Did your village, town or community once have its
own brass or silver band?
I am carrying out research in the history of brass bands in local communities,
and would like to ask if you know of any information about any such extinct
bands in your area.
The late 19th and early 20th centuries were the "golden age" for these bands
numbering, it is said, up to 40,000 distinct bands at their peak. Many of these
bands were associated with local industries, often being a "works" band. Others
provided a musical focus for many small towns and villages in the days before
the gramophone and the wireless. Today, in contrast, only some 1,500 or so
are left active in the UK.
Sadly many of the bands left little in the way of information about their existence,
and what does exist is widely scattered with individuals, local archives and
national collections.
Part of my research is to identify these lost bands, to collect together material
to provide a central database of information – containing a mixture of primary
information as well as references to material held elsewhere (e.g. in local
archives).
Any information you can provide would be gratefully received. Whether actual
information or pictures of any bands, or pointers to resources, or sources
for further investigation. Even knowing that a particular band existed is significant!
Currently much of the information I have collected is available online, as
a freely available resource, at http://www.ibew.co.uk -
in various locations, for example, in the Reference section under "Extinct
Bands" or "Vintage Pictures".
Gavin Holman
Name: Naomi
Daglish Email: naomidaglish69@hotmail.com
Title: Beck/Daglish/Warren Families Date: 23
Feb 2011
Comment: I am researching my
family tree and would love to hear from anyone related or with
information. My great grandmother was Anna Jane Beck who married
James Daglish in 1885. Their son Frederick R E Daglish married
Clara Warren in 1919. I am interested in anything or anyone
linked to all three families. Many Thanks in advance
Name: Jack Haines Email: jgsmhaines@videotron.ca
Title: Gravestones: Haines
Hines Mansfield Date: 18
Jul 2010 06:33:00 GMT
Comment: Good morning, Could
anyone tell me if any of the above names are interred in the
St Nicholas churchyard, please: Thank you in advance
Name: Steve Email: steve@themadgenealogist.com
Title: The
Thompson and Ramm families Date: 5
Jun 2010 22:58:23 GMT
Comment: I am trying to find
some pictures on the John Thompson and Sarah Ramm family. I
have spent hours looking for pics but seem to have come up
blank. John Thomson was a Master shipcaptain. He was a petty
officer in the Battle of Copenhagen with Nelson and under Nelson's
orders steered one of the ships home which was damaged. He
went off course and ended up in Cley Norfolk instead of Dundee.
Here he met his future wife Sarah Ramm John Thomson from Dundee & Sarah
Ramm from Cley Norfolk They had 12 children I have most of
the records for their births and marriages if any needs them.
I did find a BAHS Newsletter PDF from history-blakeney-area.org.uk
which says The Thompson/Ramm exhibit is well supported by photographs
from around the world, stories, wills, inquests, South Shields
family, River Tyne Police, copies of mariner’s tickets, indentures
and sailing stories, obituaries etc. Thanks from Downunder
Name: Andrew Moore Email: abmoore@live.co.uk
Title: The
Moore Family of Cley Date: 2
Oct 2009 11:27:14 GMT
Comment: I am researching three
generations of the Moore family. Mark Moore (1741-1813) his
son Matthew Moore (1769-1843) and his son Martin Moore (1807-1890)All
were registered as born in Weybourne and living (and dying)
in Cley. Martin was a policeman and lived in Durrants Row Cley
in 1881. I have just discovered that Matthew is shown as a
Farmer in the 1841 census and wondered if any records of farming
exist for that time? Many thanks Andrew Moore
Name: Liz Matthews Email: elizabethmatthews159@btinternet.com
Title: Local
Family Histories Date: 13
Aug 2009 15:31:51 GMT
Comment: Firstly, belated thanks
for your wonderful Open Day in August 2008, and for all your
work. I have subsequently produced a first draft of a family
history which includes a link between the Carroway and Dew
families of Blakeney and also the members of the Leverett,
Boyce, Loose, Wright & Dew in a radius of ten miles inland.
I should love to be in contact with other interested descendents.
I should like to buy Richard Wright's book, please, if you
have one left.
Name: Ray Dunn Email: raywdunn@btinternet.com
Title: The Dunns of Blakeney Date: 30
May 2009
Comment: Dear Sirs
Val Fiddian kindly passed on your web site address. I
am trying to research my family tree. My (now) deceased
(Ethelbert Blomfield Dunn) father did so but the tree went
down with his ship in WW2 and I am now, belatedly starting
from scratch.
I am currently ‘stuck on’ Thomas Dunn living in Sheringham
Norfolk in about 1746 and then moving (back?) to Blakeney,
home of his second wife... His grandson Thomas was born
in Cley in 1794 and (the latter) is my great great great grandfather.
In case it is of any interest, I attach an abridged introduction
to something I wrote for my cousin's 75th birthday This
shows how far I have got (you could say how little I have achieved....). Another
cousin, David Dunn, was so taken with the
copy he went round Blakeney, photographing Thomas Dunn's house and I hope to
see him soon to find out what he learned (he is not 'on line!') He has
a holiday cottage as Mundersley and intends to retire there - and was previously
unaware that he was returning to 'his roots'...
As far as I am aware:
Thomas Dunn was born About 1748 in ? Norfolk , England
and died on Dec. 25, 1808 in Blakeney, Norfolk , England. He
married Ann Taylor on Feb. 11, 1770 in All Saints, Sheringham,
Norfolk , England . Ann was born About 1750 in Norfolk
? and died in 1771 in Sheringham, Norfolk , England.
He married Elizabeth Johnson on Nov. 2, 1773 in St Nicholas,
Blakeney, Norfolk , England . Elizabeth, daughter of Joshua
Johnson and Amy (Mother), was born in 1745 in Blakeney, Norfolk
, England and died in 1826.
Note: John JOHNSON, brother of Elizabeth , was a witness at
her 2/11/1773 marriage to Thomas Dunn (widower), and probably
the father of William Johnson, 1st husband of their daughter
Amy. Burial: 28 DEC 1808 St Nicholas, Blakeney, Norfolk ,
England Blakeney church gravestone (MI140) noted in 1880s survey
(now all moved)
Notes on daughter Amy Dunn
Father of Thomas unknown Marriage '2' Thomas Alcock b: in Wiverton? Married:
31 MARCH 1807 in St Nicholas, Blakeney, Norfolk, Eng
Children:
1. Elizabeth Alcock b: 4 MAY 1808 in Blakeney, Norfolk , Eng.
2. Sarah Alcock b: 7 JUNE 1810 in Blakeney, Norfolk , Eng
Marriage 3 William Johnson b: C1771 * Married: 27 SEPT 1799
in Blakeney, Norfolk , Eng
Children:
1. William Johnson
Burial- 12 Feb 1843, 69yrs, St Mary the Virgin, Wiverton,
Abode-Cley next the Sea . I have records only of Amy
- a daughter- and an 'early deceased' daughter Eilizabeth
- but four years before Thomas Dunn was born to Amy at Cley,
there was a marriage bond from a Thomas Dunn of Cley. I'm sure
Amy wasn't an only child and was likely to have an older brother
(the eldest?) named Thomas after his father... It might be
possible to work out from the marriage bond, depending who
put up the surety for the bond.... But that means making time
to do some work at NRO and I am not very mobile at present....
I also do not know where my ‘earliest’ Thomas was born and am struggling to
go 'further back' but you will see what I do know about their travels from
my attachment… If you are able easily from your records to help in any way – or
even lead me / point me in any other direction to join at least some ‘of the
dots’, I would be most grateful…
Name: Becky Shorting Email: secretulips@hotmail.com
Title: The
Shorting Family Date: 25
Apr 2009 16:12:21 GMT
Comment: Hi, a few years ago
my late uncle was talking to someone who was researching Blakeney
and he was told a few things about our family and shown some
pictures of our ancesters. There was also talk of a family
crest, I have been looking in my university library and
the internet but can't find any more, I was wondering
if you could possibly help me? I would love to join him
to my family tree. My grandfather came from Blakeney and unfortunately
he died a number of years ago so there is no one who knows!
My grandfather was Henry Shorting nicknamed stash. any help
you could give me would be greatly appreciated. thank you for
your time.
Name: Valerie Glass Email: vglass@clara.co.uk
Title: The
Mallett Family Date: 10
Apr 2009 14:03:18 GMT
Comment: My ancestor, Henry Mallett,
was a tailor in Blakeney from about 1820 until his death in
1871. I read in a book of monumental inscriptions that he has
a gravestone in Blakeney Churchyard but I have not been able
to locate it. Can anyone help? Also Has anyone come across
other references to the Malletts in Blakeney apart from census
and parish register entries? Would be grateful for any assistance.
Name: Jacqui
Townsend Email: fingloriel@tiscali.co.uk
Title: The
Glaven Ports Date: 7
Dec 2008 19:35:45 GMT
Comment: I want to get hold of
a book called " The glaven ports : A maritime history of Blakeney,
Cley and Wiveton in north Norfolk" , By Hooton, Jonathon, Published
in 1996 by Blakeney History Group. I cannot find it for sale
anywhere on the net. I would be really happy if someone has
a copy they want to part with for a reasonable sum, or knows
of a shop where I may obtain a copy.
Name: Margaret Jobes Email: margj@ymail.com
Title: The
Barsted family Date: November
8, 2008 22:32:00 GMT
Comment: Seeking information about
the Barsted family who left Blakeney and Salthouse to settle
in South Shields.
Name: Judy Pegden Email: jlpegden@aol.com
Title: Norfolk Dialect Date: October
25, 2008 11:37:49 GMT
Comment: Anyone interested in the Norfolk
dialect there is a very interesting website called FOND (friends
of the Norfolk dialect) they produce a magazine every 2 or
3 months of which I am member; its very interesting with stories
of years goneby I'm sure they would like to here from you all
including Blakeney history society: they also visit and talk
on different subjects all todo with Norfolk; website is: www.norfolkdialect.com
editor of the Merry Mawkin is Ashely Gray. From a Nofolk Dumpling
Judy Pegden {nee Wilson]
Name: Margaret Holmes Email:
Title: Migration
to South Shields Date: April
12, 2008 9:04 AM
Comment:I was interested in the article in
the latest edition of WDYTYA? about your organisation. The
mention of migration to South Shields in the 19th century chimes
with me as I have relatives (Porter/Burcham) who did exactly
that. Is there any published material about the migration,
the background and any later connections between Tyneside/Wearside
and the Blakeney area? I would be grateful for any reference.
Name: David
Green Email:
Title: The
Green Family - Docking Date: April
13, 2008 3:10 PM
Comment: I noticed in the latest copy
of Who do you think you are, an article about the Blakeney
area. I have been working on a family tree for many years,and
I wondered if Docking was within your area of research. I have
come to a halt with my Great Grandfather who was born there
about 1815. His name was William Green ,and his father was
also William, and on my Great Grandfather's wedding certificate,
his father was a farm labourer in the Burnham Norton area.
Is there any way you could help?
Name: Richard Williams Email:
Title: Village
Pumps Date: June
20, 2008 8:33 PM
Comment: I wonder if the Blakeney Area
Historical Society could help me, please? My wife and I have
just returned from yet another few days in Blakeney, when this
time I took the opportunity to hunt down old Village Pumps
in the area. I have a website dedicated to the subject (see
below), and am currently writing a short book on the topic.
I found 3 pumps in Blakeney, all off the High St., and wondered
if you knew anything of their history. As one walks up the
hill from the quay, the first pump is on the right, at a corner
where one of the little alleyways leads off. It retains its
iron handle and fulcrum attached to a wooden plank, and its
operating rod is connected at one end via a bow and at the
other through a stuffing box to a working barrel which is probably
made of brass. A lead downpipe disappears down to the water
source, and instead of the pump having a traditional spout
a lead delivery pipe is taken from a side branch. There seems
to be no sign of a maker's name or trademark.
A little way further down the alleyway is what I take to be
a much older lead pump, with its handle and operating rod missing
(as is frequently the case with lead pumps), but carrying the
inscription "RH" and an embellishment in the form of a classical
urn. Typically, initials on these types of pump are either
those of the maker or, more often, the person who had it installed.
Further up the High St., again on the right hand side, through
a gateway and part way along a driveway to a couple of houses,
is what I assume was a private pump. This is a traditional
cast iron pump, with a cracked working barrel (probably frost
damage), but still having its handle in place, complete with
a spout and a bucket hook. There's a maker's name on the side
of the spout, but I couldn't get close enough to photograph
it without tresspassing!
If you're still with me and I haven't bored you to tears,
are you able to add any further information please on the history
of any of these pumps? I'd be most grateful if somebody could
take a closer look at the one with the maker's name and let
me know what it says please!
There are further pumps at Cley and at Holkham which I've
photographed and am currently researching. Do you by any chance
know of any others in the region?
Name: Michael Fitzmaurice Email: mjfitzmaurice@btinternet.com
Title: The
Starling Family Date: 24
Jun 2008 11:57:04 GMT
Comment: I am currently building my family
tree and I have a lot of relations on my mothers side from
Blakeney. So I am finding all that I can about the Starling
family. Can you give me any pointers to where and how I can
find out their history. | 
