Category: 100 YEARS AGO
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Sunday 18 April 1926
Went to Prims. Notes Grandad went to “Prims” which is a reference to Primitive Methodists, in general, and to Bourne Primitive Methodist Chapel in Kirkby, specifically, see Chapter 17. Grandad probably went with grandma, Ethel Cirket. They were “courting” at this time and would marry in 1930, see Chapter 16.
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Saturday 17 April 1926
Leonard had a fire in Annesley Park. Notes Leonard may refer to grandad’s brother, John Leonard Parkin or his nephew Cyril Leonard Smith. Both were known as Leonard or Len. I am not exactly sure why he would have had a fire in Annesley Park but the most plausible explanation I have heard is that…