Sandy, I will try to send the images to you directly - I'm not sure if I can post them on the bulletin board (any advise on this welcome). John Barker Street is near our house (Thornhill), where John Barker lived for a while, and I've always felt there must be some connection but I haven't been able to prove it. The street itself is a small victorian terrace, most likely housing workers of the local Mills, of which there were many (some quite possibly owned by the Barker family). Todmorden is full of streets named after the local "hero's" of the town, and as John sang at two coronations and came from a fairly well-to-do family, it is very possible that it was named for him. Kind regards Andrea ---------- From: GBHlnMT1@aol.com[SMTP:GBHlnMT1@aol.com] Sent: 26 April 2002 17:18 To: ENG-TODMORDEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: FW: [ENG-TOD] BARKER families of Todmorden and Walsden Andrea, Thank you for sharing the information regarding John Barker. I have read about a street in Todmorden named John Barker Street. Do you know the history of the naming of this street? Is it possible to post the picture of John Barker from the Todmorden Album? Sandy in Montana (USA) ==== ENG-TODMORDEN Mailing List ==== Interested in Anglo-Italian Research? http://www.dreamwater.net/anglersrest/Italian.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237