Does anyone have any information on “Ted COLES” ? He had a car breakers yard at the front of the house at Barrow Tanks.It was the first house on the right going up to Dundry.

I used to go there with my father and I remember him saying that he was a relation.
Was he married or have any children ?
Thanks.

I well remember as a small child visiting Mrs Pearce who was a great friend of my mother and meeting Betty, then visiting her quite a few times at the prefab in Bristol. I think it was at Westbury on Trym?.. The Pearces and Mum & Dad were great Canasta players and spent many a happy evening at The Hay!....

With best wishes.

Nick Givens - Exeter, 25th September

Betty Joan Givens, née Pearce, 1924-2012. Came to Wrington as a very young child and lived there until 1949 when she married my dad, Patrick (in Wrington Church) and moved to Bristol.

Mum always regarded herself as a Wrington girl, and the village always had a special place in her heart. She had lived at Pierce Hay; after she left home her parents moved to a house a bit further out - it was called Sunnyside at the time, but was more recently known as Greystones, I think.

There will be a short service at Canford Crematorium, Canford Lane, Bristol, BS9 3PQ on Friday the 5th of October at 12.00. Should any Wringtonians wish to join us, they would be most welcome - but I fully understand that it would be a bit of a trek for those of sufficent vintage to remember her!

My cousin Denise Smith of Queensland contributed to the Schmoose page her experiences in meeting up with several other cousins including Tim late last year in England. I share her feelings of excitement when I think how wonderful our access to the Net and the Schmoose page has been for our family in finding long lost relatives and actually meeting them face to face. The meeting in Melbourne has ignited my sister Vicki's interest in the family tree and she will be meeting up with the same relatives and visiting Havyatt Farm when she visits UK in September this year.

Being the sole person in the family who was interested in my father's family background, but had very little to go on I began my research in 1978 after my father died and collected a mine of information in all manner of ways including a visit to Wrington in 1990. I have high hopes for uncovering more relatives in UK as Tim and other UK relatives have offered to do some more research "on the ground" so to speak.

Thank you to Richard who set up the site originally and .. maintains it nowadays, it is such a great resource.

Joy Thomson - 4th May

I'm researching my family who came from Wrington. My 3 x grandparents were Benjamin and Priscilla Bailey (née Cleeves) who I think lived in Ropers Lane. They had 6 children, Sidney William, Mary and Martha (twins), Henry, Jane and Walter. I would love to hear from anyone who has any information or photo's regarding any of them. Do any relations still live in Wrington? There seem to be 5 Bailey graves in Christ Church, but I've only been able to identify 2.

Alexandra Higgs - 30th April

Have just visited your website and I love the bells ringing as you open the home page. Well done!

I grew up in Wrington, went to the local primary school, was married at All Saints', my two sisters were married at All Saints', my father and daughter lie in the churchyard, my mother lives a stone's throw from the church. Although no longer a village resident, I visit frequently and those bells have been the backdrop to my life. And I LOVE those church bells. Church bells are a quintessential part of Wrington, English village life and the countryside in general.

Let the bells ring out again from 11pm to 7am!

Where's the petition?

With warm regards

I was horrified to read and hear of the stopping of the clock bell. I hope that the people responsible will have second thoughts and take note of the feelings of everyone in the village.

I am happy to sign any e.mail petition if you feel it will help restore that wonderful sound again.

May I add what a great web site Wrington has, congratulations to those who run it so well, and help us "oldies" keep in touch!.
Kind regards.

We can’t let this happen, (regardless of where we live now!) We cannot let just one couple (and someone sitting behind a desk!) change what we have had in Wrington for generations and it has never bothered anyone before. If these people gave themselves time to settle into the village (but I gather they just use it on weekends) they would learn that the bells can be quite soothing and full of contentment :)

We live quite close to a train line, but couldn’t tell you when the last train was!

Where do I sign!
[Yvonne is a long-time correspondent to the website, with relatives still here and in NZ - Ed]

I immediately gave this morning’s offering my full attention when it concerned the Zummerrrrrzet ( announced with the mandatory exaggerated burr) village of WRINGTON

It appears that a “newcomer” is objecting to the Church bell sounding the quarter hour as it has always been done since “time immemorial”.

You can,perhaps,guess which way the ensuing discussion went.

To quote John McInroe, “You can’t be serious, man!”

My commiserations, but it was so surreal hearing the name“Wrington”, of all places, mentioned on the local radio, that I had to respond.

They do say, of course, that all publicity is good publicity, but still...  What I can’t get my head around is that somebody- anybody- is objecting to the bell.

[Phil is a long-time correspondent to the website, having lived in the post office in Broad Street when his parents ran it in the 50s - Ed]

I lived in Silver Street (Lawrence Road) 1943-1965. It's interesting to know that a lot of my shool friends live all over world.

I was wanting to see where my family came from. The last name has been changed from its original "Childe".
I hope to one day come over there for a visit. It looks beautiful there.

I was born in Wrington in 1932, left to join RAF 1951

My wife's father was born and brought up in Wrington - Arthur Frederick PARKS, known as Fred. Descended from Henry Parks, and Frederick Parks who who were shoe and boot makers in the village.