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Hi Jane,
I have just looked through your website for
the first time and I am really impressed. My father was born in Cottingham
in 1911 but the family moved away in 1925 after the death of my
grandmother, Harriett Davenport. She died of TB, a letter from her has
survived, it makes quite painful reading.
I was pleased to see the picture of the High
Street featured as the the little dark person in the picture is my aunt
Florence Davenport. If you are interested
I have a number of old school class photographs taken around 1916-1924
which I could copy. Headmaster of the school at that time was Henry
Belshaw. His nickname was "Tubby" Belshaw according to my father. I would
be happy to e-mail them to you if you are interested.
I would also like to visit St Mary's church
and locate my grandmother's grave but on the odd occasion that I have
visited the village the church has been closed, can you help?
I look forward to your reply.
Sincerely
Jim Davenport
Essex
1 June, 2006
Hello Jim,
Lovely to hear from you. I’d
love to include your school pics on the site. Henry Belshaw is a name I’ve
not come across before, so this is really interesting.
With regard to the Church, it
is usually locked, but if you call one of the people below when you’re
planning to visit, they’ll open up the Church for you.
Ann Sturman 01536 771343
Ruth Colby 01536 770178
Mary Freestone 01536 771339
Regards,
Jane
www.cottinghamhistory.co.uk
3 June 2006
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