HAPPY NEW YEAR to one & all, hope you knock some walls down this year TANSHELF REUNION x Did you or do you know anyone that lived Down Tansh' ? If so, then we are trying to arrange a Reunion for sometime in the New Year, maybe end of February. Tanshelf was a housing estate built circa 1890 & sadly demolished circa 1972 - 1974 now Pontefract Fire Station & few industrial building are there now. The terrace houses were mainly 3 up, 3 down with outside loo's, but were modernised to have inside bathrooms. We had shops, cafe, barber's, chippy, swimming baths, Co-Op, Bakery, cinema & Alexander Theatre (later Bingo hall) Doing my family research I have discovered so many of my ancestors lived down Tansh' quite a lot coming in for work from Stafford & many other places. Many were miners at Prince of Wales Colliery just down the road, or worked at the liquorice factory, Dunhill (now Haribo) My great, grandparents HARRY & ANNIE PONSONBY lived on Headlands opposite the baths. My grandad RICHARD (Dick) REYNOLDS was born on Colonels Walk, then living Princes Street when he married CLARA PONSONBY then lived Victoria Street, where mam was born. Grandad was the cinema projectionist for over 40 years. Dad worked at Johnson's Bakery & then at pit. Mam worked at Dunhills & the baths. She taught us all to swim & she entered Dunhills Gala's & won few times before she married. Still looking for lost photo she had taken with Mayoress who presented mam her prize. I lived with my parents & siblings at Newport Street 1956 - 1972 my name then Maureen CLIFF Jacqueline WOTTON lived Anderson Street with her parents 1957 - 1969 If you are interested in our reunion, or know someone that may, then please get in touch. I have started a group on facebook called, (yes, you guessed right) DOWN TANSH' so why not visit & catch up with who we have found so far, or still looking for, you may be able to help. There is a street map of Tanshelf & many photos, but still wanting many more photos to add. Thank you, hope to hear from lots of past neighbours, family & friends, Happy New Yaer from Maureen (now Walters) & Jacky (now Robinson)

Hello Maureen, Happy New Year to you too. Can't help you directly with any of this, but what I can tell you is that I have my grandmother's engagement diaries, from 1908 to 1914, when she and her 2 sisters were 'The Sisters Eston'. They had been formed in to a trapeze act by their father Joseph STONE, and Eston was a corruption of the family name. In 1908, they were living at Woodhousehill Mount, Hunslet Carr, and they then moved to Trinity Terrace, Rothwell. After that, they moved to Kippax. In the week commencing May 16th, 1910, they played at the Pontefract Castle Gala; that's the wording in the diary, I have to presume that this was a theatre/music - hall, of some description? Earlier that year, in the week commencing Jan17th, they played a week at the Alex T, Pontefract. [I presume T means theatre]. These establishments may have been in the Tanshelf area? Would be interesting to know if the buildings are still standing? Do you know if your local newspaper has an archive dept. that has details of the Pontefract theatres? Kind regard, Peter in New Zealand On 1/4/11, Maureenpontefhs <maureenpontefhs@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > HAPPY NEW YEAR to one & all, hope you knock some walls down this year > > > > > > > TANSHELF REUNION > > x > > Did you or do you know anyone that lived Down Tansh' ? If so, then we are > trying > to arrange a Reunion > for sometime in the New Year, maybe end of February. > Tanshelf was a housing estate built circa 1890 & sadly demolished circa > 1972 - > 1974 now Pontefract > Fire Station & few industrial building are there now. The terrace houses > were > mainly 3 up, 3 down with > outside loo's, but were modernised to have inside bathrooms. We had shops, > cafe, > barber's, chippy, > swimming baths, Co-Op, Bakery, cinema & Alexander Theatre (later Bingo hall) > Doing my family research I have discovered so many of my ancestors lived > down > Tansh' quite a lot > coming in for work from Stafford & many other places. Many were miners at > Prince > of Wales > Colliery just down the road, or worked at the liquorice factory, Dunhill > (now > Haribo) > My great, grandparents HARRY & ANNIE PONSONBY lived on Headlands opposite > the > baths. > My grandad RICHARD (Dick) REYNOLDS was born on Colonels Walk, then living > Princes Street > when he married CLARA PONSONBY then lived Victoria Street, where mam was > born. > Grandad > was the cinema projectionist for over 40 years. Dad worked at Johnson's > Bakery & > then at pit. > Mam worked at Dunhills & the baths. She taught us all to swim & she entered > Dunhills Gala's > & won few times before she married. Still looking for lost photo she had > taken > with Mayoress who > presented mam her prize. > I lived with my parents & siblings at Newport Street 1956 - 1972 my name > then > Maureen CLIFF > Jacqueline WOTTON lived Anderson Street with her parents 1957 - 1969 > If you are interested in our reunion, or know someone that may, then please > get > in touch. > I have started a group on facebook called, (yes, you guessed right) DOWN > TANSH' > so why > not visit & catch up with who we have found so far, or still looking for, > you > may be able to help. > There is a street map of Tanshelf & many photos, but still wanting many more > photos to add. > Thank you, hope to hear from lots of past neighbours, family & friends, > Happy New Yaer from Maureen (now Walters) & Jacky (now Robinson) > > > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >