Many thanks for making the video.found it really interesting .Oldham born,school in North Chadderton .In early adult life worked at Boundry Park Hospital and Oldham Infirmary .Grandparents lived on Featherstone Road North ,later on Middleton Road opposite Platt Bros.. Really interesting ,carry on the good work,its appreciated
I have a great interest in old cemeteries, historic buildings etc. May I offer you a couple of tips I have learned over the years regarding headstones. If you rub ordinary flour onto headstones that are difficult to read it enhances the inscription and easier to read. When you visit an old graveyard that is on an incline you might see a lot of headstones leaning forwards or backward, this is due to what is called Creeping Earth. Another nice little doc. Thanks.
Love the flour tip and I will be using it I'll make sure 8 have a bag in the car. Found a Graveyard weekend that has graves from the 1700s lots are wearing so ill try the flour on them to make them out 😁
Hi Sarah ,Again I'm watching in Adelaide Australia very good tour and very informative ,sort of like a mobile history lesson .I was born om Rochdale Road not far from Boundary Park 56 years in Oz now ,All my family were cotton mill workers .I was the first not to Plumbing and Gas Industry for me ,keep it up we just love your vids OK.
Hi Derick thanks for getting in touch. The house you were born in is probably still up, assuming it was a house. Of course I'll keep them up I've got a really good one coming up soon 😁
I really enjoyed this one Sarah I was brought up in North Chadderton, I have seen these graves before and often wondered about the stories of the people buried there. Also in the comments, I like reading them as you get some more info!. Thank you! 💕
My ancestors are there in a family plot of 3 graves my great grandad was a champion water polo player at chaddy baths and his best friend was the legend Henry Taylor I have a team photo on my Facebook but can't send it on here sad 😔 oh well great video thanks x
Love your videos.... I would love to go round cleaning the old headstones off me and my partner love looking at the headstones in cemeterys.... we live back to back with Hollinwood cemetery..
My husband ( Rip) used to live in the cemetary house in Chadderton when he was married to his first wife . His best friend used to live at Greenacres cemetery if I’m not mistaken because they both worked for OMBC parks Dept . Incidentally my husband ( ex) was born raised and lived in Chadderton Oldham all his life , then moved to Buxton , got married again and was buried up there .
Do you remember Fish World being next to the Hunt Lane Tavern at the back of the cemetery? Anyway, when I was a History student I wrote a thesis about John Hogan and James Leach and their WW1 experiences. I visited Hogan's grave stone to help make sense of their experiences. It is a very poignant local connection to extraordinary endeavours.
Hi yes I do remember fish world on hunt Lane. When we moved off shaw road when they knocked down the flats they moved us into Whitstable close near the dog inn. We had a puffer fish called puffer 😂 that only ate cockles and lumps of fish so we would go to fish World to buy it food. Failing that we would go to the shop and buy fish in butter sauce and soak off the sauce and feed him that. He lived a long life 😁
Hiya. I finished my degree back in 2007. I left copies of my work at Oldham archives and Ashton library, so it may be on a shelf somewhere. I went to Belgium and France too to help put their experiences into perspective. The battlefields and cemeteries are huge. If we all look into our own family histories, we can find our own family contributions (Just look at Oldham cenotaph) which I think important too. Keep up the good work! P.S. i used to have a comet fish called Curly from fish world.
Wow good for you giving your work to the archives for everyone to be able to look at. Have you been to the new fish world building the old harlequin pub on Middleton Road?
@@SarahsUKGraveyard I used to practically LIVE @ fish world , I spent so much time spending money and buying fish when Mel and Jean had it my parents used to say I should live there . I’m trying to remember their Saturday staff name, he used to scuba dive and was with the scuba diving shop on lees road but it’s gone now . Think it was facing Hopwood House incidentally 👍😂
Oh lord . I do listen but sometimes get distracted doing two things at once . 👀👀 You may have mentioned but did platts become Mather & Platts by any chance ? I think my father in law had an accident and broke his back there when some machinery fell on him . He recovered and went on to drive ambulances .
Pause 👀👀 That’s why I thought I’d watched the video ! I mentioned my gran was a cotton spinner , it had to be 1968/69 because I recall her taking me to a working mill and I was terrified of the machines ( I wasn’t old enough for school and my Nan looked after me whilst my parents worked days and she did night shift in the mill ) My Nan and my aunty were always mentioning Aser Lees but also referring to king cuts ( Owned by the coop ) also as Aser Lees’s . ?
By the way . Realising this isn’t the video I’d watched and forgot to like it was one which crept past me 👀👀 I’m on my THIRD replay by the way because more and more makes sense when you digest it thoroughly 👍
at one point ashway gap used to hold prisoners of war during ww1 and ww2 there was another place in royton cant remember the name no longer standing but the gov was kind to them as they had wired it up to get any intel from them and I'm pretty sure Oldham held most of the prisoners of war in the UK and many of them stayed
There are some Of Oldham's most important businessmen in Chadderton Cemetery including John Platt, John Bunting who was a mill director at several companies, Alfred Murgatroyd who's mill concern was the last four letters of his surname ('Royd' Mill) Edward Potts a local mill architect. and Joseph Hilton J.P. who was also another mill director.
@@SarahsUKGraveyard John Bunting was the chairman of the Bell Spinning Co Ltd, Hathershaw, he started the mills steam engine for the first time in March 1905. Edward Potts designed the Bell Mill under the architect partnership of Potts' Son & Henning's.
John Dodd's epitaph, 12 mins 30 seconds into your interesting video tour, says - "'If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons"' Hebrews 12:7" Now, why would that text be on there Sarah? It is a most unusual text for a grave stone. Here is evidence of a man who knew his Bible in a way that few do in our day, and he clearly wanted to leave us a message. I got my Bible out to read the rest of Hebrews chapter 12 and it is a beautiful and powerful message that reminds me of my wife. She often quoted it to me, especially verse 6. Reading this message was how she was converted back in 1975. She died a few years ago, but she being dead, yet speaks (Hebrews 11:4) to us, as does John Dodd. It is evident he was a man who had endured some chastening, and had a tender conscience before God, as do I.
Hi Al, I have noticed that text but I'm afraid I'm not that well read on the bible. It's really kind of you to take the time to explain where its from. I am going ready this text myself now that you have brought it to my attention thank you
However, isn't it nice that people do watch. the only reason I ask for subs is I am lead to believe the more you have the better the search and suggested results for your channel. I doubt I would ever earn a penny off the channel but that's ok because I don't do it for money which is probably a good thing lol
@@SarahsUKGraveyard hi Sarah no worries I know you need 1000 subs and 4000 hrs viewing time in a 12mth period to monetise the channel I’m currently on 44 subs so I know I have a long way to go. My vids are car repairs & DIY which I really enjoy making. I do very little editing as I just need to get the content out and my goal for this year is 2 videos / week. For me if I can motivate others & help them to fix or repair something then I’m happy. Keep up the good work Sarah I really enjoy seeing videos of my home town 👍🏻 Glyn
@@cube8544 I also think Sarah & her videos are awesome and don’t want any of my comments here to appear negative. I also create UA-cam vids & was just seeking advice, cheers
Sarah you can get my number off Norma this is the best i can do x John Geoghegan Married Sara Stott 1895 STOTTS AND GEOGHEGAN S HAD THE rocking horses in oldham and the fairgrounds and lots of businesses. They had a son John Geoghegan and his brother John married. 29/07/1933 Rosemary Lees , SARAH LEES SISTER.rosemary’s and Sarah’s grandad was John willie lees. (Pubs) My Gran and grandad Both or either John Henry Geoghegan is also on that last tomb/ photo you went to about the travellers,, I’ve got death certificates and pics. MH.X
Ahhhh right mandy I thought it could be you but wanted to be sure. That's amazing info about your family ill be in touch xxx I think Leanne has your number aswell doesn't she xx
Many thanks for making the video.found it really interesting .Oldham born,school in North Chadderton .In early adult life worked at Boundry Park Hospital and Oldham Infirmary .Grandparents lived on Featherstone Road North ,later on Middleton Road opposite Platt Bros.. Really interesting ,carry on the good work,its appreciated
Thank you Michael. I certainly will xxx
I have a great interest in old cemeteries, historic buildings etc. May I offer you a couple of tips I have learned over the years regarding headstones. If you rub ordinary flour onto headstones that are difficult to read it enhances the inscription and easier to read. When you visit an old graveyard that is on an incline you might see a lot of headstones leaning forwards or backward, this is due to what is called Creeping Earth. Another nice little doc. Thanks.
Love the flour tip and I will be using it I'll make sure 8 have a bag in the car. Found a Graveyard weekend that has graves from the 1700s lots are wearing so ill try the flour on them to make them out 😁
Hi Sarah ,Again I'm watching in Adelaide Australia very good tour and very informative ,sort of like a mobile history lesson .I was born om Rochdale Road not far from Boundary Park 56 years in Oz now ,All my family were cotton mill workers .I was the first not to Plumbing and Gas Industry for me ,keep it up we just love your vids OK.
Hi Derick thanks for getting in touch. The house you were born in is probably still up, assuming it was a house. Of course I'll keep them up I've got a really good one coming up soon 😁
I really enjoyed this one Sarah I was brought up in North Chadderton, I have seen these graves before and often wondered about the stories of the people buried there. Also in the comments, I like reading them as you get some more info!. Thank you! 💕
Your welcome Jules. Thank you for taking the time to watch the channel
This is brilliant me and my mates this was our playground growing up x thank you for the information x
Brilliant I love spending time in there and the other cemeteries, I sound like a proper ghoul 😂
My ancestors are there in a family plot of 3 graves my great grandad was a champion water polo player at chaddy baths and his best friend was the legend Henry Taylor I have a team photo on my Facebook but can't send it on here sad 😔 oh well great video thanks x
Stewart I know Harry played polo and I fully intend on doing a video I'd really like to see your info please
I can send the picture on messenger or add me on Facebook. Stewart Hague social worker
I probably know you already 😂
Love your videos.... I would love to go round cleaning the old headstones off me and my partner love looking at the headstones in cemeterys.... we live back to back with Hollinwood cemetery..
Oh you lucky buggers I'd love to live by a cemetery 😁
@@SarahsUKGraveyard it's lovely when you hear the bagpipes being played but you can't see much of the Greaves there are few trees in the way
Bagpipes in hollinwood cemetery?
My husband ( Rip) used to live in the cemetary house in Chadderton when he was married to his first wife .
His best friend used to live at Greenacres cemetery if I’m not mistaken because they both worked for OMBC parks Dept .
Incidentally my husband ( ex) was born raised and lived in Chadderton Oldham all his life , then moved to Buxton , got married again and was buried up there .
Very interesting..going to watch more of your vlogs later 😊
Brilliant thanks so much for watching 😁
Really enjoyed todays vlog Sarah
I found it informative and enjoyable
Keep up the good work
Thank you so much and I will do 😁
Do you remember Fish World being next to the Hunt Lane Tavern at the back of the cemetery? Anyway, when I was a History student I wrote a thesis about John Hogan and James Leach and their WW1 experiences. I visited Hogan's grave stone to help make sense of their experiences. It is a very poignant local connection to extraordinary endeavours.
Hi yes I do remember fish world on hunt Lane. When we moved off shaw road when they knocked down the flats they moved us into Whitstable close near the dog inn. We had a puffer fish called puffer 😂 that only ate cockles and lumps of fish so we would go to fish World to buy it food. Failing that we would go to the shop and buy fish in butter sauce and soak off the sauce and feed him that. He lived a long life 😁
Also. Is your thesis online? I'd love to read it if possible
Hiya. I finished my degree back in 2007. I left copies of my work at Oldham archives and Ashton library, so it may be on a shelf somewhere. I went to Belgium and France too to help put their experiences into perspective. The battlefields and cemeteries are huge. If we all look into our own family histories, we can find our own family contributions (Just look at Oldham cenotaph) which I think important too. Keep up the good work! P.S. i used to have a comet fish called Curly from fish world.
Wow good for you giving your work to the archives for everyone to be able to look at. Have you been to the new fish world building the old harlequin pub on Middleton Road?
@@SarahsUKGraveyard
I used to practically LIVE @ fish world ,
I spent so much time spending money and buying fish when Mel and Jean had it my parents used to say I should live there .
I’m trying to remember their Saturday staff name, he used to scuba dive and was with the scuba diving shop on lees road but it’s gone now .
Think it was facing Hopwood House incidentally 👍😂
Oh lord .
I do listen but sometimes get distracted doing two things at once . 👀👀
You may have mentioned but did platts become Mather & Platts by any chance ?
I think my father in law had an accident and broke his back there when some machinery fell on him .
He recovered and went on to drive ambulances .
I don't think so I haven't seen anything to suggest that but I'll look into the company xx
There were some mills that were called "Room and Power" mills in which you could rent space and power to spin or weave cotton.
Ahh Brill I knew that was the case didn't know the name thanks 😁
Pause 👀👀
That’s why I thought I’d watched the video !
I mentioned my gran was a cotton spinner , it had to be 1968/69 because I recall her taking me to a working mill and I was terrified of the machines ( I wasn’t old enough for school and my Nan looked after me whilst my parents worked days and she did night shift in the mill )
My Nan and my aunty were always mentioning Aser Lees but also referring to king cuts ( Owned by the coop ) also as Aser Lees’s . ?
By the way .
Realising this isn’t the video I’d watched and forgot to like it was one which crept past me 👀👀
I’m on my THIRD replay by the way because more and more makes sense when you digest it thoroughly 👍
Sarah, my family are the Stotts lees etc tell Norma from MH.X
Hi, sorry what do you mean tell Norma? 😁
I watched this video and FORGOT to ❤️❤️❤️ it 😱
Bad me and I’ll beat myself up 😁
at one point ashway gap used to hold prisoners of war during ww1 and ww2 there was another place in royton cant remember the name no longer standing but the gov was kind to them as they had wired it up to get any intel from them and I'm pretty sure Oldham held most of the prisoners of war in the UK and many of them stayed
It did. I'm due to do that video on locations when the weather warms up 😁
There are some Of Oldham's most important businessmen in Chadderton Cemetery including John Platt, John Bunting who was a mill director at several companies, Alfred Murgatroyd who's mill concern was the last four letters of his surname ('Royd' Mill) Edward Potts a local mill architect. and Joseph Hilton J.P. who was also another mill director.
Your right. It sounds like you know a great deal about oldhams Mills 😁
I'll look up the names above I haven't heard of thank you
@@SarahsUKGraveyard John Bunting was the chairman of the Bell Spinning Co Ltd, Hathershaw, he started the mills steam engine for the first time in March 1905. Edward Potts designed the Bell Mill under the architect partnership of Potts' Son & Henning's.
Did you see John's grave on the video? 😁
@@SarahsUKGraveyard Yes I did see it, it really needs the small tree removing as eventually it'll affect the headstone.
Dovestone Res or Strines Res ?
Dovestones xx
John Dodd's epitaph, 12 mins 30 seconds into your interesting video tour, says - "'If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons"' Hebrews 12:7" Now, why would that text be on there Sarah? It is a most unusual text for a grave stone. Here is evidence of a man who knew his Bible in a way that few do in our day, and he clearly wanted to leave us a message. I got my Bible out to read the rest of Hebrews chapter 12 and it is a beautiful and powerful message that reminds me of my wife. She often quoted it to me, especially verse 6. Reading this message was how she was converted back in 1975. She died a few years ago, but she being dead, yet speaks (Hebrews 11:4) to us, as does John Dodd. It is evident he was a man who had endured some chastening, and had a tender conscience before God, as do I.
Hi Al, I have noticed that text but I'm afraid I'm not that well read on the bible. It's really kind of you to take the time to explain where its from. I am going ready this text myself now that you have brought it to my attention thank you
Feel your pain Sarah, 98% of my viewers aren’t subscribed 😮
sorry only just seen this for some reason it wasn't flagged up.
However, isn't it nice that people do watch. the only reason I ask for subs is I am lead to believe the more you have the better the search and suggested results for your channel. I doubt I would ever earn a penny off the channel but that's ok because I don't do it for money which is probably a good thing lol
@@SarahsUKGraveyard hi Sarah no worries I know you need 1000 subs and 4000 hrs viewing time in a 12mth period to monetise the channel I’m currently on 44 subs so I know I have a long way to go. My vids are car repairs & DIY which I really enjoy making. I do very little editing as I just need to get the content out and my goal for this year is 2 videos / week. For me if I can motivate others & help them to fix or repair something then I’m happy. Keep up the good work Sarah I really enjoy seeing videos of my home town 👍🏻 Glyn
@@cube8544 I also think Sarah & her videos are awesome and don’t want any of my comments here to appear negative. I also create UA-cam vids & was just seeking advice, cheers
Brilliant sounds fab. I have had a look at your channel its filling up
Sarah you can get my number off Norma this is the best i can do x
John Geoghegan Married Sara Stott 1895 STOTTS AND GEOGHEGAN S HAD THE rocking horses in oldham and the fairgrounds and lots of businesses.
They had a son
John Geoghegan and his brother John married. 29/07/1933 Rosemary Lees , SARAH LEES SISTER.rosemary’s and Sarah’s grandad was John willie lees. (Pubs)
My Gran and grandad
Both or either John Henry Geoghegan is also on that last tomb/ photo you went to about the travellers,,
I’ve got death certificates and pics. MH.X
Brilliant info but I've no clue who you are give me a clue 😁
@@SarahsUKGraveyard Sarah your mums sister auntie Norma best friend Mandy x
Ahhhh right mandy I thought it could be you but wanted to be sure. That's amazing info about your family ill be in touch xxx I think Leanne has your number aswell doesn't she xx
@@SarahsUKGraveyard hopefully XXX