Jean, I notice you mention that your family has their roots in the clothing industry in Golcar. Don't know if you have run across the name of LUNN? A daughter of my G G G grandfather married a Joseph LUNN in 1840 in Huddersfield. Joseph was the son of George LUNN a Clother. Joseph gave his occupation as Tailor. Just a shot in the dark to see if we have a connection. Richard hogrider1989@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Terry" <tjmspence@bigpond.com> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:30 AM Subject: Re: [WRY] Royds School > Hi Roy, We lived at Linthwaite when I took the 11+ (as we called it), My > parents operated a Fish and Chip Shop but after a couple of weeks of > commuting by bus my parents completed the purchase of a house in Quarmby > about 1 bus stop from the school. We were offered a choice of 3 schools > based on ones grades and also what curriculum they offered. > > One of the problems I experienced was that moving into the district I knew > no one locally and the local kids regarded the grammar school kids with > suspicion and no one in the area actually went to the school. > > I marvel as I do genealogy at how relatively recent the education system > we > took so much for granted was. Every child went to school until age 15. > In > the late 1800s being able to go to school was such a privilege for the > majority. > > I've been learning such a lot about the earlier history of the clothing > industry in Golcar. Our ancestors seem to have been there for several > generations (I'm back to 1717 at the moment) and acquired land and > operated > their clothing business as a family affair. Even the families they > married > into reflect this. The top level of the houses with their tiny windows > were a kind of clothing factory with family members living lower down in > units which don't seem to have been divided into individual houses until > the > 1851 census. Prior to this families seem to have occupied various rooms > and > shared some rooms in common. > > Jean in S. Australia. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> > To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 8:50 AM > Subject: Re: [WRY] Royds School > > >> You must have been just a year behind me because I went to Elland >> Grammar School aged 11 in 1951. We were living at Golcar and I passed >> my 11-plus exam (as you must have done) at Golcar Church School. I >> could have gone to Royds Hall, as some of my chums did, but my >> parents opted for Elland GS instead. Don't know why. As I mentioned >> earlier, I played chess in the school team for Elland against Royds Hall >> and they usually beat us! >> >> What a shame such wonderful schools as Elland Grammar School and >> Royds Hall succumbed in the 1960s to the obsession with >> comprehensive education and the "dumbing down" and levelling down of >> children to the lowest common denominator. Schools such as Royds Hall >> and Elland had a fantastic reputation and produced many leaders of >> society (Royds Hall produced Harold Wilson, as you rightly point out). We >> are still suffering from the consequences of such policies. >> >> -- >> Roy Stockdill >> Guild of One-Name Studies: www.one-name.org >> Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: >> www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html >> >> "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, >> and that is not being talked about." >> OSCAR WILDE >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WEST-RIDING-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 > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, My great grandmother was a LUNN and my husband's great grandmother was also a LUNN. I am currently trying to stay focused on WOOD and I have done some work on LUNN in the past as I was hoping to find a relationship between the two great grandmother's. I probably can now that I have access to so much more data through Ancestry.com. A quick check gives her as Edith LUNN born 1868 in Linthwaite daughter of Joseph LUNN born 1839. I do in fact have a database on LUNN (it is a long time since I did it and it isn't complete) so I would welcome more details. We may have a connection or I may be able to offer more help. Just heading off to bed at the moment as it is after midnight but would like to follow up on this one. Jean in S.Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Washington" <hogrider1989@comcast.net> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [WRY] Royds School > Jean, > > I notice you mention that your family has their roots in the clothing > industry in Golcar. > Don't know if you have run across the name of LUNN? > A daughter of my G G G grandfather married a Joseph LUNN in 1840 in > Huddersfield. Joseph was the son of George LUNN a Clother. Joseph gave > his > occupation as Tailor. Just a shot in the dark to see if we have a > connection. > > Richard > hogrider1989@comcast.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean-Terry" <tjmspence@bigpond.com> > To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:30 AM > Subject: Re: [WRY] Royds School > > >> Hi Roy, We lived at Linthwaite when I took the 11+ (as we called it), >> My >> parents operated a Fish and Chip Shop but after a couple of weeks of >> commuting by bus my parents completed the purchase of a house in Quarmby >> about 1 bus stop from the school. We were offered a choice of 3 schools >> based on ones grades and also what curriculum they offered. >> >> One of the problems I experienced was that moving into the district I >> knew >> no one locally and the local kids regarded the grammar school kids with >> suspicion and no one in the area actually went to the school. >> >> I marvel as I do genealogy at how relatively recent the education system >> we >> took so much for granted was. Every child went to school until age 15. >> In >> the late 1800s being able to go to school was such a privilege for the >> majority. >> >> I've been learning such a lot about the earlier history of the clothing >> industry in Golcar. Our ancestors seem to have been there for several >> generations (I'm back to 1717 at the moment) and acquired land and >> operated >> their clothing business as a family affair. Even the families they >> married >> into reflect this. The top level of the houses with their tiny windows >> were a kind of clothing factory with family members living lower down in >> units which don't seem to have been divided into individual houses until >> the >> 1851 census. Prior to this families seem to have occupied various rooms >> and >> shared some rooms in common. >> >> Jean in S. Australia. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> >> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 8:50 AM >> Subject: Re: [WRY] Royds School >> >> >>> You must have been just a year behind me because I went to Elland >>> Grammar School aged 11 in 1951. We were living at Golcar and I passed >>> my 11-plus exam (as you must have done) at Golcar Church School. I >>> could have gone to Royds Hall, as some of my chums did, but my >>> parents opted for Elland GS instead. Don't know why. As I mentioned >>> earlier, I played chess in the school team for Elland against Royds Hall >>> and they usually beat us! >>> >>> What a shame such wonderful schools as Elland Grammar School and >>> Royds Hall succumbed in the 1960s to the obsession with >>> comprehensive education and the "dumbing down" and levelling down of >>> children to the lowest common denominator. Schools such as Royds Hall >>> and Elland had a fantastic reputation and produced many leaders of >>> society (Royds Hall produced Harold Wilson, as you rightly point out). >>> We >>> are still suffering from the consequences of such policies. >>> >>> -- >>> Roy Stockdill >>> Guild of One-Name Studies: www.one-name.org >>> Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: >>> www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html >>> >>> "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, >>> and that is not being talked about." >>> OSCAR WILDE >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> WEST-RIDING-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 >> WEST-RIDING-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 > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >