-----Original Message----- From: Maureenpontefhs <maureenpontefhs@aol.com> To: WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:36 Subject: [WRY] Fwd: TANSHELF REUNION possible late Feb 2011 TANSHELF REUNION id you or do you know anyone that lived Down Tansh' ? If so, then we are trying o arrange a Reunion or sometime in the New Year, maybe end of February. anshelf was a housing estate built circa 1890 & sadly demolished circa 1972 - 974 now Pontefract ire Station & few industrial building are there now. The terrace houses were ainly 3 up, 3 down with utside loo's, but were modernised to have inside bathrooms. We had shops, cafe, arber's, chippy, wimming baths, Co-Op, Bakery, cinema & Alexander Theatre (later Bingo hall) oing my family research I have discovered so many of my ancestors lived down ansh' quite a lot oming in for work from Stafford & many other places. Many were miners at Prince f Wales olliery just down the road, or worked at the liquorice factory, Dunhill (now aribo) y great, grandparents HARRY & ANNIE PONSONBY lived on Headlands opposite the aths. y grandad RICHARD (Dick) REYNOLDS was born on Colonels Walk, then living rinces Street hen he married CLARA PONSONBY then lived Victoria Street, where mam was born. randad as the cinema projectionist for over 40 years. Dad worked at Johnson's Bakery & hen at pit. am worked at Dunhills & the baths. She taught us all to swim & she entered unhills Gala's won few times before she married. Still looking for lost photo she had taken ith Mayoress who resented mam her prize. lived with my parents & siblings at Newport Street 1956 - 1972 my name then aureen CLIFF acqueline WOTTON lived Anderson Street with her parents 1957 - 1969 f you are interested in our reunion, or know someone that may, then please get n touch. e have started a group on facebook called, (yes, you guessed right) DOWN TANSH' o why ot visit & catch up with who we have found so far, or still looking for, you ay be able to help. here is a street map of Tanshelf & many photos, but still wanting many more hotos to add. hank you, hope to hear from lots of past neighbours, family & friends, aureen (now Walters) & Jacky (now Robinson) ome useful websites - REECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ REEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ REEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki ttp://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message