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Looking for Maureen Warburton

1:29pm Tuesday 12th January 2010

COLIN MARKLAND MD of 310 Broad St, Charleston SC, Ph, writes: I want to contact a dear old friend, Mrs Maureen Warburton (nee Taylor) of Astley Bridge, whose Husband George died May 15, 2009 (Bakery business in Bolton — fellow Old Boltonian from Bolton School).

David of Pimlott Road

1:28pm Tuesday 12th January 2010

STEVE BROWN is trying to contact David formerly of Pimlott Road but moved to Horwich in the last couple of years after he got married.

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Samuel Hayhurst

1:27pm Tuesday 12th January 2010

SIMON LUDBROOK from Kent says I am researching my family tree and looking for any information on by great grandfather Samuel Hayhurst (b. July 1988 Salford, d. 1941 Stockport).

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Bolton Country Grammar School reunion

1:31pm Tuesday 12th January 2010

There is a reunion for all ex-staff and pupils of Bolton Grammar School taking place at Rivington Hall Barn, Horwich on Friday, April 16.

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SEARCHING FROM MONTREAL

7:58am Friday 18th December 2009

BRENDA PONTING BURTON from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Margaret from Bolton

2:39pm Monday 7th December 2009

MARGARET GARDNER (nee WILKINSON) of Stockport now living at PO Box 42024, Larnaca, Cyprus 6530, is searching for Margaret daughter of Alice from the Bolton area.

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Crowe family of Bolton

2:40pm Monday 7th December 2009

PAULINE BUTLER says: I am researching my family tree and would love to make contact with Evan D C Crowe born 1945 in Bolton to Arthur Maurice Crowe who was born October 14, 1902, also Bolton and his wife Ceridwen Jane Crowe born 1903 in Holyhead.

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Information on Fred Kevill from Bolton

1:17pm Friday 27th November 2009

SUE HURST is seeking information about Fred Kevill born Bolton 1904, married Nellie Farrington 1932 and died 1959.

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LOOKING FOR JOAN (nee Brookes/Dawber)

2:13pm Thursday 19th November 2009

KATIE SHAUGHNESSY of 2 Hesketh Walk, Farnworth, Bolton, writes: My grandma, Eileen (nee Brookes/Dawber) hasn't seen her older sister Joan for years.

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JACK FLETCHER from Bolton

7:08am Wednesday 18th November 2009

GARETH HACKING from Aldershot is looking for Jack Fletcher.

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Dollar, Scotland

12:25pm Tuesday 17th November 2009

KATHRYN MONK from Dollar in Scotland is looking for Adrian Smith, or any person who knows his whereabouts.

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Whitecroft reunion October 2009

12:24pm Tuesday 17th November 2009

IAN JOHNSON (aka ukguy 1958) says: I recently attended Whitecroft Secondary High School reunion (class of 1975).

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MARSDENS OF BOLTON

10:50am Tuesday 27th October 2009

Pat Rutter of Hartlepool, asks: I would like to hear from anybody regarding the Marsden family of Bolton, especially any information about Richard Marsden, who married Elizabeth Entwisle in 1778, and then Mary Crook on August 1, 1802, in Bolton. Richard Marsden was my fifth great-grandfather.

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Searching for Kenneth Wolstenholme

9:36am Tuesday 27th October 2009

Samantha Carol Wolstenholme of 63 Moat Road, Benchill, Wythenshawe, Manchester M22 9HY, writes: I am searching for my father Kenneth Alfred Wolstenholme (b. May 1948), whom I have not seen since I was a child, I am now 33.

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Sgt John Stead of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

10:12am Friday 23rd October 2009

Christine Travis (nee Daniels) says: I am looking for the family of my step-brother John Stead, he was a Sergeant in 114 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and died aged 25 on August 12, 1941.

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St Marks, Fletcher Street, Bolton.

8:01am Wednesday 30th September 2009

DAVID DIXON (ex pupil class of 1966) writes: I'm looking for ex pupils, teachers or church members who went to St Marks, Fletcher Street, Bolton.

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LOOKING FOR IAN GORDON

2:28pm Thursday 17th September 2009

CHRISTINE SAVAGE (nee DONNACHIE) says: I have been trying to find out the whereabouts of Ian Gordon for some time.

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Mr & Mrs Davies of Bolton

1:11pm Wednesday 16th September 2009

Jim Rothwell, of 16 Oakleigh Avenue, Bolton, BL3 2ES, has lost contact with Mr & Mrs Davies, believed to be living in Bolton.

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LOOKING FOR THE ROBINSON FAMILY

7:49am Thursday 10th September 2009

Kevan Flanagan of Tong Fold, Bolton, writes: I am looking for good friends who I have lost touch with over the years.

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DOES ANYONE REMEMBER VIC MOJSEJEW

8:36am Wednesday 19th August 2009

My name is Vic Mojsejew, originally from Great Lever in Bolton, I have lived in Waalwijk, Holland, since 1998.

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Looking for an old friend Christine Forbes

1:30pm Tuesday 11th August 2009

JOHN TWOMEY from Bedford now living on the outskirts of Peterborough, says I am looking for an old friend Christine Forbes who lived in Stanley Street, Bedford, and would now be in her mid 50s.

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WHERE ARE YOU DENNIS CROMPTON??

1:23pm Tuesday 11th August 2009

Mr C Crompton of 10 Mead Close, Andover, Hants, SP10 2JT, is looking for his cousin Dennis Crompton (born 1952) Farnworth/Bolton.

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LOOKING FOR THE HUMPHREYS FAMILY

9:12am Thursday 6th August 2009

Perle Brooking (nee Bentley) of Younghusband, South Australia, says: I am in Australia and have been searching for my relatives to no avail.

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LOOKING FOR DESCENDENTS OF THE CROMPTONS

8:42am Thursday 6th August 2009

Brendan O’Farrell of 14 Brighton Road, Birkdale, Southport, Mersyside, PR8 4DD, is looking for descendents of any of the children of John Crompton (b 1858), Joseph Crompton (b 1867),Peter Crompton (b 1861), and Margaret Crompton (b 1864).

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ROBERTS FURNITURE MAKERS

8:41am Thursday 6th August 2009

I'm involved in some family history research and have found that one of my relatives worked as a domestic servant for the Roberts family of 108 Castle Street, Great Bolton, in 1901.

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STEVE JONES WHERE ARE YOU????

8:06am Friday 17th July 2009

MICHELLE PICKUP (NEE ELLIOTT) is looking For Steve Jones, who might be in the Booton area.

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SHIRLEY LEWER (NEE HOLGATE)

1:37pm Wednesday 15th July 2009

Nadia Howarth of Unit 14, 42 Aristos Way, Marangaroo 6064, Perth, Western Australia, writes: I'm a Manchester-born woman, living in Perth, Western Australia, and have been searching for my late mother's cousin Shirley Holgate for quite some time.