Hi Paul Sorry, Dad's found nothing. Sorry to have raised your hopes! Cheers Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Bishop" <paul.bishop19@btinternet.com> To: <isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:58 PM Subject: Re: [Isle-of-Thanet] Death of Albert BISHOP, Margate 1981 > Hello Suzannah. > Another great find, thanks so much. > I was aware that someone in my family was known as "Nutty" and many years > ago I put a note to the list looking for him without luck. > "Nutty" Albert was my grandfather's brother, and my dads sister Phyllis > was > married to her cousin Albert Jnr. > The sporting link has now given me something new to investigate. > > This is another one of Walter Nelson's sons working in the Gas > Works.Should > have called it the Bishop Gas Works!! > > Thanks again > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Suzannah Foad" <suzannah.foad@btopenworld.com> > To: <isle-of-thanet-l@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 6:36 PM > Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] Death of Albert BISHOP, Margate 1981 > > >> Isle of Thanet Gazette 22nd May 1981 >> A former Margate FC player during the pre-war Arsenal nursery days, >> Albert >> 'Nutty' BISHOP, of Perkins Avenue, Margate, died on Friday aged 87. >> Mr BISHOP, who worked for 40 years with the old Margate Gas and Coke >> Company also played soccer for Margate when their headquarters were at >> the >> Dreamland site. >> he was a cricketer of note too and in his latter days umpired for Margate >> and Westgate. His son Bert also played for the two clubs as a wicket >> keeper and opening batsman. >> The funeral is at Thanet Crematorium this (Friday) morning. >> >> Margate Local & Family History >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Andy Many thanks for trying, so kind of you. I read both your notes at the same time so my hopes were not raised for too long!! Thanks again Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Hedgcock" <andy701@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [Isle-of-Thanet] Death of Albert BISHOP, Margate 1981 > Hi Paul > > Sorry, Dad's found nothing. Sorry to have raised your hopes! > > Cheers > Andy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Bishop" <paul.bishop19@btinternet.com> > To: <isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Isle-of-Thanet] Death of Albert BISHOP, Margate 1981 > > >> Hello Suzannah. >> Another great find, thanks so much. >> I was aware that someone in my family was known as "Nutty" and many years >> ago I put a note to the list looking for him without luck. >> "Nutty" Albert was my grandfather's brother, and my dads sister Phyllis >> was >> married to her cousin Albert Jnr. >> The sporting link has now given me something new to investigate. >> >> This is another one of Walter Nelson's sons working in the Gas >> Works.Should >> have called it the Bishop Gas Works!! >> >> Thanks again >> Paul >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Suzannah Foad" <suzannah.foad@btopenworld.com> >> To: <isle-of-thanet-l@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 6:36 PM >> Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] Death of Albert BISHOP, Margate 1981 >> >> >>> Isle of Thanet Gazette 22nd May 1981 >>> A former Margate FC player during the pre-war Arsenal nursery days, >>> Albert >>> 'Nutty' BISHOP, of Perkins Avenue, Margate, died on Friday aged 87. >>> Mr BISHOP, who worked for 40 years with the old Margate Gas and Coke >>> Company also played soccer for Margate when their headquarters were at >>> the >>> Dreamland site. >>> he was a cricketer of note too and in his latter days umpired for >>> Margate >>> and Westgate. His son Bert also played for the two clubs as a wicket >>> keeper and opening batsman. >>> The funeral is at Thanet Crematorium this (Friday) morning. >>> >>> Margate Local & Family History >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >