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| Date: | Mar 29, 2001 |
| Name: | FRANCIS MARTIN |
| From: | 122 WENSLEY RD B/BURN |
| Comments: | CHECKING BURIAL OF MR WILLIAM DICKINSON OF BRINDLE MIDDLE 1850 GRAVE LOC IF POSS |
| Date: | Feb 28, 2001 |
| Name: | Edward B. Godwin |
| From: | Middletown, New York USA |
| Comments: | Was examing Catholic websites in the area my great-grandparents: James Godwin and Anna Holleran. Anna Holleran, born April 1856, was the daughter of Michael Holleran and Winifred Dooley. James and Anna Godwin had a daughter in England (Mary Godwin, born May 1880) before the emigrated. I have been trying to study as much as I can about the area in hopes of that we might locate in some Parish Register or collective Catholic family memory any of those families. Winifred Dooley emigrated also. The family wound up in Scranton, PA.--Edward B. Godwin, Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Orange |
| Date: | Feb 25, 2001 |
| Name: | LkHall@wave.net |
| From: | Brookings Oregon USA |
| Comments: | I was looking for Catholic records for a Church in Chersey Surrey England, and took a detore to Your Church. Thank you for the histroy and the ability to say Hello. Sincerely Leslie Hall |
| Date: | Dec 29, 2000 |
| Name: | Marion Whitham ( again ) |
| From: | Leduc Alberta Canada |
| Comments: | I wish to extend to you Season's Greetings, You have a lovely web-site Mick,I come here often, fine job. Please give our love to Joe & Brenda Crook. Thank-you. whitham@telusplanet.net |
| Date: | Dec 12, 2000 |
| Name: | Marg Williams(nee Thornton) |
| From: | Teesdale, Vic, Australia |
| Comments: | Well my 2 brothers Paul & Tony have beatten me to your website Mick - please keep it going. Last visited St Joseph's with Dad and sister Catherine in 1998. Went to St Joseph's Primary '59 - '65.I was a founding member of the youth club at the Catholic Club in Gregson Lane, clandestinely listening to Black Sabbeth when Fr Spillett went home!!!williams@pipeline.com.au |
| Date: | Nov 2, 2000 |
| Name: | Sara Cook |
| From: | Heythrop College(University of London) Kensington Square, London |
| Comments: | It's me again, and yes i have moved.....again! I am now in London reading Philosophy and Theology at Heythrop College which is the specialist college for these subjects within the University of London. I am having an amazing time and i am thoroughly enjoying my course. Hope all is well in Brindle, i'll be back at Christmas! Sara Cook (Marion Mc Donald's Grandaughter) |
| Date: | Oct 25, 2000 |
| Name: | Thomas Ohlgren |
| From: | USA |
| Comments: | Was there an RC church in Brindle in the fifteenth century and earlier? I am looking for the ancestor of Gilbert Pilkington, who was christened in Brindle in 1559. His nanesake was also named Gilbert and he lived in the mid fifteenth century. Any information will be appreciated. Thanks. Thomas Ohlgren (136 Sumac Drive, West Lafayette, IN USA 47906. Email: tohlgren@gte.net |
| Date: | Oct 18, 2000 |
| Name: | Robert Brindle |
| From: | Retford, Notts |
| Comments: | Enjoyed my brief visit but will be back for more. |
| Date: | Oct 17, 2000 |
| Name: | steve woodruffe |
| From: | coupe green |
| Comments: | great site - never knew most of this information. pr5x@cs.com |
| Date: | Oct 14, 2000 |
| Name: | His Excellency The Most Reverend Pablo Puente |
| From: | Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain |
| Comments: | God Bless your efforts for the sake of Christ's Church militant here on earth. +Pablo Puente |
| Date: | Sep 20, 2000 |
| Name: | Paul Thornton |
| From: | Portland, Victoria, Australia |
| Comments: | Mick, as mentioned previously the Thornton family will be visiting Hoghton and are planning to be at the 10:30 mass on 10th Dec 2000. paulthornton@ansonic.com.au |
| Date: | Sep 7, 2000 |
| Name: | Paul |
| From: | Wigan - Saint Patrick's |
| Comments: | A terrific site. God bless you all and keep you in his care. |
| Date: | Sep 3, 2000 |
| Name: | John Mc Namara |
| From: | St Helens Merseyside |
| Comments: | Interesting parish |
| Date: | Jun 12, 2000 |
| Name: | Frederick Gregory Xian-kang LIN |
| From: | Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia |
| Comments: | Greeting in the name of our Lord Jesus. What a beautiful and complete site you have. Do visit our website at http://www.sainthomas.org/ God Bless |
| Date: | May 25, 2000 |
| Name: | sean riley |
| From: | youth team, st austins - grassendale |
| Comments: | excellent site -you must tell Dom Justin to get something like this going for our place Take care!!! |
| Date: | May 18, 2000 |
| Name: | Sara Cook |
| From: | St. Cassian's Centre, Kintbury, Berks. |
| Comments: | Well I never, what a fantastic web site. Being down here means I don't really hear of what's going on up there at Brindle. It's always nice to see everyone when I come home for holidays. It was great to see everyone over Easter, I do miss being there for Mass every Sunday but hey we have to move on. I'll be in London at university from September as I am working here at St. Cassian's as a 'year out'with young people from up and down the country. My love to everyone. Sara Cook sara@friends.ampleforth.org .uk |
| Date: | May 7, 2000 |
| Name: | Andy Waddicor |
| From: | London UK |
| Comments: | Thoroughly enjoyed your website, particularly the virtual tour. I remember St. Joseph's very well indeed as my grandparents Jack and Mary Hargreaves were members of your parish. Jack was the church organist of St. Joseph's for many years and he and Mary are now buried there. My parents Edgar and Joan Waddicor (nee Hargreaves, an ex-pupil of St. Joseph's school) were married there. I am currently researching the Waddicors, who were mostly from the Darwen area, but have recently discovered that we had ancestors (spelled Wadiker, Wadikar, Waddiker) who were baptised and married at St. Joseph's between 1730 and 1830. Is there any way of finding out whether they are buried in the graveyard and whether the gravestone details might still exist? If you Mick or anyone has any information on this name, my address is; andy.waddicor@ukgateway.net |
| Date: | May 1, 2000 |
| Name: | Mark Elo |
| From: | Santa Rosa, California, USA |
| Comments: | I enjoyed visiting you web site. I showed it my wife as we are both comming over to my sisters wedding in July at Brindle St. Joseph's. I went to the primary (new) school and was a member of the youth club in the old school building. Best Regards markaelo@aol.com |
| Date: | Apr 26, 2000 |
| Name: | G. Mair@mair50.freeserve.co.uk |
| From: | Plymouth |
| Comments: | I resently visited your cemetery to view the graves of my grandfather and great grandparents and others in the family. You have a beautiful church. I'm doing my family history research and would love to hear from anyone who has information about my great grandmother Agnes Walmsley born 1884 and her family. I know they attended St Joseph's. Thankyou. |
| Date: | Apr 25, 2000 |
| Name: | Jim Hothersall |
| From: | Hoghton |
| Comments: | Well done on the site Mick, it looks really good, as for killing us all off with the incense, I think the Scouts would know more about that this year. |
| Date: | Apr 16, 2000 |
| Name: | Graham Dixon |
| From: | 77 Hayfield Ave |
| Comments: | Mick Congratulations on reaching over 1000 visitors to the page. (maybe you'll kill us all off with the smoke from the incense before you reach 2000 ;-) Regards Graham www.troubleatmill.btinternet.co.uk |
| Date: | Apr 8, 2000 |
| Name: | magusin@paralynx.com |
| From: | Canada |
| Comments: | Enjoyed the site. My grandparents Jesse Hudson and Honora Melia were married there in 1871. Visited the church in 1990 and had a great visit with Fr. McLoughlan. Am wondering if my great grandfather James Melia was buried in the churchyard. He was deceased in 1871. Any information would be greatly appreciated. I grew up in Darwen,Lancashire. |
| Date: | Apr 7, 2000 |
| Name: | Darren Spicer - Swarbrick (SPEZ!) |
| From: | Boston Mass, USA |
| Comments: | Nice to visit home again, Great place, many happy memories! Wonder if the phone box in Alma row is still Hoghton 2666, we always used to hang around there and phone our friends to see who was out! Raving times, long time ago, long way away!! Great Memories, cool childhood!!! Daz. |
| Date: | Mar 29, 2000 |
| Name: | Joseph dos Ramos |
| From: | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Comments: | What a beautiful church and a well done website. Congratulations! You are welcome to visit the website of a group to which I belong, the Secular Discalced Carmelites in San Francisco: http://www.geocities.com/athens/parthenon/3461. God bless all! Joseph |
| Date: | Feb 26, 2000 |
| Name: | Pauline Little |
| From: | Sydney Australia |
| Comments: | Really enjoyed browsing through your site.I have a lot of descendants from Brindle and St Josephs, only just found this out with rearching my family tree,from 1670 upto my grandfather 1889,Batesons & Crooks. I am from Bamber Bridge,I will certainly visit Brindle the next time I'm over |
| Date: | Feb 21, 2000 |
| Name: | Paul Thornton |
| From: | Portland, Victoria, Australia |
| Comments: | Alerted to this page by brother Tony I have to thank Mick for putting together an impressive page that I can reference to refresh a significant part of my past. I will regularily access and will be visiting with my family December this year. Thanks, Paul. |
| Date: | Feb 13, 2000 |
| Name: | Tony Gaskin |
| From: | Penrith |
| Comments: | great site thanks for the tour |
| Date: | Jan 28, 2000 |
| Name: | Tony Thornton |
| From: | Sydney Australia |
| Comments: | Most impressed! I grew up in Hoghton Lane and attended St Josephs School and Church from 1956 to 1971. I was an alter boy many of these years and knew the church well. Its great to see it restored. Where's the picture of Blessed Edmund Arrowsmith? Fathers Smith and Spiller were the parish priests and Miss Procter was the headmistress. thrntn@ozemail.com.au |
| Date: | Jan 12, 2000 |
| Name: | Marion Whitham |
| From: | Leduc Alberta Canada |
| Comments: | Although not of your Faith I am familiar with St.Joseph's Church and the History surrounding it and have been there many times, the last time was with our beloved friends Joe and Brenda Crook. Thankyou for the wonderfull tour whitham@telusplanet.net |
| Date: | Jan 3, 2000 |
| Name: | Fr Geoffrey |
| From: | His office, New Wing, the Monastery |
| Comments: | Congratulations on getting the yew tree - find a good site for it. Originally I had thought of it being somewhere in the new plot. |
| Date: | Jan 3, 2000 |
| Name: | Dr Mike Waring |
| From: | Greasby Wirral// mike@mwaring.freeserve.co.uk |
| Comments: | Mike We enjoyed very much the visit to the church today (3/01/00) and your website is also a very useful source of information for family history. We are tracing the Waring family who originate from Brindle. Many thanks |
| Date: | Jan 2, 2000 |
| Name: | Walter J. Whitehead |
| From: | Berryville, Arkansas U.S.A. |
| Comments: | I love the Holy Martyrs and visited your site to make a pilgrimage to St. Edmund Arrowsmith. If anyone would like to share their devotion to the Martyrs please email me: Also visit our home page: Only blessings, Walter, The Sons and Daughters of the Resurrection |
| Date: | Jan 2, 2000 |
| Name: | Bernard Kellett |
| From: | Brindle, Lancashire |
| Comments: | Congratulations on the revised site. It is more straightforward to navigate round now, although it was always easy. I especially like the link to the Parish Magazine. Regards Bernard |
| Date: | Nov 30, 1999 |
| Name: | RICHARD LIVESEY |
| From: | GODERICH ONTARIO CANADA |
| Comments: | EXCELLENT I HAVE FAMILY BURIED IN THE CEMETARY IN BRIDLE IS THERE ANY HISTORY ON JAMES LIVESEY & FAMILY PLEASE E-MAIL TO liveseyr@yahoo.com THANK YOU RICK LIVESEY |
| Date: | Oct 17, 1999 |
| Name: | Kathleen Hargreaves |
| From: | Accrington, Lancashire |
| Comments: | I really enjoyed visiting your web page. You have a beautiful church one of the nicest I have visited. As a person doing our family trees I visit lots of churches on the web, yours is one of the most informative sights I have seen. Well done Mick keep it up. Our names are Tuson from Brindle,Whittle-le-Woods, Penwortham and Preston, also Pemberton from Leyland, just in case anyone knows anything. Thanks |
| Date: | Aug 8, 1999 |
| Name: | Dr Colin Pounder |
| From: | Cotmanhay, Derbyshire |
| Comments: | I came to your site when I typed in Hoghton Towers - being a bit nosey re the Shakespeare was a secret Catholic `discovery`. Brindle rang a bell and then I remembered exchanging letters with dear Father Loughlin searching for the tiny Virgin & Child dropped by Father Arrowsmith.I wasn`t much use - suggested Dom Bede Camms book may help. I still have his letters. Remember me and mine in your prayers. God Bless. |
| Date: | Aug 4, 1999 |
| Name: | Mary Ellen Carter |
| From: | New Bedford, MA, USA |
| Comments: | Maiden name Normile. Baptized at St. Joseph's May, 1903, about 24th. Could you send me any information about my family? My Uncle Tom and Aunt Polly Clitheroe were my godparents. Thank you, in advance, for any information you can send to me at: Mary Carter 307 Mill St. New Bedford, MA, USA 02740 |
| Date: | Aug 3, 1999 |
| Name: | Eddie Dillon |
| From: | eddie.dillon@virgin.net |
| Comments: | Both my two older sisters and me attended St. Joseph's Primary in the 50's and early 60's. At the time complete rule fell to Miss Proctor and to Fr Joseph Smith. I was the altar-boy Fr Smith clouted at Sunday Mass! How about some more information about the old school? Very interesting information. |
| Date: | Jul 26, 1999 |
| Name: | Roger Gerard |
| From: | Gardner, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
| Comments: | I have enjoyed reading through your website. I am researching my family the Gerards of Lancashire. The earliest ancestor I can find is William Gerard, born in Ince, 21 December 1731. Any additional information on this family would be greatly appreciated. Roger Gerard rgerard@ibm.net 30 Wachusett Road Gardner, Massachusetts U.S.A. 01440-4121 |
| Date: | Jul 4, 1999 |
| Name: | Brian E Brindle |
| From: | Goodview, Va. U.S.A. |
| Comments: | I absolutely enjoyed my vist through your web page I hope I someday have the chance to visit the real thing... Thanks ..Brian |
| Date: | Jun 6, 1999 |
| Name: | Tony Brindle |
| From: | Huddersfield |
| Comments: | Just a note to say how happy I was to find the web site, and if Fr Stephen is there, it would be nice to hear from you Tony Brindle 100 Black Moor Foot Rd Crossland Moor HUDDERSFIELD HD4 5BQ E MAIL tony@locascio.freeserve.co.uk |
| Date: | May 17, 1999 |
| Name: | Pat. Berry |
| From: | Clayton-le-Woods |
| Comments: | I am very impressed and wish I had the knowhow to do the same for St.Bedes. Love and prayers to all at St Josephs at Brindle. |
| Date: | Apr 15, 1999 |
| Name: | Pete Gardner |
| From: | Haslington, Cheshire |
| Comments: | Well done brother! It's wonderful to see technology used to its best advantage, enabling St Josephs to become 'available' to a world wide audience. It's also a useful record and reminder of some of the things we tend to forget - a sentimental journey. We don't realise how much knowledge is lost when people pass on - until it's too late. You've preserved a lot here - keep adding to it. |
| Date: | Mar 12, 1999 |
| Name: | Paul Cook |
| From: | Flagstaff Hill Adelaide South Australia |
| Comments: | It is great to be able to look around & find out what is going on in our old parish, I didn't even get muddy walking through Wilmers' fields to get there. GREAT web site. |
| Date: | Mar 11, 1999 |
| Name: | Sarah Rutherford |
| From: | Fulwood |
| Comments: | All I can say is "I'm impressed Mick!!" Is it possible to learn that kind of thing at LTC? (only joking!!!) |
| Date: | Mar 11, 1999 |
| Name: | Angela Billing, nee Gillett |
| From: | Vista,Southern California |
| Comments: | Wonderful to visit St Joseph's again, the church where I worshipped as a child. My parents are buried there and my dear aunt Kathleen who took care of our family after my mother's early death from cancer. Wish you had a picture of the Lady Chapel but a wonderful web site never the less. Hello to my good friend Ann (nee Bolton) who still worships there and thanks to Hotpots and my sister Rosaleen now living in Todmorden who told me about this site. |
| Date: | Mar 9, 1999 |
| Name: | Brian Latham |
| From: | Fulwood, Preston |
| Comments: | A beautiful Church and a really good web site and links. Now a guest book too!! (Thought you said you hadn't time Mick - well done!) Saw your entry in the Iowa church guest book tonight - isn't it wonderful to be able to be in touch so easily with other Churches so far away? Peace and Blessings to all you good Brindle St. Joseph's parishioners. BLatham@compuserve.com |
| Date: | Mar 5, 1999 |
| Name: | Mick Gardner |
| From: | Brindle St Joseph's |
| Comments: | As author of this web site, I'm claiming the right to be the first person to leave a message! Please leave your e-mail address with your message to us if you want a reply. |