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  4. Posted

    48 minutes ago, Bentrovato said:

    Three ‘Rhino Poachers’ Eaten By Lions After Breaking In To South African Game Reserve  https://12tomatoes.com/gfl-lions-eat-rhino-poachers/?utm_source=bcglp-animals&utm_medium=social-fb&utm_campaign=gfl-lions-eat-rhino-poachers&fbclid=IwAR3ZRPThF8PU9TfjQ9kEVVWZuMcaRy77l8FEi-l5gEqoDGD5r4ALYV1CbvU

     

    You posted this story nearly two years ago. Do you have Alzheimer's? Are you obitable? :lol:

     

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    1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

    Of passing interest, probably more so to @Cat O'Falk, death notice for helicopter pilot Ron Salt: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/240299/salt

     

    I mention him because of the story on the BBC from 2012, when he revisited Coventry Cathedral spire which in 1962 he helped lower into place: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-17865700

     

    Gawd bless him.

     

    Aye and about 30 years later I admired his work from over the road on top of the Alan Berry building where I delivered the materials for the atrium.

    https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.407913,-1.5058534,34a,35y,39.53t/data=!3m1!1e3

     

     

     

    Coventry.jpg

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  13. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:


    See my above post :P

     

    :lol: That wasn't there when I posted. The last post was your "I'll add "1936 or 1940" to page 1 in the meantime."

     

    It does that sometimes and it's bloody infuriating.  :tantrum:

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  14. Posted

    1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said:
    10 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

    Interestingly @Ulitzer95 you might not be able to find Lyn(n) Cornell in birth records for Liverpool in 1940, because the clipping here seems to suggest she was born in 1936 (but what do they know?). Surely her marriage to Andy White in April 1962 might have a record somewhere which would indicate her dob? I dunno, I wouldn't know where to begin, think you have to register for Ancestry.

     

    Edit: Remember the link: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/62-12-Ephemera-Margate-1963-Article-Lyn-Cornell-Dreamland-/382879128368


    This one just gets more and more bizarre as well. I've used all the alternative spellings on her discogs page and nothing comes up between 1931 and 1945 in the birth index... She clearly wasn't born under this name.

     

    There's a record of Andrew M White marrying Audrey A Cornett in 1962 and registered in Liverpool North.

    There's a record of Ann A Cornett being born in 1936 and registered in Liverpool North.

    :sherlock:

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  17. Posted

    4 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said:

    They had four children, Paul in 1955, Ann in 1957, Jane in 1959 and David in 1965.

     

    For some reason Paul, Ann and David were given the surname 'Gregory', however, Jane was given 'Gregori'.   :scratchhead:

  19. Posted

    16 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

    Ancestry has this record but spells it as Primino for some reason. See here. Any help?

     

    There's a transcript error on the database I'm using. The original documents from the G.R.O. for both birth and marriage say the name is 'Primino'. The marriage transcript posted above is in error; that too should say 'Primino'.  

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    3 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

    Chaquito Orchestra (led by Johnny Gregory) – UK orchestra leader. This is a complete mess. Birth details vary. Some sites suggest he's dead, others suggest he's alive.

     

    https://www.robertfarnonsociety.org.uk/index.php/legends/johnny-gregory

     

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    Francesco Gregori arrived in England in 1919, and met his future wife Maria Louisa Rossi in 1922. They were engaged in London’s West End and got married in the New Year of 1924 and Johnny was born later that year.

     

    The G.R.O. says they married in late 1923 and he was born Primono G G Gregori. in late 1924. I presume one of the 'G's is for Giovanni - the Italian for John.

     

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    In 1949 Johnny met Joan, his wife to be.

     

     

    Surname  First name(s)  Spouse  District  Vol  Page 
    Marriages Sep 1953   (>99%)
    Biten  Joan E  Gregory  Willesden  5f 726  btnInfo.gif Scan available - click to viewAdditional information available - click to view
    Biten  Joan E  Gregori  Willesden  5f 726  btnInfo.gif Scan available - click to viewAdditional information available - click to view
                 
    GREGORI  Primono G G  MARTIN  Willesden  5f 726  btnInfo.gif Scan available - click to viewAdditional information available - click to view
    GREGORI  Primono G G  BITEN  Willesden  5f 726  btnInfo.gif Scan available - click to viewAdditional information available - click to view
    GREGORY  John P  MARTIN  Willesden  5f 726  btnInfo.gif Scan available - click to viewAdditional information available - click to view
    GREGORY  John P  BITEN  Willesden  5f 726  btnInfo.gif Scan available - click to viewAdditional information available - click to view
                 
    MARTIN  Joan E  GREGORY  Willesden  5f 726  btnInfo.gif Scan available - click to viewAdditional information available - click to view
    MARTIN  Joan E  GREGORI  Willesden  5f 726

     btnInfo.gif Scan available - click to viewAdditional information available - click to view

     

     

    I can't find a death entry in the G.R.O. no matter what permutation of names I use for him. Maybe he's still alive.

     

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  22. Posted

    20 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

    Dave Berry and the Cruisers, I have the names of all the Cruisers, can't find bio info for any of them! From forum discussions I believe most or all of them resided in Sheffield

     

    Ok, doing a bit of digging, after Roy Barber's death his missus sold his guitar at auction.

     

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    After Roy Barber’s death, his widow, Val, auctioned the guitar at Sotheby’s Olympia on 14th June 2002 (ex lot 315 ‘Rock & Roll Fashion and Memorabilia’).

     

    From G.R.O. records, a guy named Roy Barber (no middle initial) married Valerie A Edwards in 1968 in Sheffield. Only two people named Roy Barber were born in Sheffield between 1920 and 1960, one in 1935 and one in 1944. The records further show Roy Barber, born in 1944, died in Chesterfield in 2000.  :sherlock:

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  25. Posted · Edited by Cat O'Falk
    Edited to add the name for search purposes.

    1 hour ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

    A 31 year old female producer from the Jeremy Kyle show has committed suicide 

     

    Who'll that be then? ;)

    Edit: Natasha Reddican

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