Family Photos

Whittington has families which have lived here for generations. This gallery includes representatives of these families and other individuals with "a story" who have lived in or near the village.

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	Abraham Arnold (1854-1913) Whittington baker for 20 years or so from about 1890		Frederick Aston (1877-1967) took over from Abraham Arnold ca 1912. He retired ca 1952.
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	Thomas Henry Ballinger (1872-1950) lived for many years in Vicarage Lane		Bob (John Robert) Beckett (1871-1946) fought in the Boer War. He worked all his life for the army.
	Bob and Ann Beckett christen their first child. Grandpa Sharman and Ann's sister, Mary, on right of picture.		Bob Beckett in uniform - ca WW1
	Wedding of Dot and Jack Berks - 1951 l to r: ?, Edie, Bill, Jack, Dot & Cissie with parents George & Florence
	Charlie Boston (1925-2004) farmed all his life in Whittington like his father before him		Charlie Boston (1891-1962) and his bride, Lucy Martin (1897-1983), parents of Charlie Boston junior
	Wilfrid and Hilda Boston from Court Farm with their 4 children on the occasion of Freda's 21st birthday party		Winifred Boston's christening - 1933 - with her parents and grandmothers (and cousin, Charlie)
	Sam Bradbury with his family in the 1930s. During the 1920s the Bradburys lived at Green Farm; later in 1930s Sam Bradbury was landlord of The Bell.
	Joseph Bramwell, agricultural labourer from Whittington, 37 year old father of seven children admitted to Queen's Hospital in Birmingham on September 3, 1862. His leg around the tumour was 46½ inches in circumference and weighed over 90 pounds.		Joseph survived the amputation of his leg, fathered 4 more children and lived until 1876.
	Charlotte Britt (nee Hardman), born in Whittington in February 1843, died 1916.		Thomas Britt, one of Charlotte's 10 children, but her only son - a Whittington soldier who fell in WW1 in July 1916. His mother died in the same month.
	Six of the nine daughters Charlotte bore- seen here ca 1940s. Standing l to r: Edith?, Annie, Wm Phillips, Rose?, seated: Charlotte, Lily, Frances (wife of Wm Phillips)		On the left: Joe Brown - remembered as a "length man", ie he kept the verges maintained using a hand scythe; Joe lived at Hademore and was responsible for the road from there to Freeford. His colleague, Ash Travers, worked on Main St, Back Lane, Chapel Lane, etc
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	Alice Capper (with her daughter-in-law, Katherine) lived at Cappers Mill until she died in 1918. Cappers Lane is named after the family which ran the Mill through the 19th century.		Charles Thomas Capper (1866-1968) (son of Alice) with his spinster twin daughters, Maude and Hilda, outside their home at Huddlesford. Charles was the canal toll clerk at Huddlesford for many years.
	Capper girl twins (Maude and Hilda) and their brother Reginald, who died aged about 8.		Mrs Sarah Carter (nee Pass) shown here in the late 1960s. She was a founder (or very early) member of the WI. For most of her life she lived in Hollycot Villas.
	Joseph Clarke (1850-1931) with his American family He was born on the farm next to the church (now Whittington Court) and emigrated to America ca 1871.		Clarke children at Highland Cottages - 1939
	Edmund Corn in the garden of The Old Hall, where he lived from 1933 until his death in 1945.		Edmund Corn's wife, Susan Annie, addressing the guests at the garden party for 1500 employees at The Old Hall on 24 July 1937.
	Wedding of Alfred George Coxe to Elsie May Pass - 11 August 1917 - in the garden at Callingswood.