Until 1870 the Government had not seen the need to do anything about educating any children – if the parents could afford to do so on their own account then that was fine by them. So the only schooling available to the mass of children was set up by religious groups and the Church of… Continue reading School attendance
Tag: Morecroft
Never goo to weddin’s
An interview with George Hackett 1896-1992 about growing up in Armitage-with-Handsacre in the early 1900s
New transcriptions added
Transcriptions of the Parish Registers for St. John the Baptist church for the years 1900 to 1930 are now on the website under the Records tab.
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
Drunk and …
The introduction of beerhouses in 1830 led to more disorder and drunkenness and this is just a selection of the troubles our ancestors got into because of drink.
Marriage Bonds
I started looking into my family history back around the year 2000. My dad’s surname was Conway and he came from a small village called Armitage in Staffordshire.