Ushaw Moor traders in the year 1914
This is a bit of a mixture, being a list of some of the Ushaw Moor traders in the year 1914 and a request for information about an Ushaw Moor cricketer.
I suppose lists can be a bit boring for the general reader but, if your family have lived in the area for generations and you are into family history, they are potentially useful.
Here is the 1914 list:
Albion House Club [Edward Hogg secretary]
Benjamin Beach - fruiterer
Mrs C Bell - farmer at Cockhouse
Broughs store
William Brown - general smith and horse shoer plus agricultural implements repaired
Arthur Busey insurance agent
Robert Bone Cawthorne - confectioner
Mrs Cicely Elish Chandler - milliner
George Chilton - fishmonger
Charles Christie - shopkeeper
Arthur Cooper bootmaker
George Craig - hairdresser
Crook Co-op - Ralph Pearson - manager
William Davidson - Station Hotel
Mrs Mary Ann Davis - grocer
Dimambro and Co - confectioners
Empire - W Hogg - manager
Empire Meat Company - Thomas Kirkup - proprietor
Thomas Gates - hairdresser
Thomas Gouden - hairdresser
Mrs Sarah Alice Hayes - draper
Henry Charles Herdman -Station Road - English and American dentistry - [what was the difference?]
Richard Hope -refreshment rooms - a retired miner - my great great grandfather
Gabriel Innes - joiner and undertaker - also at Bearpark
Mrs Sarah Ann Plant - confectioner
L R Rossi - confectioner
Robert C Russell grocer and Post Office
Albert Swithenbank - watch maker
There were others but I am not wanting to take up too much space.
Now - the cricketer - elsewhere on site I paid tribute to Jack Joice who was very helpful to me with his knowledge of Ushaw Moor.Actually I have lost the plot regarding the spelling of Jack's surname. Was it Joyce or Joice? I think it was the latter.I have a newspaper cutting of an Ushaw Moor Horner Cup match against Easington played in the middle of June 1947. An extract shows the following:
M Robinson bowled Jones 0 [Michael Robinson I think]
J Joyce bowled Copeland 0 [I know that newspapers frequently spell surnames incorrectly]
T Buxton bowled Jones 2
F Hume not out 0 [Fred] My cousin's father
So would that, probably irregular, first team player be Jack the historian, who certainly lived in Whitehouse Lane later in life? I would appreciate some help to resolve it.
Having had the privilege of writing many articles and procuring a few, for Paul Clough's site I now declare that my little era is over.It has been an absolute pleasure to express my thoughts and memories on your community site but, as a so called retired person, my committments are such that in future I can only occasionally dip into the site. If needs be I will respond to articles from time to time, but my article writing is now put to rest!
One last point - Paul works hard to keep the site fresh and informative - but what will happen if he moves away? In that situation, if the site is not transferred to someone else, will the paper records of the history of Ushaw Moor be offered to the Durham Records Office? If you are in a position to do so, please support Paul and submit an article - however brief.Neil Davies and the like, where are you?
