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Thu, 26 Sep 2002
I lived in Leek for over 22 years and left in 1983. I would like any old school friends or anyone who knows or remembers me to get in touch. You can e-mail me at: gazzzer16@aol.com I would just like to say that this is a fantastic site, keep up the good work. best regards to everyone
Wed, 25 Sep 2002
Hi Im Hayley I think ur site is fab i use it every hour of the day im currently working on a project and am using it Thank you for setting up this site!
Wed, 25 Sep 2002
Hi,
Love the visitors book ,its really great . i would love to speak to an old friend or anyone who knows of her . She is Marion Cordon age 41-43, Leek High School around 1971-76, lived at Bridge End Garage .Maybe married, so a different surname,or moved away from Leek .
I hope someone can help .
Many Thanks
20 Sep 2002
Hi. Im doing a study of Leek for my coursework at Trentham High School. I was wondering if anyone knew any site other than this which holds information about Leek. Any help appreciated. Bye.
Tue, 24 Sep 2002
Hi, I just found this great site today and showed my son where I went to school (Westwood High). It's great to read about the place I grew up. I left Leek in 1987 to live in Nottingham when I was about 18. Haven't stopped moving around the country since! I'm going to have to pay a visit there soon and do some reminising!
Mon, 23 Sep 2002
Am looking into the family of my great grandparents and believe they are from the Leek-Staffordshire area. My great grandmother, Elizabeth Beresford was born in 1850 at a place called Alstonford, England ( is this in the Leek-Staffordshire area?). She married an Edwin Pimlott, perhaps of Welsh descent. This couple moved to Canada in the 1870's, initially to Ryerson, Ontario, and then later to New Brunswick. Has anyone locally ever heard of these names? Would be grateful for any information. Please contact me at coreypg@hotmail.com
Thu, 12 Sep 2002
I have lived at a flat in Brunswick mill in Leek for 2 years and I know it was an old wool mill years ago, only I have gone to the library for information on the old mill and they have information on all the mills in Leek apart from Brunswick mill. the reason for me looking up the information is because I know there is alot of history behind the mill, if anybody can help me at all, if they have lived in Leek for years or you have family that have lived in Leek for years and you can find out any information out for me I would really appreciate it. Thankyou for your time.
Jody
jody.finch@lycos.co.uk
Sat, 7 Sep 2002
Hi Everybody,
There hasn't been any new postings on the Guestbook since 20th August, so I thought I would send you a message to say "Hola from sunny Spain" to all my friends and anyone else in Leek who remembers me.
Regards,
John D.
Spooner
spooner@wanadoo.es
Fri, 23 Aug 2002
I am hoping that someone will recognize this family and contact me at cyndi85364@yahoo.com. I live in Yuma, Arizona United States:
John Hales born 1764 married 1788 Mary UNK born 1767 had children
1. Edward b. 1789
2. George b. 1790
3. Joseph b. 1792
4. James b. 1794
5. Mary b. 1798
6. Sarah b. 1800
7. William b. 1803 (my ancestor)
Edward was sent to Canada by the English government to construct a lighthouse in Port Hope, Ontario. His brother William went with him. They also built a stone college which later turned into a mental institution. I have been researching my line for 20 years and cannot seem to find out any information on William or his parents John and Mary. Would appreciate any help.
Thank you,
Tue, 20 Aug 2002
I desperately need some photographs for my latest book which features the old silk mills of Leek. Would anyone like to loan me photographs of people at work in Slimma, Worthingtone, Brunswick Mill,Tattons, Wardle and Davenports, Davenport Adams etc. the only mill I don't need is Job White's as I have dozens of photographs of that mill. The photos are only loaned for a short time. I can be e-mailed on wcathryn@hotmail.com
Sun, 11 Aug 2002
Have just found this fantastic site.
Trying to get some facts about my g/father's family.What I
have so far is rather vague,but involves Leek and Hanley.
JOSEPH COOPER,[ son of JAMES-Coal Pit Engine Driver]
b Hanley 19/12/1865, enlisted Royal Marines 10/6/1884...BUT
! family legend says he was only 14 at that time and changed
his name [not uncommon in those days], his real name
was possibly CHARLESTON.
If there should be any local Family History or genealogy
group that might be able to offer any advice my e-mail is
humblefamily2@cwctv.net
Thanks in anticipation,
Wed, 7 Aug 2002
My name was Blanche Keates and I used to live at number 17, Livingstone Street Leek, I went to Leek Compton Junior School, is there anybody out there who knows me. Please make contact, I am 79 years of age.
Tue, 6 Aug 2002
Hello,
My name is Arnoud van der Meer and I live in Leek too.
Its not the Leek where this site is about, its Leek in the
Netherlands. I didn't know that there was a Leek in the UK
too. Thats pretty cool isn't it? That was all I wanted to
say.
Bye
Wed, 31 Jul 2002
My family originated in this beautiful town and I just wanted to take the opportunity to say hello.
J. Micheal Leek
St. Louis, Missouri
United State of America
Wed, 24 Jul 2002
My dear friend Mary is visiting her family in Leek and I want to wish her a wonderful holiday.
Veronica
Rhoads
Alabama USA
Tue, 16 Jul 2002
Just want to say I think the Leek website is one of the
best I have visited.
Its easy to find your way around and has great content.
Thanks for the great photos. Keep up the good work.
Marie
New Zealand
Sun, 14 Jul 2002
Hi, I noticed on the web camera facing Derby street there was some kind of parade there Saturday july 13. Any one know what that was about?
Sat, 06 Jul 2002
Back again from Wisconsin, USA. We are in the middle of a
great Fourth of July Weekend here! Lots of Barbeque's,
parades' and of course we have magnificent fireworks
displays. All the small towns arrange to have their own
fireworks displays on different nights, so it's one great
fun round of visiting each village in turn for "The BIG
Show"!
We received several e-mails from our questions re. the
Sheldons of Leek and were able to link up with a cousin
whose new address got lost in the shuffle! This morning we
had a pop-up window in our e-m starter page, referring to
"the family of James Wilson Creathorn", but for some reason
we lost the whole thing. If the sender would be so good as
to do it over, we'll be sure to get back to him (her). Other
than that, the weather here is just beautiful - about 75
degrees with a nice Lake breeze - this would be a nice place
for you folks in Staffs to spend a holiday, lots of
"seaside" stuff, fishing villages, charter boats etc.,(Lake
Michigan is over 350 miles long, and nearly 100 miles wide,
with hundreds miles of beautiful coastline!). Great website,
we really enjoy visiting.
We'll be looking back in,
Fri, 5 Jul 2002
Hopefullty I can have a double dip here, I am keen to discover the history of the Majestic Cinema in Leek which was an important part of my social development in the 1950's, it was also I believe part of the Broughs of Park Terrace family history.I remember watching it burn down, when that was I don't recall.
Additionally seeking any information on a Frederick Dudley and spouse, who had a daughter Blanche and may have lived at or near the junction of the Caldon Canal and the railway in Leek as either canal employees or coal merchants in the 1900's.
Thank you to all for previous assistance.
Christopher
Hall
Christopher.Hall@health.wa.gov.au
Tue, 25 Jun 2002
Sorry to read about the possible sale of the Leek Post to
The Sentinel, the L P & T is an institution and part of
life in Leek. It will be very sadly missed and a catastrophe
if they do not keep up the traditions that have built up
over the years. Life will never be the same in Leek with the
hatched matched and dispatched page as the last page etc
moved.
Hope the printing stays in Leek but as the Sentinel is now
part of a conglomerate big money will rule, how and from
where the reading will be until in a year a two the shares
drop and the accountants decide to make savings and guess
what goes? one of Leek's institutions which means nothing to
the news moguls, so get used to reading about Bentilee and
Fegg Hayes and Fenton with the news of the nicest town in
north Staffordshire.
Mon, 24 Jun 2002
I am seeking my family forebares of Flint who lived at
Leek in the 1820s - 1906
Doctor Charles Flint marr Elizabeth Gough. Charles Flint was
Medical Officer for Health Staffordhire Moorlands when a
Cholera outbreak took place in the 1830s He and Elizabeth
lived for a while at Hartington Derbyshire (The Old
Vicarage) in a house his father Cornelius Flint lived
before....Cornelius was Mine Agent to The Duke of Devonshire
and was agent at Ecton Copper Mine Manifold Valley, whilst
having his own mine Hubbersdale, Flagg nr Buxton..The Flints
are to my knowledge buried at Hartington Church, although
..strangely...his family also have a private burial ground
at St Lawrence Church Leek..I would appreciate information
for I have searched for 30 years to find his kith and kin of
today, if such persons exist...
Yours S.G.Flint
Wirksworth Derbyshire
Fri, 21 Jun 2002
I would be interested if anybody in Leek has any information about William Peacock my (Great Great Grandfather) who migrated to Australia . He was born about 1799 of Lee Moor Leek and married Sarah Pickford also of Lee Moor Leek born 1799. They had four children Eliza. Mary. Isaac and Joseph Please e-mail if you can help at egghouse@ozemail.com.au
A great web site
Fri, 14 Jun 2002
Ted Warwick (10.4.02) of Grafton,Wisconsin was keen to trace the Sheldon branch of his family who lived in Brittania Street, Leek.. I may be able to help and can be e-mailed at syewtree@aol.com.
Enjoyable web site, brings back many memories, especially photos by David Gilman-lets have more.
Thu, 13 Jun 2002
Hello. Anyone out there that has been communicating with
nanabits ( June Phillips) Arksansa USA I have a new address
it is nanabits1@aol.com.
Any more information William Ball family please get in
touch,
Mon, 10 Jun 2002
I was wondering if anyone had any information about my great grandfather, a Mr Tatton, who was quite well known locally about a hundred years ago as he managed to throw a cricket ball across Rudyard Lake. Thanks.
Tue, 4 Jun 2002
I have been back in North Staffs area for less than a year having left in 1962. It is wonderful to be back. I was at the East Street County Primary and Leek High School leaving in 1957 (or was it 1958) after "O" levels. I wish this site had existed during my long period of "exile" for it is a great site. Even though now local (Cheadle) and visit Leek at least once a week, it will be on my list of site to visit regularly. Congratulations on its presentation and deserved success.
Tue, 28 May 2002
I had the most wonderful time in Leek - only last week,
thanks to the wonders of air travel. I wonder if there is
any other town where you can meet the two Mayors in the
street, as I did during the Jubilee street party! I felt at
home and made so welcome, especially by those friends who
had known my husband James Sigley. And the countryside
around Leek has to be the prettiest in England, with so much
to see in a contained area. I now regard myself as an
unofficial ambassador for Leek - and I hope to return.
Best wishes,
Fri, 24 May 2002
MY name is Ian Davies my e-mail is ifdavies@blueyonder.co.uk For the last few months I have been tracing the life and death of my great uncle Fred Bloore.He fort and died at the battle of Aubers Ridge,while serving with the Royal Sussex Regiment.alongside two other friends from Leek, Jack Smethurst and John Winkle. I have some information about him and I am happy to share it with you. I would also be interested in anything you might have about Fred too.
Yours in anticipation
Tue, 21 May 2002
With the May Fair just departing I mentioned to some friends from Stoke about 'Chalk Night' - the first night of the fair when you were guaranteed to get chalked on by your mates at school. They'd never heard of this in their home areas. No-one at work, who wasn't from Leek, had heard of it either. I've checked with my Dad and he can remember writing messages backwards in chalk on a board and hitting people with it !! (that would be back in Leek in the mid-1940's). Does anyone on the board know the history of Chalk Night and if it's just a Leek thing?
Mon, 20 May 2002
Hello,
My name is Jan I am from the fire department of Leek in Holland, is there any firefighter from Leek in the UK who wants to be in contact with the fire department of Leek in Holland.
Please send me an e- mail at big.fire@12move.nl
Greetings,
Jan
Leek in Holland
Sun, 19 May 2002
My father Don Haynes grew up in Leek in the 1930s-1940s
and finished up emigrating to NZ in the late 1950s. His
parents were Arthur Haynes (1893-1963) and Emma Goode Lee.
The family lived at 15 Nab Hill Avenue. Dad's grandparents
were William Haynes and Elizabeth Goodwin, and Henry Lee and
Phoebe Spilsbury. Other family names include Smith, Tharme,
Earls and Wright. Dad is just about to connect to the
internet himself, so we would like to hear from anybody
interested in making contact or with a shared interest in
our family history.
Also, is it possible to buy copies of the books about Leek's
history? I have enjoyed visiting Leek on a couple of
occasions in recent years and have enjoyed this website as
well. Keep up the great work!
Sat, 11 May 2002
I really enjoyed reading the information about Leek. I lived in the town for a number of years and went to Milner Girls School until 1962 when I moved with the family to Suffolk. My maiden name was Susan Smith and I wa a member of the local Salvation Army. Regards to everyone who might just remember.
Sun, 5 May 2002
Hi!
I like many Leek lads am seeking more help with my family
tree and to make contact with people I went to school
with.
I'm Christopher Hall ex West End Avenue 1948 to 1960, ex
Westwood Primary School and Leek High School 1959 - 64.
I am particularly curious about one James Angus Hall my
grandfather who had a coal business down by the Canal and
any of his family.
I now work in the tropical NorthWest of Australia, at an
altitude of 3m and a mean temperature of 28C
Look forward to any interest, and what a great page and service.
Christopher
Hall
E mail christopher.hall@health.wa.gov.au
Sun, 28 Apr 2002
Leek is a wonderful town with wonderful people in it
unfortunately most times I am only driving through on my way
to Tittesworth reservoir that again is one of my most
favourite places that I have being gowing to for years.
I hope the preicint gets a tidy up then we may see more
photos, in the mean time I will greatly enjoy the ones that
I have got, keep up the good work
Stewart
Swain
Stoke On Trent.
Sat, 13 Apr 2002
My year is doing a coursework on Cheadle, we are using the Cheadle website to find most of our historical info, facts and figures etc. since I live in Leek I thought I would see if my home town has a web site, looking at Leekonline it is far superior to the cheadle site and I would just like to say keep up the good work!
Wed, 10 Apr 2002
Your letters are great! Over here in Wintry Wisconsin, my thoughts turn to looking backward to the past for members of my family who hailed from Leek and area.
If there's anyone still there who can help me push
further back into the genealogy of the family tree of Samuel
Sheldon,(wife Ann,nee Hollinshead), and William Sheldon, his
wife was Ann Maria, (nee Price).
Several years ago we came to Leek and visited the house I
remember from the 1930's; number 20 Brittania St, where the
Sheldons, Martha Ann, Ethel, Edith and Bill lived. The other
names associated with Leek were James John Wilson Creathorn
and his son James John. My Grandfather was Charles Edward
Creathorn; he played for Leek FC back in the late 1800's. My
Grandmother was Martha Ann, nee Sheldon. Her claim to fame
for me was bacon, cheese dip and oatcakes for breakfast!
If you read this and any of these names ring a bell, I'd be glad to hear from you.
Ted Warwick,
Grafton, (about a mile from Lake Michigan), Wisconsin.
Sun, 7 Apr 2002
I am hoping that someone out there can help me. I recently brought a school D of E group to the area and told them of the mermaid that lurks in Blackmere. They didn't seem to believe me so I was wondering if there was any information relating to this story on the internet or a leaflet that I can get.
Sat, 6 Apr 2002
My father Eric Cater was born in Leek 1920 and immigrated to NZ in 1952 where he died in 1997. I would like to hear from anyone who knows the Cater family or Gerrard family as I believe I may have relatives in Leek that I would like to correspond with. In fact it would be great to hear from anyone from my father's home town.
Helen
Galea
hgpg@optusnet.com.au
Mon, 1 Apr 2002
On holiday in perth WA, sun shining, sky is blue and the
whisky is flowing.
Lounging around in the sun.
Catch you later
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