe these pictures may have been taken in the early 19oo's. My mother Winifred Porter came over to the United States in 1926, at the age of 11. She was the daughter of Thomas Porter and Esther Elizabeth Althwaite. I am e-mailing you from Seaford, Long island N.Y. the United States of America. Thanks again John for your time..This is a wonderful thing you are doing!!
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Mary Wall nee Traynor and Children
 | Mary Wall nee Traynor and Children - courtesy of Estelle Blackburn nee Lambert of Keighley
A particularly significant picture for me as this lady appears to me my grandfather's sister -my Grand Aunt - Mary Traynor who lived in 1 Holden Street in 1891 aged 21 years.
She married Patrick Wall, a railbank labourer, and lived next door in number 3 Holden Street afterwards. The two young children with her are Mary and Thomas Wall.
Mary had a brother Patrick aged 23, who was also a railbank labourer in 1891 and was the only male employed in the household. It's quite likely that they were good mates and went to work together every morning. My grandfather Michael was only 16 at this time and by the time of this photograph was preparing to join the Durham Light Infantry and fight overseas. His picture and story is on the earlier pages.
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The Barry Brothers 1914
 | The Barry Brothers - courtesy of Frank Barry
This photograph of 1914 shows Eddie Barry aged one with his brother Jack aged 11. They were the children of Edward Barry and Bridget Foley. A girl was born before Jack but died in infancy. After Jack, another five children were born. All died in infancy until Eddie became the second survivor. Con (Cornelius) born after Eddie,also survived.
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The Reeve Family 1944
 | The Reeve Family - courtesy of Terry Reeve 1944
Annie Reeve (nee Lawton, of Laing Street) with myself aged 2,left; Bernard aged 3 and baby sister Julie.
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The Simms Brothers c 1914
 | The Simms Brothers c 1914 - courtesy of Sheila Powlay
The Simms' brothers of Ethel who married Fred Powlay, emigrated to Australia with 2 daughters in the twenties. This photograph is from one of the daughter's sons - Richard Webb. She is now in a home and would love to have news of any of the Simms' family.
emckee20006@hotmail.co.uk and Tel: 454520 |
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