Creeky

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  1. This is a useful site, there is a free search available but best to sign up.
    Voucher prices start at £5. Details cost from £1.50 to £2.00 per. plot.

     

    https://www.deceasedonline.com

     

    Records for the following sites are currently available on Deceased Online:

    Rock aka Church Cemetery, opened 1850
    Basford Cemetery, opened 1970
    General Cemetery, opened 1838
    High Wood Cemetery, opened 2006
    Northern Cemetery (Bulwell), opened 1903
    Southern Cemetery (Wilford Hill), opened 1919
    Wilford Hill Crematorium, opened 1931

     

    The records available comprise the following:

    Scans of the original registers (until the 1990's when replaced by computerised records, dates vary by site)
    Computerised register records (from the 1990's, dates vary by site)
    Grave details indicating all those buried within each grave
    Maps indicating the section of a cemetery where graves are located
    Maps for General Cemetery feature more details with the exact location of each grave
    Maps indicating scattering locations of ashes in the crematorium

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  2. Hello David

    Thank you so much for your contribution regarding John Auger Dixon.

    You must treasure that cricket ball, a wonderful heirloom, and bet that wedding dress was made of Nottingham Lace.

    I have your grandfather to thank for some great memories, for due to him and the connection to the Trent Bridge Ground, as young employees of Wm. Dixon we were sent, during working hours, to watch periods of play in a Test Match, for free! This was a great treat at a time when the working conditions can be described as a little Dickensian. There was a great interest in cricket in the company and annual matches were held against Meridian Ltd. on their Haydn Road ground.

    I will not repeat some of the history of William Dixon that I have previously outlined in this topic but would mention that I think he had seven children including John Auger, and the youngest of these was Charles Percy (b.1873 Grantham d.1939 Surrey). Now he, as your grandfather's brother, is another sportsman of whom you can be proud. As a tennis player he was a bronze medalist in the men's doubles at the 1908 Olympics and in the 1912 Olympics won three medals, gold in the mixed doubles, silver in men's singles and bronze in men's doubles.

    Referring to your mention of John's marriage in 1910 Nottm. Yes you have just made me aware that he would have been 49 and Maud Beatrice Hannington (b.1885 Radford d.1975 Cropwell Butler) only 25. Cricket in those days was the priority! In the 1901 census Maud is indeed listed as a tailoress. Anyway by then his father was, no doubt, in London and John was boss. I think there were only two children from this marriage, Maud b.1911 and Dorothy b.1915, please correct me if I am wrong. It was Maud who married Thomas Kenneth Parr (Ken Parr of Pork Farms)

    I won't go into much detail on the Pork Farms topic except to say details can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_Farms
    Noted previously Ken was chairman of Wm. Dixon when they closed about 1979.
    His father Thomas Christopher (1880-1940), was a pork butcher / merchant in Nottingham.
    Even after the takeovers and merges of Pork Farms over the years Ken Parr still took a keen interest in the food trade and I note that in 1990 he became a director of Elizabeth King Ltd. Feel sure they had a few shops in the Nottingham, they may have moved into some of the Pork Farm Shops who sold great sausage rolls. Readers will know.
    Memories!
    Thanks again to David
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  3. Hello Magpie28 and thanks for your conribution to this thread.


    You started at Wm. Dixon about a couple of years before me.

    I well remember all the names you mention.

    Being in the knitwear dept. with Fred Thorpe, you were on the same floor as these other managers, perhaps you recall them?....

    Peter Deacon (shirts), Reg Bell (socks), Doug Blackmore (fancy), Stephen Powell (underwear), Frank Spencer (ladies).

    Bob Morris and Sam Small were both directors in my time, as were Arthur Stone and Geoff Wooton (finance).

    You may well have joined when Miss Smith (Elsie) was still on the board of directors, she was daughter of a past chairman Robert Smith. He started with the company, then Dixon & Parker, at their Listergate shop, as an errand boy age 11 in 1889. It was he who was given the task of heading the development of wholesale and manufacture in Hounds Gate. By the early 1950s he was still there, but as chairman.


    You have prompted me into adding a little more of Dixon history, hope to add more at a later date.


    Well done I needed a nudge.


    As you say Happy Days.

  4. New member here

    Hope you can accept a request for help. The Leen Valley Jazzmen 1961. Anybody help with names of their line up please.

    The picture at the head of this post is great. I've been tracing every Dance Band, Jazz outfits,Package shows etc that visited the Festival Hall Kirkby 1950 up to 1963. I'm up to 1961 and The Valley Jazzmen made just one visit 28th Jan. Would like permission to copy picture to record them at that time. No commercial interest - charity donations only, limited numbers (around 50) of a publication, 22 page booklet called 'Band Call' full of all the details, lots of references to the Trad Jazz visitors famous and not so famous. This issue will be number eight and will be the last. All available if interested.

    Not Trad, forgive me but the support band was -The 'Beatmen' - possibly a rock n roll outfit but could be local from Notts, any bells ringing I would appreciate anything known about them..

    Thanks.

    Hello tleaf, welcome.

    The photo of Leen Valley Jazzmen was posted by me, please feel free to use.

    I only know that the banjo player was Eric Smith, will try to contact him for details of other members.

    The Beatmen played at Nottingham YMCA quite often, they were indeed a pop group and if my memory is correct the lead singer was a girl!

  5. Can you pick anyone out in this old crowd photo? Taken at City Ground, could be cup winning year 1959, but think it is perhaps a few years later. The position of the shot was to the right of the old "Shippo's Ivor Thirst Score Board" on the side opposite the bench.

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  6. This is part of an article that appeared in the Foden Motor Works News during the late 1950s - early 60s.

    It refers in part to Shipstone Horses and their use during the Great War (100 years - this year)

    I am sure there are many Nottingham Families that were touched by this dreadful war.

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  7. Dixon-John_pic_zpsb8ac6f2b.jpg

    Sorry I made a mistake previously, John Auger Dixon played football for Notts. County not Forest.

    JOHN Auger Dixon and his younger brother Percy achieved an incredible collection of medals and accolades between them.
    He was the eldest son of the owner of clothing business Dixon and Parker.
    He played football for England and with Notts County, was captain Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club for 11 years, as well as playing alongside the great W.G. Grace, including in Grace’s 50th birthday game – a big occasion in cricket in 1898.
    His best year with the bat was in 1897 when he made 1,100 runs at 44.00, the only time he would pass 1,000 runs in a season. He was also a part-time medium pacer and in 1900 took a career best season tally of 37 wickets at 23.89
    He hit a Notts record score of an unbeaten 268 against Sussex at Hove in 1897.
    His England football cap was against Wales at Blackburn in 1885, as an inside left in a 1-1 draw.
    The left-winger scored 16 goals in his 61 appearances for the Magpies.
    Two years after his death, the gates at Trent Bridge were dedicated to him.
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  8. Thanks all for welcome messages.

    a charlesworth Hi, I started doing much the same job as you in the half hose (sock) dept. under Reg. Bell. That goods lift was lethal!

    Think by 1969 I was in swimwear section (Judy Grinham). Judy competed in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, winning the 100m backstroke, Dixons owned the "Judy Grinham" brand.

    DAVIDW Thanks for the cutting, Horace Arthur Parker was the son of Thomas Prosser Parker (a founder), in 1911 census Horace was listed as a Shopkeeper (Tailor & Clothing), perhaps the shop was Prossers of Hockley, Dixons owned it. Ralph Carr, also a director, was his brother in law (husband of sister Minnie), other sister Ethel never married, she died in 1945 a year after Horace.

  9. As a new member, just wonder if I can get some help with my research into the history of William Dixon & Co. Hounds Gate Nottingham. They were clothing manufacturers and wholesalers for many years until their closure about 1979. I have lots of information on the origin of the company by William Dixon and Thomas Prosser Parker who were both born in Gratham and moved to Nottingham 1870s / 80s.

    They started trading as Dixon & Parker, retail outfitters, with shops throughout the country, then combined a wholesale and manufacturing division. In later years William Dixon's son John Auger Dixon became chairman, he was the famous Notts. County Cricketer after whom "The Dixon Memorial Gates" at Trent Bridge were named. John was also a Nottm. Forest footballer and made an international debut for England v Wales about 1885. John died in Nottingham in 1931.

    I now need some information on the directors and chairmen of the company from the 1930s until the early 1960s when I started with the firm. I know there was a Robert Smith and I can just remember Miss Smith. During my time it was Sam Small, Bob Morris, Geoff Wooton, Stephen Powell, Doug Blackmoor, Frank Spencer, at the close Ken Parr (related to the Dixon's) was chairman.

    Should there be any interest in this, I am sure there are many names and memories to share that cover my 20 years with this company.

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