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Fantastic memories, thankyou!
Dear Valerie The Mitchell family are still at Reach Court Farm. They also run it as a wedding venue and holiday cottages. See the link here https://www.reachcourtfarmcottages.co.uk/ Thank you for your memories! Best wishes St Margaret’s History Society
Hi Paul The National Library of Scotland website has early OS maps of the village which you can look at for free. The 1840 tithe map is on the Genealogist site but you will need a subscription to view it.We cant show them as they are their copyright Hope you can find what you are looking for best wishes St Margaret’s History Society
Hi Ruth Thanks for getting back to me. We do have a copy of the photo and the obituary but thanks for thinking of us. The one on the beach is one of my favourites best wishes Christine
I use my maiden name on the wed.Ruth Skrypiuk nee Gentile
I have 2 pictures to send you regarding James Powell my great great grandfather .One is of him and 2 others sitting on a log down at the waterfront. I got this picture when I was in St. Margarets Bay years ago at the museum.The other is the obiturary of Horatio Powell James Powell son in which it talk a little about James Powell. James Powell was my grandmothers grandfather
I will post a picture of Horatio Powells obituary it has some info on his father James Powell who is my great great grandfather.My grandmothers name was Sarah Rayner Powell.Funny how the name Rayner has popped up again on this site
HARRY BUTCHERS came back from WW II as a major of the british army , having done the campaigns in north afrika and italy – he finally commanded a camp for polish soldiers in belgium – where he met emily, his future belgian wife – they had shops in Dover and then came to st margarets , living in salisbury road – harry had a taxi businesss ( during summer time he used to drive people on holiday at the ” camp” to the beach ) and emily did open a shop for ladies clothing near the church – their house in salisbury rd was named “Philippe” after their grand son ,who came to visit them from belgium on his holidays 3 times a year ! they loved st margarets bay !
I stayed in this farm house at the beginning of the war. I remember my aunt and uncle Gilbert clearly. I would so like to know if Derek Mitchell and his sister Carol still own the farm. I also remember the night that a German airman had parachuted down and got caught in the branches of a tree. It was the same night that Uncle Gilbert’s pedigree bull escaped and was charging round the farm yard
Great news available for the family historian, well done. If you had an old map from the mid 1800’s of the local area that would be great.
After all these years good to see that the gravestone of my granddad Frank T. Oliver is still there at the graveyard next to the church in St Margretsbay. I sutely will visit his stone asap. Pourly maintenance during the years but neverdeless good to see. Thanks very much. Michael Frank ( named after granddad) P. van Gijs (Holland)
Probably 1961 or 1962 Middle and right pictures Susan Little 2nd from left
hy i think my farther an d uors worked together on cowards house 1947ish his name tom knott and lived in bay road called sunhill
I think my father worked with yours after the war at st margarets his name Thomas victor knott.
Thanks for letting me know. By chance I have recently been looking at the history of Street Farm which James Powell farmed for many years and have just added a bit of additional info to the photo. If you have any photos of James or his family I would love to see them
James was the 2nd husband of my great great grandmother Eleanor Rayner née Marsh born c1818.
Thank you for the extra information about the photo. Its good to have more details and memories. Many thanks
Thank you for spotting it! You are quite right and I have amended it. Many thanks St Margaret’s History Society
Many thanks for helping us to pin down the date. I have been doing some work on James Powell lately in connection with his farm, Street Farm, now replaced by Knoll Court, in the middle of the village.
This photo needs turning through 180 degrees.
I think this photo was perhaps taken around or before 1890. James Powell died in 1890 aged 74 and James Hammond died 1896 born c1819. Edward Gage was born c1816.
Yes, taken in the garden of ‘Collis’. The short span on the left bridged the gap to ‘Auntie’ Annie’s front door. Photo taken by my late father who appears in many of the earlier images of Bockhill Farm as a young boy. That’s me holding Annie’s hand :o)
Manu thanks for adding some names to the faces!
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