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Sid Wheeldon ...Roy 4 gas street lights on Cathcart street & I got caught climbing each 1 every time 3times by the police telling off big time 1 by my Dad I didnt sit down for 2 days luckily it was a friday night so didnt have to go school til Monday learnt my Lesson I can assure you mate ...follow here
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Sid Wheeldon January 2013:
"The owner of the little shop on Cathcart Street was Dolly Calladine the friend was her Partner of course in those Days we didn't know anything did we ? I once worked for Dolly every night for 2 weeks after school pushing a wooden wheelbarrow all round St Anns taking out orders just before Xmas I was 11 yrs old I said to Dolly save my wages till Xmas so I can buy my mum a nice present but if she gives me 2 Cigarettes for my mum after I finished each night she could then pay me what was left 2 days before Xmas exhausted from trudging up and down Senty with this Barrow with Groceries in them, she Gave me Half a Crown & 2 x 1penny Arrow Bars after 2 weeks including the 14 cigs I took my dear old mum each night . my mum went over and came back with a 10 bob note for me and said none of us would work for Dolly again ,she never did tell me what she said to Dolly Calladine bless her.. but I got my mum a box of Black Magic & a pkt of Wine gums for Xmas wrapped in real Xmas Paper ... |
THE GREAT WAR
AUSTIN, GEORGE HENRY
Rank: Lance Corporal Service No: 331190 Date of Death: 2/06/1918 Regiment/Service: Royal Scots 2nd Bn. Grave Reference: II. B. 5. Cemetery: SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL Family History He was the son of Henry, a slater's labourer in 1901, and Ellen Austin. In 1901 they lodged at 132 Cardinal Street St Ann's Nottingham. Henry later lived at 5 Allington's Buildings Bath Street Grimsby. In 1911 George lived with his grandparents David and Mary Barnes at 138 Cathcart Street St Ann's Nottingham. Extra Information aka Barnes after his grandparents with whom he lived for part of his childhood. Sandpits British Cemetery Fonquereuil Nottingham Evening Post obituary (abridged), 26 June 1918: ‘Austin Barnes. Killed in action June 2nd 1918, Lance Corporal George H Austin Barnes, 38 Cathcart Street, St Ann’s Well Road. Mother, father, sisters, Crissie and Polly and Charles in Palestine.’ Remembered on Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
COATES, FRANK
Rank: Corporal Service No: 13047 Date of Death: 3/12/1917 Age: 31 Regiment/Service: Northumberland Fusiliers 9th Bn. Grave Reference: I. D. 18. Cemetery: WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Family History He was the son of George and Alice Coates. He was the husband of Emily (née Robinson) Coates and the father of Alice and Walter Coates. In 1911 they were boarding at 9 Fyne Street and Emily later lived at 3 Cathcart Street St Ann's Well Road (both Nottingham). Employment/Hobbies He was a twist hand. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
DALE, THOMAS
Rank Private Service number 18477 Date of death 6-Apr-16 Age at death 30 Military Unit 2nd Bn Leicestershire Regiment Family History Tom Dale was born in 1886 the son of Thomas Dale a general labourer and Mary Ann Dale née Woolley of 23 Howard Street Nottingham. His parents, both born at Nottingham in 1859, were married in 1877. They had six children two of whom died in infancy prior to 1911. Tom’s surviving siblings were Harry b.1881, Lucy b.1888 and Fred b.1892. In 1911 the family lived at 23 Howard Street Nottingham. Tom in 1911 lived at 22 Cathcart Street St Ann’s Nottingham with Millicent Handley (b. 1887) his housekeeper who became his sole legatee. Employment/Hobbies In 1911 he was a hawker. Military History Tom enlisted at Nottingham landing in France on 3rd November 1915. He was subsequently transferred to the Persian Gulf Mesopotamia where he was killed in action on 6th April 1916. Remembered on Extra Information Nottingham Evening Post 6th April 1917 DALE, - in loving memory of Pte Thomas Dale, killed in action April 6th, 1916, Not forgotten by his mother, father, sister Lucy, Fred, Harry (Scotland) BASRA MEMORIAL Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 12. Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
ROLFE, JOHN WILLIAM
Rank: Private Service No: 22271 Date of Death: 23/03/1918 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd Bn. Panel Reference: Bay 7. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL Family History He was the son of Arthur and Elizabeth Clara Rolfe and the brother of Ruth, Mary Ann Lovely and Arthur James Rolfe. 1 Alfred Terrace Abbotsford Street and later 36 Cathcart Street (both St Ann's Nottingham). Employment/Hobbies He was a motor car cleaner in 1911. Remembered on St Ann's Nottingham - Parish and Congregation War Memorial as Rolfe JW Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
WARE, CHRISTOPHER TIPTON
Rank: Private Service No: 203062 Date of Death: 21/07/1917 Age: 36 Regiment/Service: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st/4th Bn. Panel Reference: Memorial: NIEUPORT MEMORIAL Family History He was the son of John and Mary Ware. In 1911 they lived at 3 Flewitt Street Alfred Street South and later at 26 Cathcart Street (both St Ann's Nottingham). Employment/Hobbies He was a bricklayer's labourer. Remembered on Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
WHEAT, HARRY
Rank: Private Service No: 21230 Date of Death: 14/02/1916 Age: 19 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 10th Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 39 and 41. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Family History He was the son of Harry and Henrietta Wheat and the brother of Caroline, John, Frederick, Harold, Clarice and Francis Wheat. They lived at 14 Cathcart Street St Ann's Nottingham. Employment/Hobbies He worked in a coal yard in 1911. Remembered on Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
WILLIAMS, ARTHUR
Rank: Private Service No: 266642 Date of Death: 27/06/1917 Age: 21 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1st/7th Bn. Grave Reference: XIX. G. 13. Cemetery: LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Mrs. Mary Williams, of 29, Cathcart St., St. Ann's Well Rd., Nottingham. Place of birth Nottingham Family History He was the son of Edward and Mary Williams and the brother of Florence, Frederick (killed in action 13/10/1918), Lily, Mary, John, William, George and Cyril Williams. In 1911 they lived at 10 Norland Road and later 29 Cathcart Street (both St Ann's Road Notingham). Employment/Hobbies He was an errand boy in 1911. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
WILLIAMS, Frederick
Rank: Private Service No: 39959 Date of Death: 13/10/1918 Regiment/Service: Cheshire Regiment 15th Bn. Grave Reference: IV. F. 9. Cemetery: DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY Family History He was the son of Edward and Mary Williams and the brother of Florence, Arthur (killed in action 27/6/1917), Lily, Mary, John, William, George and Cyril Williams. In 1911 they lived at 10 Norland Road and Later 29 Cathcart Street (both St Ann's Road Notingham). Family History He was the son of Edward and Mary Williams and the brother of Florence, Arthur (killed in action 27/6/1917), Lily, Mary, John, William, George and Cyril Williams. In 1911 they lived at 10 Norland Road and later 29 Cathcart Street (both St Ann's Road Notingham). Employment/Hobbies He was an errand boy in 1911. Remembered on St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Fred Williams Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
Name:
George Henry Potter Birth Year: abt 1890 Residence: 18 Cathcart Street, Nottingham Occupation porter outside Age at enlistment: 25 Enlistment Year: 1915 Regimental Number: 36314 Regiment Name: Royal Warwickshire Regt demob 1919 |
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William Foster Birth Year: abt 1876 Residence: 23 Cathcart St Occupation bricklayer's labourer Age at enlistment: 39 Enlistment Year: 1915 Regimental Number: 57370 Regiment Name: 3/Battalion Sherwood Foresters demob 1919 |
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Samuel Whitchurch Birth Year: abt 1893 Residence: 24 Cathcart St, Nottingham Occupation: turner Age at enlistment: 23 Enlistment Year: 1916 Regimental Number: 37867 Regiment Name: Lincolnshire Regt demob 1919 |
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Albert Richards Birth Year: abt 1891 Residence: 31 Cathcart St Occupation town labourer Age at enlistment: 23 Enlistment Year: 1914 Regimental Number: 14535 Regiment Name: 11th (Service) Battalion Sherwood Foresters discharged 1914 medically unfit |
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John Henry Robinson Birth Year: abt 1896 Enlistment Age: 19 Enlistment Year: 1915 Residence 2 Cathcart Street, Regimental Number: 67171 Regiment Name: Yorkshire Regiment |