Messages

We welcome messages of all types, whether it’s about the content of the site or you are looking for a long-lost ancestor or just want to get in touch with Geddington again.

Please scroll to the bottom of the messages to see the most recent message posted. It’s a fault of the WORDPRESS format that the latest messages aren’t at the top – sorry, nothing we can do about that!

The website committee, Janet & Pam, look forward to hearing from you.

(Some editing may take place, but only if the change is based on space and taste.)

9 Comments

Jayne Hobbs

Wed 14th Nov 2018 at 11:27 am

I am doing research into my husbands family. His great uncle was called William Frederick Hobbs 1903 – 1977. He married Elizabeth Denton in Kettering. My research leads me to John M Hobbs and I was wondering if you could pass my details on to the person with this name just in case he is the person I am looking for. Please accept my apologies if he is not the person. Thank you.
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Claire Glover

Mon 07th Oct 2019 at 9:48 am

I attended the Nikolsky Ensemble concert last night – what an absolute treat! Sergei Maslov singing the Serbian Chant was perhaps the most beautiful thing I have ever heard.

Thanks to everybody who organised such a lovely evening.

Claire Glover
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Barry Collins

Wed 15th Apr 2020 at 10:57 am

My brother in law moved to Geddington and on a recent visit he gave me three Newsletters. Unfortunately not issue 153, which has part 2 of Melvyn Hopkins ‘Gone’. Are any of the Nesletters available on a web page as I would love to read the missing part. On our visit, my wife and I fell in love with Geddington.
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- Pam
  
  Wed 15th Apr 2020 at 1:18 pm
  
  Hello Barry
  If my scanner was working, I would copy the article and email it to you, but although I only bought my printer/scanner less than 4 weeks ago, it has stopped working and, of course, I can’t take it back to the shop at present. What I can do is contact The Newsletter team and ask if there is a spare copy to send to you, or better still email it to you.
  Regards, Pam
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Sandra

Fri 05th Jun 2020 at 8:43 am

A very big sincere Thank You to the volunteers who kindly keep Geddington Graveyard neat and tidy. Much appreciated by those of us whose loved ones are there.
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Sandra

Sun 07th Jun 2020 at 8:57 am

The recent series on ‘Women of Geddington’ has prompted me to pose this: I wonder how many Geddington baby girls were named Eleanor after the Queen. I know a lady in Kettering who was but never lived in the village although had family there.
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Sandra

Wed 17th Jun 2020 at 11:19 am

Very sad to hear that former Geddington and Weekley Rector, Richard Dorrington, has died. Thoughts and prayers for his wife, Bryony, and all family and friends at this difficult time.
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- Melvyn Hopkins
  
  Sat 04th Jul 2020 at 9:37 am
  
  Thankyou Sandra for this very sad news. I have placed some photographs of him on Facebook–Historical Geddington.
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  - Sandra
    
    Fri 17th Jul 2020 at 10:10 am
    
    Thank you Melvyn; I didn’t know there was a Historical Geddington site so will look there. Mr Dorrington’s death was announced in Geddington, Newton & Little Oakley Parish Council Facebook on which his son, Nathan, acknowledged peoples’ condolences and memories.
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