Bainbridge

Ken Bainbridge & Hooping Day

On Hooping Day, all the horse drawn carts from the village and surrounding farms would queue at Oulston Bank, on…

3 months ago

Storwood & The Popplewells

In the mid 2000s I clearly remember a telephone call from my mother when she shared with pride and incredulity…

9 months ago

Lizzie Edgar & The Bottle Stopperers

Our Great Grand Aunt, Elizabeth Edgar (1870-1956), was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, the third of twelve children. Aunt…

2 years ago

Ann, Christine, & Jonah, The Whale who came to York

On a cool spring morning in 1954, Ann & Christine were accompanied by their preparatory school classmates into St George's…

2 years ago

Reg Bainbridge & The Steamroller

Charles "Reg" Bainbridge was born in the village of Newton on Ouse, North Yorkshire, to parents John Henry Bainbridge of…

2 years ago

Wallace Scott & The Battle of Coronel

On November 1st, 1914, HMS Good Hope was sunk in the Battle of Coronel with the loss of all hands,…

2 years ago

Alfred Maddison & The Fleet Review

On this day in 1914 our 4th cousin, Boy 1st Class, Alfred Maddison participated in the Fleet Review at Spithead…

3 years ago

Geoff Bainbridge & The Cuban Missile Crisis

Flight Lieutenant Geoff Bainbridge (1924-2022) served with the RAF from 1942 for the duration of the war. He ultimately pursued…

3 years ago

Ken Bainbridge & The Half Way Sign

"200 hundred miles from London, 200 hundred miles from Edinburgh" announced my grandfather as we drove past the sign in…

3 years ago

Adelaide Edgar & The Last Onion

Adelaide EDGAR, our great grandmother, was the tenth of twelve children, born 2 August 1888, to John Thomas ONIONS and…

4 years ago

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