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., .

 To visit family tree click button    The Goddards of Kirkby Mallory from 1698
     The Perridge family from  1703 --2007
     Heath family tree from 1812
     Gibsons of Kirkby Mallory
More family history

My mother`s parents moved from Gallards Hill farm Braunston, to the Manor Farm 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 

 

 

  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 met Val. in Burbage, we were married in Kirkby Mallory Church October 1962 and thereon we left the village.
  

Joined the Ratby Engineering Company      Electrical dept.in 1962     

 

           A handshake from the Managing Director Mr.Morrice Jones to celibrate my 25 years at Ratby Engineering

Fellow comrades in arms were Mr. Dave Poole, Dave Armson, Steve Barns, Morrice Pickering, Myself, Rob,( for an apprentice award) John Coley and Keith Ryder.

 
       Ratby Engineering Above........ Office Block                                       Left ........... Fitting Shop

Moved to "Pretty Legs" Hosiery, Lutterworth. in 1994 where I stayed until my retirement, see below.      

 

 

 

  P.legs Hosiery ltd. Lutterworth

 No.2 Knitting Room

  Packing Room

Retirement, last day at work  

 

 
  

   A much appreciated thank you from Mr Harry Pool, Managing Director

  congratulations and collection from colleagues

    Electrical supervisor, Jason with Ady Bates

 

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.

 click here to see some art work 

 

 and here to visit the garden

 

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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