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Updated Monday, June 02, 2008 Author – Jane Fielder |
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9 April 2008 |
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It’s 91 Years since Grandpa’s cousin Captain A Graham Spark MC 9 Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was killed in action near Hénin. Buried in Grave D.3, Cojeul British Cemetery, St. Martin-sur-Cojeul, Pas de Calais, France. |
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PLEASE COME AGAIN SOON |
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YOU ARE VISITOR NUMBER |
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I have just realised that I have been running the family web page for over 11 years now which is extremely scary. It has been neglected for a couple of years since I ceased running the South East Toppers website and got heavily into genealogy. Much has changed with the internet since I started and I used to spend a lot of time on the Outlook Express Newsgroup: Microsoft.public.publisher.webdesign helping people make webpages in Microsoft Publisher 97. Practically everyone now has access to the internet and knows how to use a search engine so long lists of links have become unnecessary. I have taken the music away as many folk listen to their own music while they surf and some personal information has gone as internet stalkers have invented themselves. The world wide web wayback machine can transport you back to what we were up to at Christmas 1999!!! |
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13 April 2008 |
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The family were all at home for a few hours, Andy returned from his holiday in Portugal and Laura from Manchester after she and some of the Hillingdon Borough swimmers went to support Faisal representing Pakistan at the World Short Course. |
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14 April 2008 |
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We heard the shocking news that one of Laura’s ex Hillingdon Borough Swimming teamates Emily Sadler had been killed in the coach crash in Ecuador—our deepest sympathies go out to Emily’s family. |
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16April 2008 |
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We have now realised that by an astonishing coincidence one of Andy’s Topper and 29er sailing friends, Sarah Martin was in the Ecuador crash too, we are glad to say that Sarah is now safely home with her parents. |
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17April 2008 |
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Janet Kinrade Dethick has published The History of The Dethick Family of Dethick 1200-1918. I am descended from the Dethicks on the distaff side via William Dethick born 1781 in Rocester, Derby. William is a butcher in Blurton in the Staffordshire Directories. |
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I have been following the World Snooker Championships over the past few days fascinating to see old stager Steven Hendry getting back into form and the emergence of Liang Wenbo, my favourite mark Selby got knocked out in the 1st round. Our Peer Review group met up at Monty’s the staff made no hints to move us on though we were there for 4 hours! I also made a trip to the British Library Newspaper Collection at Colindale, the integrated catalogue newspaper subset search engine is not the most convenient to use or find! I did find mention of my grandfathers wounding however in the Aberdeen People’s Journal:-
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28April 2008 |
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Saturday 15th May 1915 UNIVERSITY ATHLETE CORPORAL A. P. SPARK WOUNDED. Corporal Arthur Spark son of Reverend Robert Spark Durris, Kincardine was wounded while entering the trenches at the front last Tuesday. Corporal Spark was a Medical Student in his 4th year at Aberdeen University, is a distingueshed athlete and well known football player. he represented the University more than once in the University Sports. He is progressing favourably. |
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4 May 2008 |
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It is 93 years since grandpa’s injury, retrospectively it probably saved his life. Ian passed his IAM Special assessment on his bike
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11 May 2008 |
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A trip up to North Wales, with gorgeous weather, survived despite a very aggressive seagull trying to attack me for my sandwich. |
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17 May 2008 |
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23 May 2008 |
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Laura finished school! 2nd test against New Zealand got underway. |
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24 May 2008 |
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Went to Silverstone skidpan |