Runningman Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Can confirm from a conversation with an elderly neighbour, Mary Baggeley ( nee Coney ) who was born at Parkwood, a large area of trees were cut down in the 1920's miners strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Can confirm from a conversation with an elderly neighbour, Mary Baggeley ( nee Coney ) who was born at Parkwood, a large area of trees were cut down in the 1920's miners strike. Mary of Douglas Road? she really would be elderly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningman Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Mary of Douglas Road? she really would be elderly. Hi retep, did you know or have you heard of the Coney family. Mary had a brother Bert and a sister, can't remember her name. Their father worked on the railway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 ...Mary had a brother Bert and a sister, can't remember her name. Their father worked on the railway.The sister was Nellie according to the 1911 census return which shows the family at 133 Douglas Road. Herbert "Bert" was born in 1916. Mary lived to the good age of 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Hi retep, did you know or have you heard of the Coney family. Mary had a brother Bert and a sister, can't remember her name. Their father worked on the railway. Only from my Parkwood records, they were in Douglas from at least 1905 her father William was a stoker railway, then moved to 102 Pickering Rd, her father then was an engine driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cycleracer Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 As a schoolboy I spent a lot of time in and around Parkwood Springs with pals from school who lived up there!.I always wondered why they used to call the st eep hill where the Ski Village was eventualy built" the wood",as there wasn,t a single tree anywhere to be seen!.One of my pals Dave White told me that in the depression the locals cut down all the trees for fuel,this sounds plausible to me I wonder if this is what happened or is there another explanation?.Can any forum members shed a little light on my conundrum?,Retep maybe!. Obviously no tree's in my day but I do know Dave White who had horses where the remains of the Ski Village is now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningman Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Hi retep and Hillsboro, thanks for those words of confirmation ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danpatson Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 listening to a discussion the other day between two of my friends one said there was a castle in parkwood springs the other there wasn,t. Anybody out there who could settle this one way or the other.???. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpetre Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 listening to a discussion the other day between two of my friends one said there was a castle in parkwood springs the other there wasn,t. Anybody out there who could settle this one way or the other.???. There was castle (fort) on Wincobank Hill (till like 1959) and there were WW2 'Ack-Ack' gun stations in both places however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 listening to a discussion the other day between two of my friends one said there was a castle in parkwood springs the other there wasn,t. Anybody out there who could settle this one way or the other.???. There was a folly that looked like a castle tower, occupied until demolition of the area, known as the castle house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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