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i had an uncle called jimmy aspey who died in the 60s...could we be related? he lived in beech hill during my childhood.probably not same aspeys but worth asking!

Great pic' Jimmy. Got any more of the Scholes area ?

John.
Will be posting some more interesting Cecil Street photo's shortly.

Irene Roberts.
No relation to your Jimmy Aspey, I've only ever lived in Scholes area.

Where exactly in Scholes was this street Jimmy ?

John
Going towards Clarington Brook up Scholefield Lane, turn left off into Catherine Street, pass St Catherine's Church, pass Church Grove. next street on right hand side is Cecil Street.

Thanks Jimmy. Have you any pictures of School st Scholes at all ?

or from clarington brook,,top of birkett street,,was born in clarington brook and was always lead to believe from relations,that there was a lampost at the junction at the top of birkett bank where it joined hardybutts straight on.. and scofield lane to the right,,the lampost was situated int he middle so to speak,,forming a kind of early roundabout,,,,which was blown up in that same raid,,,,sounds feasable,,,if you trace a line from the street where the people where killed near the grove across to cecil,,would be along the the line where a stick of bombs would fall from a movin aircraft/zepplin,,,

Jimmy have you any pics of Hardybutts? just passed the Crispin on the opp side was a Pub called the Raven my relations had that pub for years {late 1800s/middle 1900s}would love a pic of it.

brilliant pics jimmy thanks a lot

Hello Jimmy, my son (age 24) has just bought the end house in Cecil Street No. 2 which is shown clearly on the photograph with the children. Is there any chance of you copying them to me - I would gladly pay costs - I would like to have them put on canvas as a surprise housewarming present for him. You also mention in the comments section 9th October 08 that you would be posting further photographs of Cecil Street - did you do this? I can't seem to find them.
Kind regards.

fantastic photos,my relatives lived in cecil st .uncle johny was a lamplighter.my parents lived in leader st,and the house was damaged in this raid.mother was alone with her baby.[ dad was serving in france ]mother told us the terror of that night. and yes ,she said it was a zeppelin.are there any horrocks relatives left in that area?i have lost all connections.by the way uncle johnny was named crookall.

I was born and raised in the house at the second left of the picture . Live d ther until I came to Oz. did not realise the street had ever been bombed until I saw this picture Amazing!

I lved next door to your uncle John Crookall , who was also my Uncle , he married my Grandads Sister , My mother was a Horrocks . i now live in Australia. So e-mail me we must be related . I cannot remember you but memory is a strange thing

i was brought up in leader st lived there till 1965 but never knew cecilst was bombed.i knew crookalls and the name horrocks sounds familier

hi, dennis. this is a long shot , but my only hope of contacting you. i have tried to email you a few times without success,so maybe you have a new email address..i would like to be in contact,because it seems that your grandad and my dad were brothers, i do hope that you or a relative see this,leading to us getting in contact. teresa

Hi Teresa , How good to hear from you and that we are related . I have included my new email address with this post hope to hear from you soon.

hi dennis, great to be in touch..couldnt open you email address, the gremlins ar determined to keep us from contact i do hope that this will finally work.....teresa.. th

My dads family came from Cecil Street. He had 5 brothers and a sister