Jack Smith was born on 1st November 1899 in Wednesbury to John and Eliza Ann nee Love who had got married the previous Christmas Eve. John gave his occupation as a plate leveller on his marriage certificate and as a straightener on the baptism record for young Jack so he presumably worked in the metal… Continue reading Pit ponies
Tag: Methodism
Signing the pledge
The Pledge Book above is from Handsacre Primitive Methodists and I would first like to thank Gifford Foote for allowing me access to their historical records and for his encouragement in my research on the village. The temperance movement in the UK was a social movement that campaigned against the recreational use and sale of… Continue reading Signing the pledge
Never goo to weddin’s
An interview with George Hackett 1896-1992 about growing up in Armitage-with-Handsacre in the early 1900s
Samuel Morecroft 1850-1934 – a life lived in Armitage
Samuel Morecroft was a man of many parts – basket maker, cycle maker, inventor, photographer, undertaker, postmaster and Methodist preacher
Edward Johns
What sort of a person was Edward Johns?