[waterway street - Barker family]

i would be interested to no if waterway street still exsists,i noticed that it is refered to as the meadows,was this area farmland that was turned into housing ?was it on the outskirts of nottingham,was a river near waterway street,i would like to see a street of the area ,with the kind help of others ive started pieceing together the barker family,so far ive found 3 sons that for some unnown reason traveled south to live and work in brighton sussex some time around 1880 -1901,ive a feeling their parents did not leave nottingham there names were William Barker and Fanny[frances] Barker,Robert barker 1882-1919 went down on hms penarth,James lewis barker born 1889-1917 died of his wounds during a cavelery charge near arras,john william ????-1936 my great,great grand father i am unsure if he took part in the 1st world war,all i no about him is he worked first as a maltster,then during the depreshion in 1930s he helped re-faceing the white cliffs being lowerd down on a bosens chair ! my dad said when he came home he was white and looked like a ghost,like many familys back then the grand parents,the parents and children all lived together ,only got a computor very recently as im like many that came very late on line im stumberling about all over the place ,couldnt seem to learn from books on them so got 1 and started pressing buttonstryed asking younger generation but they went so fast i was messmerised !i found this site looking for something totaly un related but im so glad i did.,

[Things our parents used to say]

two sayings my mam said were "back to square one" and "A good square meal"i wonder where these origernated from ?

[Things our parents used to say]

i think many of the sayings origernated from the north and midland areas,as most of my ancesters came down to the south and brought them with them,and these sayings rubbed off on future generations,as im sure like me we find ourselves using phrases from our childhood,and it suddenly occurs to us,"god i sound like my mam " !

[Things our parents used to say]

i remember my mam saying "its black over joes" i think that refered to looks like rain, "many a mickle make a muckle " havent a clue on this 1 ?,others she used were, " a blind man would like to see it" , " i havent seen them for yonks " "doordy pens", and the 1 i hated most was " mrs haris told me" this was said when ide been caught out doing somit i shouldnt ,and was told mrs haris told her,as a kid i searched for this bloody mrs haris for years to no avail !as a parent my self i must admit using "mrs haris told me" phrase to my kids .

[waterway street - Barker family]

thank you all so much,on 1 photo i have there is horse and cart on enlarging it i can clearly see .S.BARKER 54 WATERWAY STREET ! and also a gentleman feeding the horse a carrot,the picture looks very old by the clothes and boots he is weareing,ive just traced another family member from nottingham ,a robert barker born 1882,who survived the great war but was killed on the 4th febuary 1919 on hms penarth  whilst clearing mines off the yorkshire coast,the next brother JAMES LOUIS BARKER BORN 1889 NOTTINGHAM  died arras 24TH APRIL 1917,So much of our history is lost as a generation passes away and all the information they have is lost ,so its up to us to preserve as much as we can for future generations, pete

[waterway street - Barker family]

hi im trying to find my lost branch of my family,all i no for sure is they seemed to have a buisness at 54 waterway street nottingham late 1880s to 1914 ,iv found 2 brothers so far but a home address would help as 1 brother came down to brighton sussex who was my great granddad,i have photos but no one wrote on them to say how they were,on blowing 1 photo up i saw waterway st and i no nottingham was where the were born,the great war claimed 1 brother for sure ,i have found his regiment and some details in war diary,hes also menshioned in our local church book ,they could have links with the brewery trade,its taken me 17 years to get this far ,so any help would be greatfully recived,many thanks pete