Hi Lyn, I have the second photo you put on of Whitmore Street and its also on Ted Rudge's site as Whitmore street, but people are now saying that its not. Any ideas?View attachment 83072View attachment 83073View attachment 83074here you go john..3 more to go with the one carolina has posted for you..just click on them they will enlarge..pics courtesy of carl chinn...
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I was born at 62 Whitmore Street in 1955 my nan and grandad lived next door at 63.This c 1955 map seems to show the right distribution of "holes" in the frontage, with the right number of houses in between. Photographer at red arrow
Brian Phelps is on facebook with photos of his group The L8 Arrivals (he plays guitar and sings)Astonian.you say you knew the Phelps boys.Did you also know a girl who hung around with them.Her name was Brenda Wathen and lived at 45 Whitmore St.Did you also know the boys Uncle Dick.
Hi, I was most interested to read this post as I am trying to do some family research for a direct descendant of this same family. He was born to John Thomas Atkins, born circa 1945. Johns father was Ronald Claude Atkins, married to Doris May Masters. Do you by any chance have any further information on the family that you could share. Many of Ronald and Doris's children were born pre the war and others after the war. I'm thinking Ronald went to war? Would love to hear from you. Thanks SandiThere was a guy who lived in Whitmore Street in the late 50s/early60s and he loved Connie Francis and he would have her records playing all day long which you could hear everytime you walked past his house. The Atkins I talked about were Margaret and Maureen, their siblings were, John, Ronnie, Joyce and Ruby. The lived in a yard and everytime you went into their house you had to bang about as the coal was kept right next to the living room and hence loads of black bats. We had some great times together.
I presume you are related to John? I went to John and his wife's house just at the back of Wretham Road many times with Margaret and Maureen. John also worked at Dennison Watch Case Co on Soho Road.Hi, I was most interested to read this post as I am trying to do some family research for a direct descendant of this same family. He was born to John Thomas Atkins, born circa 1945. Johns father was Ronald Claude Atkins, married to Doris May Masters. Do you by any chance have any further information on the family that you could share. Many of Ronald and Doris's children were born pre the war and others after the war. I'm thinking Ronald went to war? Would love to hear from you. Thanks Sandi
I’m a friend of one of Johns children. He does not know anything about his grandparents and their children, or about his father John as his mother remarried. Your post is the only info outside of the names and births of Ronald and Doris Atkins children, the twins Margaret and Maureen being two of them. Their mother Doris’s mother, Teresa Masters and siblings, also lived close by and there was another couple Samuel and Annie Atkins who lived at 22 Whitmore Street. I think Ronald’s family lived at that same address as it is noted on the baptism. I am wondering if Samuel related but not sure how. Samuel Atkins was born in 1887 and was a silversmith. He was living in Whitmore Street from at least 1910 until the mid 1950’s. Any info would be much appreciated. It’s so valuable to get an impression of what life was like back then and details about the home.I presume you are related to John? I went to John and his wife's house just at the back of Wretham Road many times with Margaret and Maureen. John also worked at Dennison Watch Case Co on Soho Road.