Recent content by JVB

Thanks for that - I had wondered whether it was something similar to the home guard or volunteer fire service of WW2. Certainly explains why I couldn't find much out. Also solves another puzzle, as the only J Sharples I had would have been almost 60 and therefore probably too old to fight. Many...

Sorry, you are right he lived at Greaves St, Gt Harwood and later moved to Ossy. I know his name was listed in the card files in Accy library a couple of years ago. I have this postcard he made. As for J Sharples, I don't have a first name or town, but as I have Sharples in the family from Gt...

Retlaw - have you any information regarding my great grandfather, Arthur Beckett from Oswaldtwistle? He was in the reserves and called up during WW1 2/4th East Lancs. I have photos of him in his uniform. He survived the war and lived to the 1960s. Also, any information on a Sergt. J Sharples of...

Does anyone know any more about the hospital cup? The photo was taken in May 1939, I believe to raise money for the hospital.