hillsbro Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Hello again Sporty 1 - I had actually found a 1936 marriage entry for Ernest Applegate and Beatrice Brumby. It's wonderful that Beatrice lived to the age of 105 - hard work in the shop and raising a family certainly did her no harm! Beatrice seems to have been a Lancashire lass - at least, I found a possible 1905 birth entry in Burnley. Our next-door neighbour is in her 90s and still drives her car (safely) so there's hope for us all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lake1 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Yes lake1 Thelma did run the shop with old Mrs Smith (her mother)she was married to Alf Melia,Both Alf and her brother Harold Smith ran mini bus trips fishing I and my dad use to go along with my uncle Charlie,Dad always went in a suit, spent all his time in the pub! ---------- Post added 27-02-2013 at 13:06 ---------- Hi sporty1,memories are coming back,he used to get corned beef in large sguare tins open them on one end.And and punch a hole in tuther end then blow till the corned beef slid out! no health and hygiene in them days but we all seemed to thrive then.As i got older he gave me a saturday job washing his car even gave me a raise when he swopped it for a much bigger car.great times ---------- Post added 27-02-2013 at 13:12 ---------- Hi hillsbor yes Winnie Smith took over from Ernest Applegate and kept the shop till it was closed in 71/2 for slum clearance. hello dave yes harold usedto do mini buses then drove for freidricks pork shop in wicker.me and your john earnest gilberthorpe used to go fishing nearly every sunday with harold.i dont know wether it was while you had wellington but we used to go out in his car to the turf at hoyland then get back for last orders in wellington.happy days have a lot of memories all happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporty1 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Hello again Sporty 1 - I had actually found a 1936 marriage entry for Ernest Applegate and Beatrice Brumby. It's wonderful that Beatrice lived to the age of 105 - hard work in the shop and raising a family certainly did her no harm! Beatrice seems to have been a Lancashire lass - at least, I found a possible 1905 birth entry in Burnley. Our next-door neighbour is in her 90s and still drives her car (safely) so there's hope for us all! Hi,yes her maiden name was Brumby. Her mother my great grandma lived until her late 90's and one of her brothers lived to a similar age. So there may be hope for me ! My son had to do a family tree for a school project and it was good to research my family. I was only young when Ernest Applegate died so do not have many memories of him. Today's post has been very interesting to me and the comments about Ernest Applegate have made me smile. Always wondered why we often had corned beef ash to eat guess it was surplus from the shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave d Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Hi,yes her maiden name was Brumby. Her mother my great grandma lived until her late 90's and one of her brothers lived to a similar age. So there may be hope for me ! My son had to do a family tree for a school project and it was good to research my family. I was only young when Ernest Applegate died so do not have many memories of him. Today's post has been very interesting to me and the comments about Ernest Applegate have made me smile. Always wondered why we often had corned beef ash to eat guess it was surplus from the shop Hi Sporty1 glad you found the comments useful on the forum,when i found this forum it brought back lots of memories and also people from my schooldays etc so i am happy to share them,Mr Applegate gave me lots of happy times, a great guy and a pleasure to have known.regards daved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newhall bo Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Hello Sporty1' . Your grandad was my mothers brother her name Is Lily May Hancock, hope to hear from you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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