Sutton & Wawne
Team Ministry
SUTTON on HULL
SUTTON EXHIBITION
& RESOURCES CENTRE
Normal Opening Times :
as usual, every Friday lunchtime . . 10 am - 2 pm
Admission
IS STILL FREE !
Come and see us !
Go through that open door in the School, you can see it
there on the photo, just at the back of the Church Office.
The 2010 Calendar is now on sale ...
See Publications Page, or further below
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As of November 2009, The Bernard Sharp Graveyard Photo Collection
of photos of most of the 1,800 graves and headstones in
St James' churchyard, will be available to visitors on a CD-ROM ...
see details on Family History page .. click the button in the menu
Follow the course of the
ROUND THE WORLD CLIPPER RACE
Bon Voyage folks, and a safe return to Hull in 2010 !
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Liz Cook
Ken Cooke
Sylvia Cooke
Barbara Cross
Barbara Hays
Audrey Hickey
June Irvine
Barbara Lazenby
Bernard Lazenby
Jill Lawson
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We have 19 attendants here to
help visitors at various times.
We give thanks to them all here.
click for a larger image in either photo,
showing some of our
Team of Attendants here to help you.
Some of the staff
at this year's 2009
Heritage Open Weekend,
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Audrey Moore
Sylvia Popple
Ann Pullen
Merrill Rhodes
Peter Rhodes
Ann Rogers
Tom Steele
Jean Sutherland
Alan Thurloe
Lorna Tremlett
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Multimap has the advantage of requiring no previous download, and of being able to see a 'bird's-eye view' of any of the churches, from all four points of the compass.
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View our Churchyards on MULTIMAP
Please make full use of it ... it's free!
but please bear in mind these aerial
photos are at least 2 years old.
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For those with relatives buried here, who cannot get to see these graves in our peaceful churchyards at Sutton and in Wawne, this facility will be of great interest as well as comfort.
Just type in the postcode.
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See many items illustrating the day to day life
of Sutton & Wawne folk going back over 100 years.
There's more details of what there is to see,
resource archives, records, school registers, CD's, hundreds of photos, etc,
on the FAMILY HISTORY page.
and this link .. SUTTON RESOURCES .. takes you
directly the list of what is available in the Centre on that page.
THE OLD SCHOOL IN SUTTON . .
. . . is now The Exhibition Room and is open on most Fridays lunchtimes,
when you will be welcome to sample coffee and biscuits
as you browse the fascinating collections we have here
Living History . . Come and See It . . Be a Part of It !
If you or your family came from here . .. you already are part of it !!
Even if you're family heritage isn't Sutton or Wawne,
this is still British Social History par excellence.
BLAST FROM THE PAST !
where we have some interesting mystery shots ...
where? SUTTON GARDEN PARTY .. when? June 17th 1961 .. who?
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Special Local Events
IT'S NEARLY READY !!
The Incredible new
HULL HISTORY CENTRE
opens its doors on Jan 10 for limited viewing,
and goes fully operational on Jan 25.
This fantastic new facility for the city has two websites to visit for all the details
the HULL HISTORY CENTRE website itself,
and their fabulous FACEBOOK pages.
The Facebook page has photos of progress, and the covers are off.
Drop by and have a look.
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SOME OTHER RECENT EVENTS
and photos contributed by viewers and ex-residents
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ST JAMES' SCHOOL, SUTTON on HULL
150th ANNIVERSARY GRAND REUNION !
4th July 2009
And Grand it was too !
The whole event was a tremendous success, and a credit to all who organised and helped out.
A memorable day for all those who attended, many of who travelled some distance to be here.
First, the children of St James' School on Dorchester Road, entertained the veteran pupils
of the old St James' at their re-union dinner in the Church Hall.
 
Ex-pupils later browsed the many and varied old school records in
the Old School itself during their Re-union gathering.
 
All the Attendants & Helpers that made the event such a success. And also thanks to Stuart Russell of the publication 'Flashback', whose untiring efforts in publicising the event was largely instrumental in it being the stomping success it was.
And last, but not least, the unstoppable Merrill ....
what more can we say. Thank you Merrill.
All new details and photos are posted on the new page, on the link further below.
Sorry, it can't be done all at once,
my boss expects me to turn up for at least a little work during the day,
so there will be rolling updates as new information comes in.
And one bit of info just in:
The Raffle raised £85.50 towards Resource Centre funds.
The new page, where new photos can be viewed
a little bigger, is now accessible by clicking on the link below:
SCHOOL RE-UNION : NEW PAGE
there's over a dozen photos on this page; may take a minute or so to load.
There are links on the new page to bring you back either to this page,
or the Home Page of the site.
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We have here a magnificent family photo of the Williams family outside
Elm Tree House in Sutton (now Sutton Care Home), in 1919.
These were well-known locally as owners of two Hull ships
in the years after the First World War.
Robert Edward Williams stands at the back with his family of 14 children:
Robert David; John Webster; George Meredith; Elizabeth; Annie Gertrude;
Gwendolyn; Thomas; Martin Edwin; William Stanley; Neville Llewellyn;
Charles Frederick; Nesta Myfannwy; Mervin Mostyn and lastly, Howard.
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It was Robert Edward Williams' great-grandson who visited the Resource Centre in November, one result of which is this historic photo posted here. Dated at 1919, it's good to know that the uniformed members of the family did at least survive the carnage of the previous five years. Also named Robert Edward Williams, this great-grandson of Sutton now lives in South Africa. He visited numerous family members, and it's heartening to know of his deep interest in family history and his enjoyment of the Resource Centre. We send him and his family our very best wishes.
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Terry King, now living in Osnabruck, is wondering if any of his old mates
from Hull Grammar School are still around. Here's the class of 1948.
And a fearsome bunch they looked too .. any you may recognise ?.
Terry is back row, 4th from the left.
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Terry King recently sent me a clipping he'd saved from the Daily Mail, an article by a staff writer editing reader's memories. At a guess, it dates from some time in the 1970's or 1980's, and I would imagine a lot of folks mentioned in this lady's memories are no longer with us. The subject lady herself, Barbara Rowntree, eventually became Barbara McGough, and after travelling and working all over the globe in a career editing various magazines, she emigrated to Adelaide in South Australia. She had seen an aerial view of modern Sutton, and it had prompted her to write to the HDM with her own memories of the places she could still locate on the photo. I thought the whole article worth seeing, and so have reproduced it here in its entirety ... Enjoy
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SUTTON MEMORIES
How deep childhood impressions go ! My recent memory is a very fallible sign, I think, not only of old age, but of the increasing complexities of life; but my early recollections are still startlingly vivid.
So it is with my opposite number in Adelaide, South Australia, Mrs B L McGough, formerly Beryl Rowntree and now professionally known as “Barbara Page”, the 'Miss Humber', it would seem, of their evening newspaper, 'The News'.
Mrs McGough, who is also doing a lot of freelance work for mainstream magazines and radio, was born in Sutton, and she was extremely interested in one of our serial photographs of that area which someone sent he during the summer.
“Seeing the photograph has brought back a flood of memories,” she writes. “The place hasn't altered greatly in its layout; I can recognise every stick and stone.
“I can see the house where I was born, 2, Rutland Terrace, with my grandparents' house next door. Mr and Mrs W Goodin, they're buried in the churchyard there, with the names of my two brothers inscribed on their gravestone, Cadet Kenneth W Rowntree, aged 16, lost at sea, and Pilot-Officer H Raymond Rowntree, aged 21, lost on operations, both in 1941.
Mrs McGough remembers the names of many people who lived in her street.; The Pinkneys, The Danbys, the Hakeneys, the Simpsons, the Pitchers, the Grays, the Hodgsons.
“Church Street was the hub of our universe. I remember the Carricks at the corner of Stoneferry Lane, the station where I watched troops going off in World War I, the church school, the church where we played many hours happily among the graves, the Methodist Chapel where I went three times every Sunday.
“I ran my mother's messages there, shopping at Wheelhouse's, spending my Saturday pennies at Rene Rodmell's sweetshop, buying a reel of cotton at Miss Heron's, the drapers (and I can still hear the tinkle of the bell on the shop door as you opened it).
“We gazed at the mugs and jugs and bowls in Miss Moody's and stopped to look at the pots and pans in Fletcher's.
“Every day I walked the long stretch to the Council School up on the hill four times a day. I can even remember my first teacher there, Miss Richardson, beating time to 'All Things Bright And Beautiful', apparently her favourite hymn.
“I can still pinpoint Holmes the butchers, and Hickeys further along. Sutton House has come out fine; I remember picnics and garden parties there and the annual Horse Show.
“Winnie Leake lived in a house on the estate, and learnt music with my teacher, Bertha Rodmell. The Sewells lived just there, opposite Potterill Lane, and their neices, Marjorie and Mary Cross – I went to their double wedding in the Methodist Chapel in 1938 or 1939, and watched them given away by their aunts, Lydia and Hetty.”
Mrs McGough adds that one of her schoolteachers, Clarice Annison, is still living in Church Mount. An uncle, Mr Harry Goodin, is still living in Sutton, and until recently another uncle lived in Lime Tree Avenue.
She draws a vivid picture of life in pre-war Sutton, when the church bells rang … and later, one would meet the bellringers, a solid and portly group, in best suits and boots, watch chains and waistcoats.
“Having rung the bells, they never felt obliged to attend the formal services and took their regular Sunday morning stroll always in the same direction. I know this well, because my Uncle Tom was one of the bellringers.
“We had the 'gentry' then … the Smiths, the Robsons, the Waterhouses, the Bladons, and the differences were sharply defined. But somehow we never felt deprived or inferior. We all knew our places.
“The doctor had a special place too, and everybody in the village knew Dr Gillespie and looked up to him in a way. And then he took on a raw, young partner, Dr Bruce. I well remember the curiosity about the new, pink-cheeked Scot, who, my grandmother said, was 'too young' and she much preferred old Dr Shaw who visited the village every so often …”
Since leaving Sutton at the age of 20, Mrs McGough seems to have had many adventures. In 1943, she went to Dublin with her Irish husband, and fron 1947 to 1955 was editor of the Irish magazine, 'Woman's Life', later incorporated into 'Women's Realm.'
From 1956 to 1965 she was Woman Editor of the Dublin Evening Herald, when she left to travel the world, ending in South America in 1970, from where she went to London to become Travel Editor for 'She.'
Mrs McGough later went to Australia to live with her daughter, hence her semi-retirement doing freelancing work on the Adelaide newspaper. That was several years ago, and she would be well into her 80's now if she's still alive. I'm sure her memories are shared by many other folks too, and do illustrate what a close-knit community Sutton was in those days.
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These two church certificates will surely bring back memories for many parishioners who attended St James' in the years before the Second War.
Example of a Baptism Certificate from St James',
Sutton on Hull, dated 1933.
Example of a Choir Certificate for the same boy,
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Inside the Old School, this free Exhibition has hundreds of visitors annually
to see items and photos representing life in Sutton years ago . . .
including many archives, school registers, etc.
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Merrill Rhodes, caught on camera,
assisted by her husband, Peter.
If you used to attend Sutton School,
then do note the restored clock on the wall behind Merrill.
That should give you the shudders . .
No, not Merrill, the CLOCK !!
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Sutton Resource Centre attendants,
Jayne Turton, Elizabeth Barnes and Merrill Rhodes
(holding a 1930s electric kettle which had just been
donated by Brenda and Bill Turner!)
The occasion for dressing up "in costume" was
the 2004 St George's Day weekend.
Click them for a fuller, Panoramic View !
HISTORY ... from the other side!
 Ex-Sutton choirboy, Terry King, who now lives with his wife, Leni, in Osnabrück, showing 1941 copies of the Osnabrück Daily News that he brought for the Exhibition Room in 2006. The dates are those immediately after the Luftwaffe's bombing of Hull in March and April of 1941, and one in July, naming Hull by name. So one thing strikes immediately .. no-one was fooled by the BBC reference to "A North-East Coast Town" .. least of all the German High Command or the Luftwaffe. They knew exactly where they'd been. The accounts are very perfunctory and matter-of-fact .. perhaps some would describe as clinical. Space forbids the full
reproduction here of the newspaper pages themselves, and in the old German script of the time, they're devilishly hard to read. But for anyone who wants to try their skill, they'll be available to view in the Centre. Terry & Leni have kindly provided some basic translation on a separate page. Click on any of the images to view.
Terry is standing in front of the displays and cases containing various Sutton residents' wartime decorations, paybooks, plus items issued to Fire Wardens, etc.
It really is a terrific exhibition of Sutton's social history and well worth seeing.
   
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The Free Exhibition is open in the Old School every week on Fridays
from 10 am to 2 pm . . .
tea, coffee, biscuits can be served ..
50p per person per cup.
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SOME PICS OF SUTTON MEMORIES
What about the folks in this modern photo ...?
Any memories of this band when they played
Sutton Church Hall ... around 1959-60 ...
... and this Soccer Team, c. 1952
Happier and Carefree Days
John Kemp in the USA (on photo, front row ) sent this photo via his friend (and our previous correspondant, Terry King in Germany). Amazing how these memories travel the world through cyberspace to arrive back here. It's a photo of Sutton AFC Amatuer League, Div 4, 1951/52 Season, when they won the League in that year They're all Sutton Lads, and Terry's own father is on the right.
Names are : Back Row left to right .. Tom Jones, J Buxton, Mr Rust, Les Buxton, Frank Atkin, Colin Duncan, Ian Singleton, Harold King.
Middle Row ; Alan Rooke, Johhny Read, Geof Hall, Eric Harrison, Alan Constable.
Front Row ; Alan Jones, John Kemp
A FAR OFF IMAGE OF THE OLD SCHOOL AND PROUD DAYS
Terry King, a former Sutton resident who settled in Germany after a career in the army, sent this old photo dating from the early part of the last century. Taken about 1914 or just before the First World War, Terrry's mother, born 1906 and aged about 6 here, is on the second row from the front, second in from the left. And another sister is at the other end of the row. Their maiden name was Catterick. Old images such as this are so full of atmosphere. Look at those lads standing proudly with their arms manfully folded. Many would have fathers soon to be lost in the First War, and whom themeselves in turn would go on to have, and lose, sons that would know the terrors of fighting in the Second. And the girls, of course, as wives and mothers, by and large kept house and home
together while they were away . . as did Terry's mum shown here. She later knew the trauma of the blitz, and of having her son evacuated to the Lake District and not knowing how it would all end. Can anyone recall the name of the mistress ?
TWO SIGNS OF THE CORPORATION . .
two more of Terry King's pictures
A familiar site in Sutton in the 1950's, before Bransholme was started, when the 32 service terminated in Church Street. Behind this AEC Regent III, note the Corporation Telephones phonebox which used to be just at the end of the church wall, right opposite College Street.
. . . AND WAITING TO TAKE THE TRAIN TO THE SEASIDE.
This picture, also from Terry, is a heavily enhanced copy of an old newspaper clipping, hence the poor quality and "woven paper" effect. But enough of the atmosphere remains here of this foggy day on the Hornsea line, and of two young girls awaiting the train to the seaside, to make it worth showing. Note the signal box, where the playground is now, and the points for the coal siding. It's almost certainly someone's copyright . . probably the HDM's . . please forgive me in the interests of nostalgia. You can click this picture for a slightly larger, if not improved, image.
I love the story I heard recently of the family that lived just about opposite the War Memorial, in the days before the trees grew so large. When getting ready for work in a morning, the gent of the family could look right out over to Swine, and see the smoke of his train as it left Swine station. He then had plenty of time to finish his coffee, don his hat and coat, and walk the few hundred yards to the station. Except on the very first morning of diesel operation. There was no smoke . . . so he missed it. New technology ..? Bah !!
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Terry also recently sent this .. his grandparents Diamond Wedding, taken in the British Legion Hall in 1965. His Grandad Catterick features on some archive cine-film on the Sutton video, probably taken not so long after this. Featured from L - R : his great aunt, sister Susan, mother, grandparents, Aunt May, Terry himself, and an uncle.
This photo is from a glass plate in the Rev Colman Collection.
Mr Rodmell, the Station Master, here sporting a fine Edwardian beard,
is seen with two of his staff, an unknown lad, centre, and Mr White.
Some more likely Hull lads here, though some may be from Sutton.
I wonder if anyone recognises any
of these fine young reprobates . .
Click the picture for a closer look.
Are they Hull Sea Scouts, Sea Rangers . . ?
Previous offences will be taken into consideration !!
Did you serve in HM Armed Forces?
The Ministry of Defence are offering this badge
to men and women who served in HM Armed Forces,
up to and including 31st Dec 1959.
Included groups are :
Merchant Navy Seamen involved in military action,
Polish Forces under UK command,
the Cyprus Regiment, and The Home Guard.
Please note: this criteria does not include Veterans who served in the
Armed Forces of other Countries and who served alongside HM Armed Forces.
For example; Canadian Navy, or Royal Australian Air Force.
It is regrettable that the badge cannot be issued posthumously.
The badge is a survivors' badge, which is to be worn on civilian attire.
The only exception to this is War Widows and Widowers who are
getting a War Widows/Widowers Pension.
The deceased must have served before 31 December 1959.
Application Forms are available
in the Exhibition & Resource Centre,
or can be obtained from :
The Veterans Agency, Thornton-Cleveleys,
Norcross, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3WP
email : help@veteransagency.gsi.gov.uk
The Veterans Agency Website
tel : 0800 169 2277 (UK only) .. or .. +44 1253 866043 (Overseas)
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2010 CALENDAR
SUTTON, Then & Now
now available from all good stockists ! ie, The Post Office and Sutton Exhibition Price
£4
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THE BOOK IS OUT !!
SUTTON, BRANSHOLME AND WAWNE
Church and People - a Celebration
by Merrill Rhodes
published 10 April 2006 by Highgate Publications of Beverley
available locally from the Church Office, The Post Office,
and in the Sutton Exhibition and Resouces Centre
inside the Old School on Friday lunchtimes (10am - 2pm)
now at £12.00 per copy.
50p from each sale goes towards the church floor funds.
Please ring 01482 876370 for postage details
if requiring Mail Order
This is the long-awaited reprint, with updates,
of the excellent 1999 publication by Merrill
that originally celebrated the 650th anniversary of
the founding of Sutton Church.
The print run has been 500 copies;
many advance orders were taken,
and sales are expected to be 'keen'.
Ring and order, or collect, your copy now
to avoid disappointment.
For anyone interested in local history, has an interest
in the historic families of Sutton & Wawne,
or who has recently moved into the area
this book is highly recommended.
Your webmaster has read it from cover to cover,
and enjoyed it immensely.
HULL'S OWN AIR FORCE STATION
by Leonard C Bacon
in softback, A4 size.
Copies are now available to buy
From Mrs Judith Bangs of the EYFHS at:
5 Curlew Close
Molescroft
BEVERLEY
East Yorkshire
HU17 7QN
or at the Balloon Barrage Reunion Club website.
We must add our own thanks
that Len completed this history before his
untimely death on 23 Aug 2007.
The Basque Children
new DVDs
. . . a short programme of silent film
about the Basque Children who stayed in Sutton
during and after the Spanish Civil War
is now also available on DVD.
The programme contains many good scenes of pre-war Sutton.
Copies may be purchased in the Resource Centre
and they are £8 each
In addition, there is also a DVD available
of the Blue Plaque unveiling and the following get-together
in the Old School.
Also on sale at the Exhibition Centre at £8 each.
The VIDEO of Sutton
a 50-minute programme about the history of the village,
and last available on VHS two or three years ago,
has now been re-issued on DVD.
Copies are available from
Sutton Post Office in Church Street.
A Sad Announcement
Further to the above, it is with great sadness that I
have to report the death of my good friend and film-maker
who made the Sutton video, Mr Robin Walters, and who owned
The Dovedale Studio in the Louis Pearlman Centre.
Aged not quite 60, Rob passed away after a massive
heart attack on Saturday, 3rd February, 2008.
There are more details on the
Dovedale Media home page,
which also includes a link to the village of Broughton where Rob is
now buried in the village cemetery, and contains many photos
of the beautiful and ancient church of St Mary's.
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See the FAMILY HISTORY page
for some useful links and general help
if you are just starting out on your quest.
Another Hull site that is well worth a visit
for general city history and Family History Links,
as well as a tremendous amount of info on WW2
and the Hull Blitz is
Click logo to pay them a visit.
Try the
... just for fun.
[opens in a new window .. and yes, they are serious]
Your webmaster took the test, and failed. I only got 58%
I suppose I'll now have to pack and leave the country.
Does anyone know of a country that will take a failed Englishman
with a good work ethic, clean driving license, and no CRB record?
Not too hot, mind ...
IF YOU'RE A HISTORY FAN .... you may like this ....
the information changes every day.
And if you like your history with a
more of a British slant to it .. try
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You also have the option to select your own date input!
Here's a link to an historical Short Story,
set in Sutton in the time of old King Henry ...
Or click this link below to learn about the Apparition in the Bell-Loft ..
and play the Curate's game ...
Short Story
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Google Earth – Explore, Search and Discover
I like to think that there is so much on this website to keep anyone occupied
for at least 2 whole days ... but if not, and the World is your Oyster,
maybe you'd like to explore this new mapping facility from Google ..
Google Earth.
Want to know more about a specific location?
Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps
and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
Fly from space to your neighbourhood. Type in an address and zoom right in.
Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions.
Tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings.
Save and share your searches and favorites. Even add your own annotations.
[ please note: Google Earth is a broadband, 3D application
that not all computers can run. ]
Download it at this safe Google site .. I've put the site address below also,
so you can check it out as well as click on it .. best to be safe these days.
download GoogleEARTH here
... ... http://pack.google.com/product_info.html?earth .. .. ..
If Google Earth is a bit too much to manage, re download speeds, etc, then the new
facility from MULTIMAP may be of use.
Multimap has the advantage of requiring no previous download,
and being able to see a 'bird's-eye view' of any of the churches,
from all four points of the compass, but please
bear in mind these photos are at least 2 years old.
For those with relatives buried here, who cannot get to see these graves
in the peaceful churchyards at Sutton and in Wawne,
this facility will be of great interest as well as comfort.
Please make full use of it ... it's free!
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St James', from the churchyard: taken 9 Sept 2006
looking south west.
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Use this page also in conjunction with the
Family History information and links page
for more information as to what is in the Centre,
and other links on the World Wide Web.
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