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Name: James A Pye City: stoke on trent staffs Sent: 02/05 05:29 Nice of Sue Evans to resurect my uncle joe,/aunt minnie pye, and as my dad was one of the infamous pye brothers, i could send sue a few pics of minnie,,miss dunscroft, and its smashing people (thats nearly 60 years) phew time goes by,, ok, wonderful site will come again, so byeee from stoke.james (arthur) pye. Name: Adge Homepage: http://www.stainforthonline.co.uk City: Stainforth Sent: 01/05 05:56 I've been toying with the idea of a Forum for the Stainforth, Thorne and Hatfield area for some time. I thought it would be a great place for people to talk about what's on the local agenda and also just for general chat. So, click on the link below, take a look, and tell me what you think of STH. Adge. STH__Forum Name: Claire Cooper City: London Sent: 25/04 02:31 Hi again Robbo. I just realised you don't have a son, you have a daughter. Sorry Sam!!! C Name: Claire Cooper City: London Sent: 24/04 23:49 Hey there Robbo!!! Glad it was you in the earlier email and that you remember me and Helen. The Swift is still moored in the same spot I think but I wasn't game to go and visit her when I was in Donny last (in '98) as my mum and dad had told me that she had gone down hill a fair bit since we left her in the early 80's. What have you been up to over the past 20 or so years? From the emails, it looks like you've got a son (it sounds like he's cheeky like his dad was too!!). If you're ever in Australia, look us up. I'll have to tell Helen we've made contact. She'll probably want to send you an email. Take care. Cheers, Claire. Sent: 24/04 13:55 Name: Sheila Gravel(Wilson) City: Doncaster Sent: 11/04 09:59 I was born in Stainforth,at 13 first square, and my father was born in one of the houses at the side of the canal. My grandfather and husband worked at Hatfield Main Colliery. I now live in Hatfield. Some of my family still live in Stainforth. I have an old picture of stainforth choir (women) I lived in Stainforth for about 37 years. Name: dave City: epworth Sent: 04/04 07:04 STAINY IS COOL Name: pat pilkington City: stainforth Sent: 19/03 13:52 hi,stainforth is a great place its got alot going for it i wouldnt live ne where eles ive lived there for 50 years i have had 5 sons in stainforth i was married to john pilkington who has now passed away his brother bill was the youngest to lose his leg in the 1939 cage crash at the pit my mother and father had the dime shop on staition road their names were jessie n cloude caines if theres n e body out there who new them i would like to here from you Name: Dave Madill City: Dunscroft, via Stainforth Sent: 03/03 17:58 What a wonderful site! A comprehensive pocket history of the land of our birth,and so much more than "just another decaying pit village". I still pop over the bridge on most days and either drive through or visit relatives still living in the vilage, with the occasional stop off for a drink in the Harvester or the Old Club. Although there are many hearts that are warmed by a visit to this site, including mine, the reality is that the world has changed. Many people now live their lives in fear, hiding behind locked doors and fearing the night. There are a few who desperately seek to re-kindle the spirit of the Community, to breathe life back into the old ways, when neighbours took care of each other, when the door was always open and people took time to talk. Unfortunatley, they are all too few and far between. I hope that this site may act as tha catalyst to a new awakening in the collective fighting spirit of the people of Stainforth, and that they remember that there is strength in unity. Anywhere that has arosed the passions in so many should be worth saving as a beacon of hopr for the future. All the best to all Stainy folk, both here and abroad, Dave Madill. Name: robbo City: stainfoth/evesham Sent: 28/02 15:16 hi claire cooper did remember you and your sister when you lived on the swift Name: alan robson City: evesham Sent: 28/02 15:08 hi sam good to hear from you looks like asafeway bar of chocolate and a card for your birthday see you soon love dad Name: alan robson City: evesham Sent: 28/02 14:59 hi claire and helen cooper i do remember you both love to talk to you just one question did your barge the swift ever move or did it just take in water like the one next to you did robbo Name: Don Reader City: St. Louis, Missouri, USA Sent: 24/02 13:46 One of my ancestors, one Robert Reader (wife Saray or Sarah), was the Grave of Stainforth at the close of 17th century. There are many references to him in the Manor Court rolls of Hatfield. As I understand it the title of Grave made him a kind of caretaker of the Lord's lands in and around the village, as well as an arbiter of boundary disputes between the leaseholders who farmed the land. He died about 1708. His son Robert (II) moved to Whitgift on the Humber and then to Blacktoft, from where his son Robert(III)left for America about 1769. Do you know anyone who might have information about this READER (or REEDER) family before 1700? I believe some of them lived in Thorne also. I would like to find out if they had lived in the area previously, or migrated there from another part of Yorkshire, or another county. Great website! Name: Sue Evans (Singleton) City: Moorend (Stainforth) Sent: 22/02 04:54 I was just wondering Adge, would I have to scan a photo to you for you to recieve it and put it on the site or would I post it to you. I have one of Minnie Pye,Joe Pie and my Mam & dad in the Slipper at the bottom of the railway bridge. I will look it out for you. Does any body remember The Slipper as it was called in them days.Not seen it mentioned. Name: sid City: stainforth Sent: 21/02 16:18 very interesting reading about the 1939 hatfield colliery cage crash adge. could we have more old photographs please. ***** I'm hoping to add some old photographs soon, but I have to be careful that I don't infringe anyone else's copyright! Usually old photographs belong to someone else and you can't just stick them on your web site without permission! I always try to obtain permission to use any photographs that aren't mine, but sometimes it's a little difficult to find who holds the copyright for an image. So, if anyone has any old photographs of the village or of the people of Stainforth - please send them along! Adge. ***** Name: Susanne Evans (singleton) City: Moorends (Stainforth) Sent: 21/02 06:41 Forgot to mention on the last message, I was glad to here that the Pye family was metioned. Some will be aware we were related to the Pye's. The Pyes are still about the village espesially and recently I have also met one of the younger one's (Dominic) named after a older family member they are still a good bunch needless to say. A few of them have moved on to Blackpool now. In Blackpool people also so know a bit of the family and the wrestling matches that took place. Keep up the good work on the site Name: Susanne Evans (Singleton) City: Moorends (Stainforth) Sent: 21/02 06:32 I took at a look at this site as a link from another. I only meant to have a browse but once I got into it I was on for hours. I was able to print out lots of info so I could show my children were I was borne and brought up at. What a grate place Stainforth was, and what a lot of memories I have of this place, some of which I have never looked back on before. Sue Name: Val Weir City: Edgecumbe Bay of Plenty New Zealand Sent: 16/02 20:16 Adge Excellent story on Dr Anderson and the cage crash. Karl Kennedy's grandad Steve Nesbit lived with his parents in Stanley Gardens about No25 I think. We used to cut through their garden heading for the junior school and the old village. I see there is a gav rourke letter another name from Stanley Gardens. Keep up the good work Val Weir Name: catherine d'Ambrumenil City: Stainforth Sent: 12/02 16:07 Just wanted you to know that I originated from Stainforth - I gave my hometown where I now live. Oops! Sorry Cathy Name: Catherine d'Ambrumenil nee Keegan City: Lutterworth, Leicestershire Sent: 12/02 16:03 Absolutely great site - came across it from the Doncaster FHS and will visit it more often. I was born in Stainforth, East Lane in the 1930's, then we moved to Dunscroft and lived in Hampton Road. Other people living in Hampton Road about 1939 onwards were the Parker family, and we lived next door to a family called Banks and next to them were a very nice family called Jones - all boys - much older than we were, but were always very nice to us. We then moved from Hampton Road in the 1940's to Main View,Thorne Road, Stainforth. We lived right opposite the tip and just beyond Flat Tops going in the direction of Thorne. I left Stainforth in 1950's to join the services, and never went back to live there. However, my family stayed in the area, but unfortunately my sisters, Josephine and Mary, and brother Michael have all now passed away. There are a large number of my nieces and nephews still living in Stainforth, Thorne and Hatfield and I visit from time to time. It was great just reading of people who lived in Stainforth and who now live thousands of miles away, but are still interested. I am rambling on a bit, but want you to know its a fanastic web site and even though I'm just entering my 70's I am an avid silver surfer!!!!! Cathy Number of entries: 457 [ Back to the Stainforth 2001 Homepage ] [ Stainforthonline.co.uk ] |