Beightonman

I well remember Jack Freeman's bike shop on High Street bottom, where I bought my first decent bike. I don't really remember if Jean Freeman, who I went to school with, was in same family or not as Jack but I discovered in 2006 Jean was retired and living in Spain (then Jean Sheil). I was planning to visit sometime thereafter. Then I heard she was tragically killed there by a drunk driver November 2007, in case anyone remembers Jean.

Don't think I recall a T and RW though. Yes, the book is excellent. I called Eventus a year ago and was told the site might get restored. I should call again, if other people ask also maybe it will get done.

Has everyone/anyone on this thread seen the 'Our Beighton' Celebrating a Community book put out by Eventus, Sheffield, a few years ago? No publishing date was provided. This has some excellent personal stories from times past. There is a very moving poem in there by a Michael Schofield on the famous 41 steps; has anyone seen that? Does Michael still live in Beighton? I did not know him. At the same time, Eventus put out an excellent web site, Our Beighton, with some wonderful audio reminiscences of old Beighton. This was great to hear lots of people I knew from 50 years ago, most now no longer with us. Unfortunately the site is not available any more. I tried to find it on the Way Back archive web site and that has got some text on it, but no audio records. Does anyone know if this site might be reactivated? I have a CD of the recording of my mother, which Eventus sent me, but not the complete site audio record.

Yes, I remember Mrs Hardy well. We lived close by the school house on School Road but I did not know she taught English at one time. I met her son Charles few years ago, after about a 48 year gap on a visit back to Beighton. I also seem to recall vaguely the name of the Cooper boy; really tragic indeed. I always remember him once coming in to Trevor Hardwick's dads shop on High street once when his face was really bad. After that time I never saw him again. I think he also lived on School Road, can anyone confirm that? I never knew him at school or socially, but I think he was a bit younger than me. I think Dave Berry's mother lived on School Road at one time also?