ABOUT MYSELF.... and why Kirkby Mallory.
My ancestors have lived in,
or have been associated with the village for the last 200 years.
It is where I grew up, and although
I left the village many years ago I still have some happy memories
of growing up there.,
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The
Goddards of Kirkby Mallory from 1698 |
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The
Perridge family from 1703 --2007 |
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Heath
family tree from 1812 |
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Gibsons
of Kirkby Mallory |
More family history
My mother`s parents moved
from Gallards Hill farm, Braunston, South of Leicester to the
Manor Farm at Kirkby Mallory in 1937. The Manor Farmhouse was
a large rambling building and was able to accommodate several
families, so it was to here that we moved from the suburbs of
Leicester in 1947. In 1957 prior to the farm being sold for redevelopment,
we moved into a new bungalow on the Mallory Park Estate where
dad was employed as groundsman.
However,
my family connection with the village can be traced back much
further, as my Great Grandmother, Annie Elizabeth Goddard was
living there in 1870. Further research reveals that the Goddard
family were living in Kirkby Mallory at least as far back as 1696
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I attended the village
school in Kirkby Mallory until the age of 11, failed my "11plus
exam " so moved on to South Charnwood S.M .School, (1951
to 1955 ), enjoyed school, made some good friends. Left, aged
15 years. Started work as an apprentice electrician working for
Nichols & Overton, An electrical installation company in
Hinckley. In 1958 I met Val. who was then living in Burbage .
We were married in Kirkby Mallory Church on October 27th. 1962
after which I left the village. |
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Joined the Ratby Engineering Company
Electrical dept. in February 1962
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A
handshake from the Managing Director Mr.Morrice Jones to celebrate
my 25 years at Ratby Engineering
Fellow comrades in arms were Mr. Dave Poole,
Dave Armson, Steve Barns, Maurice Pickering, Myself, Rob,( for
an apprentice award) John Coley and Keith Ryder.
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 Ratby
Engineering Above... New Office Block Picture Left
........... Fitting / assembly Shop, (
ex aircraft hanger from the 1940`s) |
After the demise of Ratby Engineering in 1994 I Moved
to the "Pretty Legs" Hosiery company in Lutterworth.
where I stayed until my retirement, see below.
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P.legs Hosiery Ltd. Lutterworth |
No.2 Knitting Room |
Packing Room |
Retirement, last day at work
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A much appreciated thank you
from Mr Harry Pool, Managing Director |
congratulations and collection from
colleagues |
Electrical supervisor, Jason
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Hobbies and
pastimes Enjoy Landscape oil painting particularly
during the winter months .Very practical, get a great deal of
satisfaction from making or building things, so a bit of
a D.I.Y enthusiast, enjoy pottering
in the garden, very much an outdoor person.
Spent several years, back in the 1960`s,
building a model Warship based on the R N. County Class destroyers.
It was more an exercise in electrical control than in precision
engineering. All the bits and pieces had to function from a 4
channel on/off modulated radio control signal. The luxury of proportional
control was not an option at that time. It was 6ft. 
long
and took two people to lift it into the water, but it sailed O
K and it fired rockets.
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The house extension, back
in 1970 took me 2 years to complete . With plans passed, advice
from the builders merchant, and several visits to the local library,
I was able to start building, and added a utility room and study
and later a conservatory.
Then the sad times
13/2/2007 and 12/4/2007, certainly not
a good year
I feel like one who treads
alone,
Some banquet-hall deserted,
Whose lights are fled, whose garlands dead
And all but he departed
Thus in the
stilly night, ere slumber`s chain has bound me
Fond
memory brings the light of other days around me
Thomas
Moore |
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