World War One Soldier

Retlaw · 05-08-2008, 18:41

I have a poser.
George Armstrong who served in the R.F.A., during the first world war
was recorded in 1918 as living in Richmond Hill St, Accrington.
He was discharged February 1920, his address then was given as 22 Myelia St, Accrington.

That is a street I have never heard of, can't find it in any old directories.

Please no silly chit chat, of I don't knows, or never heard of it.

Retlaw.

panther · 05-08-2008, 20:04

it could be lydia st. the 'e l' could be a 'd' but the 'm' doesnt look like a L does it....

L y d i a??

only a suggestion

cashman · 05-08-2008, 20:09

might be worth ya pming bob dobson retlaw, he may have some idea.

emamum · 05-08-2008, 20:13

are you sure its st?

cashman · 05-08-2008, 20:18

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Originally Posted by emamum23

are you sure its st?

good point,the writing on thumbnail aint too clear. could it be a square?

ossy kid · 05-08-2008, 22:53

Going back a while but I seem to remember a Melia St.

bonny_tuesday · 06-08-2008, 07:06

I think thats probably it!!
Melia as a street name is popular here in the north. This guy could possibly have not even lived there and was unsure of the spelling.
Sometimes the wives of soldiers, sailors and air force guys would move to different houses after their marriage, or after having a child and then inform their husbands of the move. The women had to do it alone because a lot of the time their partners were only home long enough for the wedding day or had a weeks leave and spent most of that time getting back just to spend a day with their family.
So I think its probably Melia Street.
Bonny x

Retlaw · 06-08-2008, 12:04

Many thanks for your replies to my query.

As the address is given as nu 22, I don't think its a square, that would occupy a lot of space and would be well known.

I will go along with it having been written Myelia, by a cloth eared clerk who didn't understand a Lanky dialect.

The suggestion that it is Melia St, OK, but where was such a street in Accy with so many houses. I've been collecting odd street, yards, courts, terraces, folds and square names in Accy for donkeys years, never come across the name.

I'm going to try the Burgess Rolls for 1922, and see if I can find him.

Retlaw.

Gordie · 12-09-2008, 14:39

I am sure there used to be a Melia street in Acccrington I think its now Knocked.

WillowTheWhisp · 12-09-2008, 15:14

I'm sure I remember a Melia Street too but can't recall where it was.

West Ender · 12-09-2008, 17:43

I don't know if there was one but could it be Amelia St?

Retlaw · 12-09-2008, 19:49

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Originally Posted by West Ender

I don't know if there was one but could it be Amelia St?

Never, having served in the Fire Brigade for 30 years I knew all the streets for miles around, and having researched the history of Accrington for even longer, I have never come across a Myelia or Amelia St or Squ.

If you double click on the thumb nail then double click again, you can enlarge the picture full screen.

Retlaw

xaccy · 15-08-2009, 18:37

I was at accy fire station 1964 to 1967

Retlaw · 15-08-2009, 21:15

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Originally Posted by xaccy

I was at accy fire station 1964 to 1967

Prove it. Name rank and serial number.

Retlaw.

davidf · 03-09-2009, 18:27

This query has been ongoing for some time now with no satisfactory answer. I ask could Panther be right about it being Lydia Street? I ask this because the writer of both addresses writes with a clear hand, but if he or she was copying the new address which was already written down (by someone else) and it hadn't been written clearly, the writer wrote what he or she thought that they saw. Melia is a familiar name to some of us, I seem to remember a market stall called "Melia's" from many years ago, but like everyone else I can't place a Melia Street.