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Forum: Heritage and History 14-06-2019, 15:13
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Wellington Bomber production in Accrington?

Mike and I have established off-line messaging and I can confirm that Honora and Margaret are (were) his aunts. This also means that he and I are cousins!
Another little dit, which I didn't...
Forum: Heritage and History 16-10-2018, 10:57
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Wellington Bomber production in Accrington?

An interesting little update on this, I do voluntary work at the Helicopter Museum in Weston Super Mare, Somerset. Last Sunday, one of the visitors was a gentleman who was visiting from Blackburn. ...
Forum: Heritage and History 03-10-2018, 16:54
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Wellington Bomber production in Accrington?

Hi Joe,
thanks for this, it all helps towards learning what went on way back then.


Mike
Forum: Heritage and History 03-10-2018, 16:51
Replies: 29
Views: 4,420
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Accrington Cemetery Records

Hi Stevie,
Apologies for the late response, I've been away and only had limited internet access. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit the cemetary, and especially for taking those...
Forum: Heritage and History 29-09-2018, 18:39
Replies: 29
Views: 4,420
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Accrington Cemetery Records

Further to my previous message (unable to edit due to time lapsed), the invoice is dated 24 January 1950 so I would presume that the internment would probably have been a week either side of that...
Forum: Heritage and History 29-09-2018, 18:23
Replies: 29
Views: 4,420
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Accrington Cemetery Records

Hello everyone,
this a very interesting thread for me, mainly as I am trying to find information about my sister's grave. She was stillborn but would have been called Theresa Costello and I have a...
Forum: Heritage and History 06-09-2018, 22:18
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Wellington Bomber production in Accrington?

Hi Taddy,

I am currently on holiday, hence the limited internet access, and have just popped in as the internet link is quite expensive.
That really is fantastic news and, if my memory serves me...
Forum: Heritage and History 01-09-2018, 19:41
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Wellington Bomber production in Accrington?

Hello again Margaret,
I would go by the names and dates that you have found in your research. In the photo's I have, I would certainly think that Margaret was the elder, followed by Robert and then...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 01-09-2018, 08:30
Replies: 76
Views: 7,525
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Huncoat Colliery

My mum told me about a disaster at that mine but I presumed she meant during the time my dad worked there, and hence why he left. Your info Bob means this occured after dad had left.
The...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 31-08-2018, 21:18
Replies: 76
Views: 7,525
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Huncoat Colliery

Thanks Bob, that's helped me get the name right. I can now do further investigations at the correct colliery.

Thanks again.

Mike
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 31-08-2018, 20:58
Replies: 76
Views: 7,525
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Huncoat Colliery

Hello everyone,
My name is Mike Costello and I'm a new joiner. My dad worked at one of the mines in the area possibly just after the war and, as he and mum lived at Woodside Road, I am presuming it...
Forum: Heritage and History 31-08-2018, 20:12
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Wellington Bomber production in Accrington?

Hi Margaret,
thank you for doing that search. Amazingly, my mother and siblings were called Robert (1914?), Margaret (1916) and Honora (1917). How much of a coincidence is that?? This is going...
Forum: Heritage and History 31-08-2018, 19:21
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Wellington Bomber production in Accrington?

Mum looks to be about 23-24 years of age in the top photo and, being born in 1917 would make the year about 1940-41. If my guess is correct then it is more likely to be H&B.

Mike
Forum: Heritage and History 31-08-2018, 18:39
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Wellington Bomber production in Accrington?

I have a photo of my mum on what I presume is a works outing. Before the war, she worked at the cotton mills before moving to H&B to "rivet Wellingtons" as she would put it. As such, I'm not sure...
Forum: Heritage and History 31-08-2018, 14:23
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Wellington Bomber production in Accrington?

The (Bristol) building was built by the Ministry of Aircraft Production (MAP) as a shadow factory for the Bristol Aeroplane Co. Another shadow factory for Bristol was built at Weston Super Mare.
...
Forum: Heritage and History 28-08-2018, 12:10
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Norahs Lad
Re: Wellington Bomber production in Accrington?

Thanks Cashman and Philip. The information about the bus service is interesting as I had wondered how people got to these factories, not all could have afforded the daily commute.
Cheers

Mike
Forum: Introduce Yourself 24-08-2018, 13:07
Replies: 2
Views: 3
Posted By Norahs Lad
old and bold, but new to Accrington Web

Hello,


My name is Mike and I was born in Rawtenstall in 1948. During my childhood we lived in pre-fab in Woodside Road, Huncoat until they were demolitioned in the early 1950's. My mother used...
Forum: Heritage and History 24-08-2018, 12:31
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Norahs Lad
Wellington Bomber production in Accrington?

Hello everyone,


My name is Mike, I was born in Rawtenstall and lived in Woodside Road, Accrington during my childhood. I have a query about where my late mother worked during the war.
My...
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