Closed Guestbook 14 of Rotherham The Unofficial Website
These entries in Rotherham The Unofficial Website's Guestbook were made during 2009. Please note that I have replaced '@' in the email addresses with 'at'. If you wish toContact anybody here please remember to change it back.
Any eccentricities of spelling or grammar belong to the emailer. All right I have plenty of my own but I'm not responsible for these.
These are the printable comments left in my Guestbook in up to May 2009. So why the change of Guestbook? Well I have hosted part of my site including my Guestbook at Geocities since 2001 when I first uploaded Rotherham The Unofficial Website and let it loose on the world. Geocities are closing some time in 2009 (no money to be made from the free sites there!) so I've found another Guestbook. Actually I've tried several but either I couldn't get then to work or if I could my current web host did not like them.
1 Name: mark reeves
URL:
Email: reevoatlive.co.uk
Comment: rugby club cricket now use clifton lane
2 Name: tillie jackson
URL:
Email: blanchemurphy@btinternetcom.
Comment:hello my name is tillie i am in england i would love to see you boths on stage at the queenstheatre on the 25th in april love from tillie
3 Name: michael abdy
URL:
Email: abdy305atbtinternet.com
Comment: i must visit to fined about village named abdy wear it got its name
4 Name: John Lockyer
URL:
Email: fergusophieatgooglemail.com
Comment:Ref: Holmes Pottery. In 1934 Mr Thomas Shaw was proprietor & I believe he inherited it from his father George Shaw late of Sitwell House, Whiston who died about 1901. May have more info from family history research if required. Liked the site!
5 Name: Emma Dee
URL:
Email: emmadee6atyahoo.co.uk
Comment: Many thanks for all the info. on the coal mining industry. My grandfather occupation was given as a coal miner/hewer in the 1900/1911 census in the Kimberworth area. I knew he had worked in the Masbro steel works but didnt know there were coal mines in Ki.....
6 Name: christine sykes
URL:
Email: davidatsykes92.orangehome.co.uk
Comment: i was trying to find out about an old badge of my late father on reading your website on rotherhams coat of arms i have found that it is sic viresoiy industria graffton bridge could you please tell me if this badge was worn by bus drivers thankyou christine
7 Name: John
URL: http://www.HiddenBelow.com
Email: johnathotmail.com
Comment: Hi There! very nice site, totally love the design! my best wishes for all of you!!! If you have the time, please visit our forum hiddenbelow.com It is about neopets cheating and online gaming, but there are also sections for general talk. Would lov.....
8 Name: Bryan Wood
URL:
Email: woodee75atgooglemail.com
Comment: Access to the Whitehall cinema and ticket office was via a tiled alleyway between two shops and was almost opposity Boots on High Street when I lived in the town pre 1954. The other side of the shop towards the top of High Street was a public through way
9 Name: Margaret Dunton
URL:
Email: mardatenternet.co.nz
Comment: Thank you for your unofficial website. I am in my 70s and I am a Gr-Granddaughter of a member of the 65th Regiment which was in New Zealand when my Grandmother was born in 1860, in Wanganui, where the regiment was stationed.
10 Name: Barb
URL:
Email: mistyrexatmac.com
Comment: Hi Any word about Firbeck Hall? Does anyone know how the roof is holding up? I would love to get back over there next summer, but I am not sure they will let me in to see it again. Cheers, Barbara
11 Name: Jennifer
URL: www.rotherham-rambling-club.fsnet.co.uk
Email: jennifer58attalktalk.net
Comment: You have kindly included our Rambling Club on your unofficial web site. Could you please add the web address. I have tried your email address but the message was returned undelivered.
12 Name: Rodger Smith
URL:
Email: rodgervsmithathotmail.com
Comment: Just found your website and Iam very impressed with the amount of work you have put into it. You mention on one page about the old colledge inn ad a taylors that you cant remember, would it be DEANS.
13 Name: Phil Cornell
URL:
Email: phil-cornellathotmail.com (remember to change at to @)
Comment: From what I've read in the Advertiser and from talking to shop owners, friends etc., nobody seems happy with the local council or what they've done and are doing to this town. I could go on for hours about their disregard for Rotherham's history & the fact they seem to like building on all the central car parks. Even the entry in Wikipedia wouldn't encourage the local shopper. I'd like to understand why they are always voted back in! Great site! Nov 16, 2009.
14 Name: Denis Watson
URL:
Email: denis.watson1atbtinternet.com (remember to amend at to @)
Comment: I am trying to trace a branch of my family which I believe lived in Rotherham. Kathleen Watson married William Tolson in 1917. They are said to have lived in Rotherham. A daughter, Florence b1920 married a Darby in 1942 and had a daughter Doreen who married a Robert Savage. They had 3 sons ..David 1965, Richard 1968 and Mark 1968. I managed to get some phone numbers but have not had much response. Nov 2, 2009.
15 Name: Tom Carter
URL:
Email: duckworksatcenturyTel.net (remember to amend at to @)
Comment: Hi My name is Tom Carter. I am searching for an old friend From Rotherham England. His Name is Jack Clarke . He would be about 70 years old . He came from Rotherham and Lived In Elyria Ohio U.S.A in the 1960's His parents both Lived in Elyrie until they retired. I believe Jack moved to California then possibaly back to England. Jack is an Old friend I would like to find I would appreciate help Thanks Regards Tom Carter Lorain Ohio U.S.A . Oct 22, 2009
16 Name: arthur gacreseatgooglemail.com (remember to change at to @)
Comment: read acomment in guest book 2 from stephen dolphin and i became curious has stephen ever lived in wickersley.
Oct 14, 2009
17 Name: Dawn Etchell(nee Fulcher/Taylor)
URL:
Email: dawnetchellatbtinternet.com (remember to change at to @)
Comment: Hi what a wonderful website. My goodness Rotherham has had the heart ripped out of it. I moved to North Yorks (Filey) 2 years ago for retirement and my heart is still in old Rotherham but not Rotherham today! The Councillors wnat hanging out to dry for what they have allowed to happen - s'pose its all the back handers! what a shower of uneducated crooks they all are. Oct 14, 2009
18 Name: Terence Shaw
URL:
Email: teabone57athotmail.co.uk (remember to change at to @)
Comment: Hi, my name is terry shaw i was born at 5 drumond place rotherham in 1948.my dad was called bill,my mum was iris.as for as i can remeber we left in 1962 to east herringthorpe.to 19 mallory road.my first school was st anns road then high greave.then spurley hey till 1964 now aged 61 and retired,anyone know me contact please TERRY. Sep 13, 2009
19 Name: robert taylor
URL:
Email: rgtesattiscali.co.uk (remember to change at to @)
Comment: I am trying to confirm if Sandy Powell's mother was my uncles auntie, Martha Swift.
on Sandy's birth certificate his mothers maiden name is 'White', but she married Sandy's father aged about 28 so this may have been her second marriage. Rumour has it that Sandy was a relation and wanted to take my uncle on stage with him in the early days of his susseful career ! Can anyone help ? Aug 16, 2009
20 Name: david weightman
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Email:
Comment: sandy powell recordings can be found in second hand shops and charity shops and car boot sales though these are all on 78rpm records. i have about 20 in my collection. i dont play them often but i hope to transfer them to cd at a later date. Aug 4, 2009
21 Name: dawn allan
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Email:
Comment: Car Boot at Kelford School Oakdale Road Rotherham Sat 18th July starts 10am...for more details or to book a table phone Dawn on 01709512088 Tables £5 each must be paid for when booking. Jul 13, 2009
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Email:Roger Lindley dodgyrogerlindleyatyahoo.co (remember to change at to @)
Comment: Great town,people & memories. Being born in 1944 and growing up and working in town I remember it being a pretty buzzing place. I had the nickname Vic during the sixties and loads of friends in town, now there seems no one I can remember still in Rotherham. If anyone remembers me I'd love to hear from them especially, John Lawton,Jean Marshall, Twill, John Muscroft,Michael Walker in fact anyone from Thornhill School, Park Street, and the Tech and art school' Roger (Vic) Lindley. Jul 7, 2009