Hi Sarah, Welcome to the list, It was interesting reading about your Great Grandparents cycling back to Sunderland from down south, where did they cycle from? My Dad Samuel Ridley (born 8th November 1911) often told me stories about he and is friends cycling trips, even though they had nothing. He told me that they cycled from Sunderland to Blackpool which is a fair distance and that the bikes used to have cane wheels for lightness but could be a disaster if they broke. I think they were a hardier bunch than we are today. Regards Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 8:04 AM Subject: ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Digest, Vol 2, Issue 190 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. New Member (S J) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:50:00 +0100 > From: "S J" <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] New Member > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi all > > I am a new member of the list and thought I'd share my interests with you. > > I am researching my Taylor family at the moment who started off in > Northumberland, as far back as I have got, they moved to Sunderland in the > mid 1800's. My great grandfather Alfred Taylor had several shops, bikes, > records, a library and fruit and veg. He worked at Joplings briefly before > moving down south. The family lived in several places, Shiney Row being > the > one that gets talked about most and where he had one of his shops ABS > Libraries which started out as a lending library and went on to sell > sweets, > tobacco, wine and ice cream. He owned a shop called The Nut King in > Sunderland Market (I believe). He worked on the Sunderland District > Omnibus, > and served in the Navy and the Army during WW1. They moved down south in > the 1930's. In 1952 my great grandparents, aged 56 cycled from their home > down South back to Sunderland. At the moment I am trying to find out more > about my gr gr grandfather Frederick Taylor who was born in Sunderland in > 1873. > > I'm looking forward to being able to find out more about the area from the > 'listers'! > > Thanks > > Sarah > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Digest, Vol 2, Issue 190 > ************************************************** >