Category Archives: My Coley

I spoke briefly to my mum today and she has given more thought to the photo and concedes that you are correct with the naming of Mrs Gwen Stearman. She also told me that I was inaccurate in the details … Continue reading →

Brion House sent me the following photos (27-11-2012) and I think they are fantastic. Click on each thumbnail to expand the photo in a new window. The1st photo is the Red Lion pub, the 2nd is Coley Steps 1911, the … Continue reading →

Thank You very much Jackie, AT LAST you have identified the person I wanted to KNOW MOST. You say her name was Carol Sayer, I first sent this photo to Veronica Pyke who lived opposite your Mum about 5/6 years … Continue reading →

Hello John Thank you for your very quick reply. Yes, the article which attracted our attention was firstly the picture featured a few weeks ago, the netball team. My Mum was able to name quite a few faces and that … Continue reading →

My mother and I have been looking this afternoon at the article in the local press and the photographs and memories on your web site. My mother’s family were the Maskells, 28 Wolseley Street (3 doors away from the Brickmakers … Continue reading →

My grandmother Beatrice House used to live in 72 Wolseley Street with her 3 daughters Grace – Violet – Elizabeth and her son Bertie. My sisters and I used to play up and down Garnet Street steps and go fishig … Continue reading →

Edna and Tom Hamblin sent a couple of photos to the Reading Post recently. I have copied them below – I hope the Post don’t mind – and I am trying to contact the Hamblins to see if I can … Continue reading →

Pauline Winterbourne sent me the next two photos. The photo above was taken in St. Saviours Hall on the occasion of Theresa Mylum’s wedding reception approx February 1950. They are all cousins except for Roy Merryweather who was a friend … Continue reading →

I remember so much of the Coley days – everyone you mentioned was there and more. Mrs Dwyer was my aunt Beat and I remember that hill with happy memories. I lived at the top of the hill – 31 … Continue reading →

Hello Mr. Cummings. My name is Filipe Morgado (pronounced Philip) and myself along with my family of Portuguese immigrants, we are the current inhabitants of no. 100 Wolseley Street. accidently found your page and it was with great curiosity that … Continue reading →

Hello John, Many thanks for your quick reply! Wow – I am happy to read that Alf may still be alive!! To be honest, that doesn’t surprise me at all because he was such an active man and as I … Continue reading →

Hello, I have found your website fascinating as I lived for a brief period in Wolseley St, number 57. In fact, it was my first house, bought in 1996. I lived next door but one to a lovely old couple … Continue reading →

Hi John, Just read your memories of old Coley. I was born at number 1 Dover Street in 1951 and moved to 127 Wolseley Street in 1955. You mention my father Alf Mills on one of your pages. He in … Continue reading →