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Wartime Vistors to 130 Montague Road
This transcript kindly donated by Sue Bates.
Here's my introduction to the 1939-45 visitors' book.
They stayed with my grandmother, Eveline Cooper, who lived at 130.Montague Road, Ashton-under-Lyne. They were mainly wives (and a few children) of soldiers stationed at Ladysmith barrracks. They came to visit, mostly, for one or more days and were from all over the UK. A few seem to be working nearby e.g. the Hospital or Infirmary.
The first part seems to be done from memory as the dates are not consecutive.
The handwriting is my mother's (daughter of Mrs. Cooper), my grandmother's (I think) and later, visitors themselves have signed.
| Burton Porter | Dunoon, Hadfield Road, Waterloo, Liverpool | August 1939 |
| Margaret J Parker | 2 St Oswald Street, West Hartlepool | September 28 1940 |
| Ruth Cookson | Falcon Cottage, Hothersall, near Preston | August 4 1940 |
| Mary Whitock Hay (& Bryan) | Thatch cottage, Row of Trees, Alderley Edge | November 11 1940 |
| Jean Mason and son | 6 Crofthead Street, Addingston, near Glasgow | December 20 1941 |
| Dorothy Newton | 21 Beccles road, Brooklands, Cheshire | December 1940 |
| Dylis(Dilys?) Finch | 5 Belgrave terrace, Teignmouth, Devon | 1939 |
| Mrs Hills | 20 Hillside Avenue, Hillside, Parbold, Wigan | 1939 |
| Mrs Johnston | 15 Rose Street, Aberdeen | July 20 1942 |
| Mrs Diggle | Hinckley | July 25 1942 |
| Ethel Butler and son | 15 Red Cliff Drive , Leigh-on-Sea, Essex | 1942 |
| Nora Sarrasin | 29 Alston Road, Upper Edmonton, London N18 | 1942/3 |
| Bill Priestner | Woodland View, Slyn village, Slyne, Morecambe | 1940 |
| Jim Macdonall | Ashton-under-Lyne (Sister's Address) | can't read date |
| Mrs Wall and son | 16 St Mary's Road, Much Wenlock, Shropshire | June 25 1943 |
| Mrs Doreen Cochrane | 6 Harrot Road, The Moor, Cockermouth | 25-30 (can't read rest) 3rd Time |
| Mrs Holloway | Five Ways Inn, Heath Hays, near Cannock, Staffs | can't read date |
| Mrs Gage and son | 234 Friern Road, East Dulwich, London SE 22 | July 20 - August 10 (can't read year) |
| Mrs Hardcastle | 62 William Street, Crossland Moor, Yorks | July 20 - (can't read rest) |
| Ellen Bingle | 66 St Audrey Avenue, Bexleyheath | July 31 (year?) (9th time?) |
| *** Wilson | Field Bank, Lower Heath, Congleton, Kent | no date |
| Gladys Jeal | 13 Pendleton Road, St John's Redhill, Surrey | August 8-15 1943 |
| Florence (Mc) Ballantyne | 19 Crossley Street, Sherwood, Notts | August 14-21 1943 |
| M M Thompson and daughter | 30 Leaphill Road, Pokesdown | August 17-30 1943 |
| C(?)A Willey and son | The Bungalow rear of Gem Cinema, the Green, Southall, Middlesex | Sept 16-26 1943 |
| Mrs Dorothy E Farrar | Tibicar Drive West, Heysham near Morecambe | 1942 or 3? |
| Mrs F(?) Reason | 76 Norfolk Road, Long Eaton | September 25 2 nights? 1943 |
| Mrs N Moran and son | Daisy Bank Crescent, Walsall | October 8-10 1943 |
| Mrs J Baruden/Barndell (see later) | 24 Prout Grove, Neasden, London | October 2 1943 |
| Mrs C Papes and daughter | 94 Sherbrook Road, Daybrook, Notts | Oct 23 1943 |
| Mrs Mason | 18 Chester Street, Middlesborough | November 16 1943 |
| Mrs Campone and sons | 111 King Street, Crieff, Perthshire | November 6 1943 |
| ***Goffin and son | Fortescue Place, Higher Crompton, Plymouth | December 4 and February 8 1943 |
| Dorothy Walker | 13 Portman Street, Middlesborough | December 10-21 1943 |
| Mrs Collins | Poole, near Bournemouth | December 11-17 1943 |
| Mrs Moran and son | Walsall | December 21-27 1943 |
| Mrs J White | Lichfield | January 5-11 1944 |
| Mrs Wheeler | 18 Kings Road, Cranleigh, Surrey | January 8-17 1944 |
| Mrs Williams & David | Lynwood, North Road, Abersychan, Pontypool | January 17- February4 1944 |
| Mrs H M Wilford | 1 Surrey Grove, West Bowling, Bradford | March 9 1944 |
| Mr & Mrs C Parker | 8 Ribbledale View, Chatburn, near Clitheroe | March 27 1944 |
| Mrs Gladys Dixon | Pleasant View, Birch Hill, Tengwynlais, near Cardiff | February 14 1944 |
| Mrs E M Jacobs | 48 Basing Hill, Golders Green | no date |
| Mrs I D Jones | 9 Couchmere Avenue, Ilford, Essex - this address crossed out and BOMBED 1944 entered - then 8 Dynever Road, Stoke Newington, London N16 | February 12-April 24 1944 |
| Mrs Edwards | Dewsbury, Yorks | no date |
| Ethel F Curr (L/Cp & Mrs Douglas Curr) | Fairview, Dirleton, North Berwick | December 28 1943, January 6 '41(?), 14-25 April 1944 |
| Mrs J Barnden | 24 Prout Grove, Neasden | no date |
| Mrs K Koster | 107 Waddington Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham 22A(?) | May 12 1944 |
| Mrs Clark | 506 Holcombe Road, Helmshore, Lancs. | May 20 1944 |
| Mrs P J Whitton | 8 Highbury Road, Barnstaple, Devon | June 7 1944 |
| Mrs L Gilless(?) | 74 Westminster Street, Swinton | no date |
| Mrs J Lewington | Longwater Lane, Finchampstead, Berks | June 22 and July 3 1944 |
| Miss D Canning | 206 Warstock Lane, Birmingham 14 | July 1st 1944 |
| Mrs D Clark | 60 St Georges Road, Cullercoats, Whitley Bay, Northumberland | July 29-16 August 1944 |
| Mrs Daykin | 27 Ilsley Road, Birmingham | July 29-16 August 1944 |
| Mrs Waddell | 11 Minster Way, Hornchurch, Essex | August ? |
| Miss P Loveday | 720 Maidstone Road, Breadhurst, Gillingham, Kent | September? |
| Mrs F H Chadwick | 34 Strathearn Road, Wimbledon, SW19 | September 23 1944 |
| Mrs M McMillan | 2337 Paisley Road, West Glasgow SW2 | September 23 1944 |
| Mrs C Kitchen | 3 Bladen Street, Lancaster | September 28 1944 |
| Miss S Jones | 48 Courthouse Road, North Finchley, London N12 | no date |
| Mrs D Palmer | 92 Forknell Avenue, Coventry | October 8 1944 |
| L Brooksbank | LAH, Easingwold, Yorks | no date |
| M Buckler | 15 Station Road, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire | November 6 1944 |
| H Webster | 36 Radmore Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire | November 6 1944 |
| J Sherren/Shevven(?) Dutch | 331 Twyford Avenue, North End, Portsmouth | November 6 1944 |
| J Montagu Sgt. No 10594347 | 14 TTC REME | March 17 1945 |
| Mrs Aspland | Lodge Lane, Dukinfield and London | no date |
| Mr N Cooper | 419 Giplin Road, Keighley, Yorks (Infirmary) | March 1945 |
| Mrs & Mrs WE Garrard | 34 Heriot Avenue, Chingford(?)E4. Also crossed out: 29 Waldeck Road, West Green Road, Tottenham N14 and 66 Marconi road, Chelmsofrd, Essex | March 1945 |
| Mr Cyril Banks | Bury | No date |
| Mrs Alexandra | 12 Northfields, Twyford near Winchester | no date |
| ATS Margaret McQueen | Mussleborough | no date |
| Dr and Mrs Grunswald | worked at the Hospital | no date |
| Mr Wilson | worked at Wellington Road (dryers) | no date |
