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Date: Sat, 29th July 2006 Subject: Tracing Fredrick Arthur Salt My name is Vicky, I was wondering if you could help me in any way, I'm trying to trace a relative of mine. FREDRICK ARTHUR SALT, born in Biddulph in 1925 he is married to a lady named Annie and I believe he may live around the Staffordshire Moorlands or surrounding area if you can help me in any way I would be extremely grateful. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Yours Sincerely.. V.Barker  Date: Mon, 17 July 2006 Subject: Eva Hinckley & Leek Polish community I would be delighted to hear from anyone who
remembers my mother and can perhaps help fill in
some details about her early life. Thanks & regards, Marek Baldy. marek.baldy@blueyonder.co.uk
Hi, Born in Cheddleton emigrated to Aussie in
1966. Robert Eccleston Date: Fri 02 June 06 Subject: Enjoying your great website Learning much from your site about Leek and its
beautiful environs. Hope to supplement these
cyberspace visits with a personal visit to the
Staffordshire Moorlands in the future to visit a
very dear friend. Thank you & best wishes from DownUnder, Peter
Moosberger,xxmoosberg@hotmail.comxx Date: Sat. 13 May 2006 Subject: Leek Fire Brigade 50's/60's Many thanks for your excellent website and
facility to keep in touch with people and events in
Leek. Hoping some reader may have related memories. Thank you for your facility to publish this Vernon Turner Date: Wed. 10 May 2006 Subject: Frederick Murray Von Kalkrieth Browne Hi Am looking for information on a Frederick Murray Von Kalkrieth Browne , an Artist who lived in Leek towards the end of his life. He died in 1933 aged 78 and is buried in the Leek cemetery. Any help greatly appreciated Duncan Ward Date: Fri. 31 Mar 2006 Subject: Theobold I'm trying to find the father of a very good
friend of mine, all she knows about him is his name
and the address he lived at in 1989. Timothy Knight Thank your for your help. Date: Wed. 29 Mar 2006 Subject: THE 60th ANNIVERSARY of the WARBRIDES My mother, Barbara Joan Bermingham, about whom I
have written in the Visitors' Book and about whom
there was a story in The Leek Post and Times, Dec.,
2005 "Bride was Left Alone as Hubby Went to War" is
a LEEK girl, born in 1923, daughter of Cyril Henry
Bermingham and Alice Yates Bermingham - born at
Wolfdale, Rushton-Spencer, nr Leek Debbie Schenk Moshier *I think the site for this is http://go.to/USwarbrides# (Ed) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 Subject: Leake family Looking to find distant relatives of the Leake family. We have records dating back to Richard born 1711 wed Ellen Jackson in 1733 and moved from Ashley to Norton. He was a yeoman farmer. The family goes back to 1332 but have not got that far yet. Also Arthur Brocklehurst married Hannah Leake in1924 and they emigrated to America, we think they went to Ohio. They had two daughters Barbara Jane and Iris. Would love to hear from anyone who think they maybe connected. Maurice Leake Wed, March 15, 2006 Subject: Re HOLTHAM & HAWLEY Families As Jonathan Hulme stated I have done extensive research on my Leek ancestry. I am now keen to make contact with more of my relations still residing in the Leek area. These are some of the families I am connected with: Holtham, Hawley, Gibson, Birch, Lees, Lovatt, Plant, Bonsall, Fallows, Towers, Buxton, Heath, Bould, Aggas, Lowther, Leek, Wilkinson, Mayers, Fleming and Fernyhough . Please feel free to contact me via email garph@ihug.co.nz An extensive family tree can be found on Rootsweb.com. I am keen to make contact for two reasons. The first is to invite family members to join our Holtham/Houltham Family Website and I will also be visiting Leek later in the year. Garth Houltham Subject: Hulme great-great-grandfather from Leek Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 My great-great grandfather James Hulme married
my great-great grandmother Mary Holtham (b. 1812),
daughter of Joseph Holtham and Catherine Gibson, on
12 Apr 1837 in the Leek parish church. They were
silkweavers and moved to Macclesfield where my
great-grandfather Thomas Joseph Hulme was born in
1840. Jonathan Hulme Tonbridge, Kent Subject: workmates Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 Hello Sir, My name is Ron Jones, I am retired now, but used to work for H. D. WEBB, paper merchants of Leicester. I collected tubes once a week from BUXTONS, who were situated on Buxton Road as you enter Leek. I would very much appreciate if you could find the whereabouts of the friends of mine who worked there, so that I could get in touch with them. My e-mail address is:- speedbird1@ntlworld.com And my address is If it will help, the boss of Buxtons was named ROY. Best Regards Ron Jones. Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 Subject: Leek-Holme Mylme Good day, I would like to visit the place of origin of my English ancestors. They are from Leek and more particularly of an area known as "Holme Mylme". This information goes back to their time, the 1600s. Could you please tell me if there was such a place and what is the present name. Thank you very much, Claude Montpetit Date: 29 Jan 2006 Subject: CORDEN Brenda-( nee BRADSHAW OR WRIGHT ) Hiya, Phyllis Nairn from New Zealand is trying to find this wonderful lady. Born in the UK,but when she knew her she lived in New Zealand until about 1973-74 with a man by the name of Jonas Horeau, but then moved back to UK and later married a BRIAN CORDEN, in England she believes. She could be living in the Leek area somewhere. If anyone can help in any way she would be extremely grateful. Thanking you for this opportunity of perhaps finding Brenda again. (FINGERS CROSSED) Kind regards, Phyllis. Date: 27 Jan 2006 I remember Leek with great affection. My
grandparents lived there and that's where my Mum
was born. As a child I used to enjoy staying with
Nana and Grandad at their house in Burton Street.
It was quite close to the top of that long hill and
grandad had the house built for him and my Nana.
It's 129 Burton Street and had a beautiful garden.
My grandad was a cobbler and had a little shop not
far from his home. I don't remember the name of the
street but to get there we walked past a nearby,
large Mill. Julia Butcher Date: 22 January 2006 Subject: Forty Years On Hello to anyone who might be able to help me. "40 Years On," was the title of our old school song, and 40 years ago I met a young lady from Leek and have often wondered what became of her. Her name was Susan Rotton, and she lived at 5 Grove Terrace. If anyone can help, or if Susan sees this herself, I can be contacted at neil.(dot)kennedy@btinternet.com Thanks to anyone who might be able to help. Neil Kennedy Date: 16 January 2006 Subject: Barbara Joan Bermingham (Schenk) Greetings to Leek, England. My mother, Barbara Joan Bermingham,was born in 1923, to Cyril Henry Bermingham and Alice Yates (sister of Dorothy, Gladys, Joan, and George of Old Hill, Rushton-Spencer, nr. Macclesfield in Leek. She was close to her cousin, Christine Snow Chester, and her family at Wolfdale,lifelong friend to Joyce Govier, Mary Redfern, and Eileen Frances Mary Sexton until their deaths. My father was an Army man from Massachusetts
camped in 1944 at Blackshaw Moor in Leek where he
met my mother. I know they both consider those
times to be the best years of their lives. Sadly,
my dad died from cancer in 2001. Since I only
recently obtained use of a computer and the
internet, and time marches on, I feel a nearly
inexplicable need to collect information before it
is gone FOREVER. Now nearly all is lost, except lovely cousins, Martin and Hazel Chester of WOLFDALE (where actually, my mother was born). My mother made it through the London Blitz where she was a nurse, my father survived the D-Day invasion of Omaha Beach , and they moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, around New England, had 4 children and lost one 4-month old baby. Some communication through THE LEEK POST AND TIMES gleaned us several lovely letters to me from a delightful Mr D Birks, to my mother, a charming memory from Vivienne Baird, through the kindness of her Leek sister. MY MOTHER WISHES SOMETIMES (except for her 4 children) that she had NEVER left. Her HEART is in England and will be always. If you could let me know of ANY information, stories, anecdotes, history, memories, I should be EVER SO grateful on me mum's behalf. If you know anything about anyone mentioned, or the times, it would be amazingly great to hear from you. Time is of the essence. Join us in praying for my mother's cousin, Christine Snow Chester. New Year blessings of HEALTH, happiness, peace, and good to you and those you love. Debbie(Schenk) Moshier, 49 Old King's Highway,
Hampton, CT 06247 I shall be VERY happy to refund postage. THANK YOU VERY MUCH dmoshier2023@charter.net Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 Subject: Search for a friend My partner is trying to contact a school friend
from the 60's by the name of Susan Corbet, formally
of Windsor Drive, Leek. She emigrated to South
Africa with her family when Wm.Tatton the textile
company from Leek opened a factory there. Hughessoozie@aol.com Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 My name is Pauline Dixon. I was born in Leek,
and lived there in the 1940's and 1950's. My name
then was Pauline Clowes - Pauline Alice Mary Clowes
to be exact! In 1957 I left Leek with my parents,
Joe and Ethel Clowes, and my two younger brothers
Thomas Hartley and Alan Spencer Clowes. We moved to
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA, where my father
went to work as an electrical engineer for R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company. My time growing up in
Leek was wonderful. I attended Westwood Road County
Primary School on Westwood Road, and then Westwood
Hall Girl's High School. In the years since, I've
many times appreciated the great education I
received at Westwood Hall - and we had lot's of fun
too! As a child I remember playing in the water
fall of the River Churnet, picnics, birthday
parties, climbing the Roaches, and later dances at
the Town Hall. If any of my old friends read this,
let me hear from you, one and all! Pauline Dixon Subject: Hotels in 1800's Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 I am delving into my history and I have been informed that my Great Great Grandfather owned some hotels in Leek, I am trying to locate some information, name of these, etc and wonder if anyone can help. We have not been told of his first name, he is a Mr Jones and owned the hotels around the late 1800's possibly from 1870, it would be much appreciated if anyone could help or point me in the right direction. Kind regards S Throsby
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