bobg
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Southport 1914-15 DirectoryI have a copy of the 1914 - 15 Seed's Southport & District Directory. This includes Ainsdale, Birkdale, Churchtown & Crossens. Residents are listed alphabetically & by street. There is also a Trades Classification. Banks, Formby & Freshfield are listed separately.
I will be happy to do any look ups.
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Jane
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Welcome to our forum bobg.
What a very kind offer. I'm sure you will soon have someone asking for a look-up :grin:
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Dotty
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Greetings...Hi bobg
Welcome to our forum. May I be the first to ask for a lookup? 
Thomas RIGBY and wife Ann lived in High Park Road area. He was a stonemason. :?:
Looking forward to hearing from you...
Dotty  
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bobg
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Hi Dotty,
Yes you are my first "customer" 
There is a Thomas Rigby listed at 38a High Park Road, he is shown as labourer. Could he be the one you are looking for? The directory only lists the head of the household, so no names of family members given.
Hope this helps
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Dotty
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Bingo...Thank you bobg
It will most probably be him. When he died in 1947 he lived at 38 High Park Road and he was listed as being a stonemason but the others in the family were brickies or labourers. Thanks very much. I'm sure that you'll be inundated with requests...
How is the weather in Canada...snow? I have friends in Calgary, Alberta and they say the snow has gone but no spring flowers yet.
Dotty 
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bobg
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Hi Dotty,
We are in central BC, west of the Rocky Mountains, no snow, spring flowers are here and the magnolias just about ready to flower.
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Dotty
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Me again...Hi bobg
I've got another lookup for you if you have the time. It is W R Pierce MB, who signed a death cert. I assume it is a man and that he was a doctor but that usually is an MD.
Anyway any info would be grately appreciated.
Dotty
PS
BC sounds beautiful
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bobg
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Sorry Dotty, no WR Pierce in either the Alphabetical listing or under Physicians & Surgeons. I also checked Banks & Formby, which includes Freshfield. Was the death cert in the 1914-15 time frame?
Bob, 
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Dotty
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Twas worth a try...No my g.grandmother died in 1909 but I thought the doc might still be around.
Thanks for your efforts,
I shall not be downhearted...better luck next time!
TTFN
Dotty 
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bobg
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Yes, 5 years is a reasonable expectation that he might have still been around.
Bob
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Jane
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And strangely Dotty I can't find him on the 1901 census either 
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Dotty
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Strange...He might be a foreigner....foriegner....incomer!  :?:
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deverick
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Hi Bob
Very kind of you to offer. I'm interested in Pickup's. William Edward Pickup and his father William Pickup were both in Hart St in 1901. I'd love to know if they were listed in your directory.
Thanks
Janice
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bobg
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Hi Janice,
Sorry I will not be able to do the lookup for you until early September. We are on a road trip with our trailer (caravan) till then and the directory is at home.
We very much enjoyed a visit to NZ this past February, Bay of Islands, Coromandel & Taupo.
Regards, Bob
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deverick
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Hi Bob
No worries, it can wait. Have a great road trip. We have a ski trip to Canada high on our wishlist.
Glad you enjoyed NZ. Better there than here at the moment I'm sure - we're in drizzle patch between tornadoes and a severe storm warning.
Janice
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bobg
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Hi Janice,
Sorry for the delay re your request for 1914 info on the location of William Edward Pickup and his father William.
The alphabetical listing shows a W. Pickup, Basket Maker, at 78 Linaker Street and a Wm E Pickup, Ry Servant, at 3 Virginia Street.
The street listing for 78 Linaker St shows the same as above but interestingly there is a Thomas Pickup, Joiners, Builders and Undertakers at 95 Linaker St. Any relation?
The listing for 3 Virginia St shows Wm. Ed. Pickup, Railway Employee and also Mrs E. M. Pickup, Servants Registy.
Hope this helps,
Bob
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Dotty
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Road tripWelcome back to the forum and did you have a good road trip?
Dotty
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bobg
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Dotty, yes we had a good trip. 3 months & 2 days, 13,849 kms. First went north to Yellowknife the Northwest Terriories, left out trailer (caravan) there and then a flight to Inuvik, north of the Arctic Circle. From here we took a day trip by small plane to Tuktoyaktuk, Tuk for short, where I had the opportunity to did my toes in the Arctic Ocean. Back to Inuvik where we and 16 other passengers took a 10 day/1600 km boat trip up the Mackenzie River. A great experience. From Yellowknife we drove to Ontario to visit friends and family.
Good to hear from you.
Bob
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FCstoke
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Hi, I don't know if this offer is still open but my Grandfather was born at 133 Bispham Road, Southport in 1915, where his mother worked as a domestic servant, I wondered if it would be possible to find out who she worked for in that house.
Also I wondered if there are many LEATHAM's listed in Southport I am looking for possibly a carpenter / furniture maker or a Butcher according to various family tales.
I would appreciate any help,
Fiona
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Dotty
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RSVPHi Fiona
I'm sure someone (other than me who knows nothing...no I know 2 things, little and nothing) will be along shortly to give you some info about Bispham Road. I've just come down that road not an hour ago...
You sound as if you don't live locally...is that right?
Good to hear from you,
TTFN
Dotty
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FCstoke
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Thanks Dotty,
It would be lovely to get more information.
I live in Shropshire, I think my great grandmother stayed only a short while in Bispham Road, she had had a child in Shifnal in 1914 and must have returned to Shropshire not too long after my grandfather was born in 1915.
Perhaps if I was closer I could check the electoral roll at the record office.
Thanks anyway,
Fiona
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Jane
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I shall have a look in a directory tomorrow when I do the weekly library trip
Electoral registers will only list males at that time - and directories only head of household but it should at least give you a name.
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bobg
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Fiona,
Sorry I mised your post last week
The 1914-15 directory shows Phillip Pye, labourer, living at 133 Bispham Rd.
No Leathams listed. Note that only head of the household is shown,not other people in the house either family or lodgers.
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FCstoke
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Hi Bob,
thanks for looking, It made me smile to see that you missed my post last week and to recieve a reply now, as when you say last week, it was actually last year. 
I don't think I will get much more info now, but I will keep on looking, 
thanks again,
Fiona
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bobg
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Fiona,
Ooops! 
I know we are in different time zones but that is no excuse.
Bob
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