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Greetings to David Cawdell, from yet another David Cawdell
(formerly of Long Whatton)
Not from your town but have to read sites like yours
very interesting, God Bless
Great site. I left Rawlins in 2002, and actually I quite
miss the village. I go to Brooksby Melton College now and Melton Mowbray
doesn't have the same effect when going down the "ville"
as we used to call it, in good Rawlins times.
Hi everyone I know back home! Uni great and I'll be
home for Christmas soon.
My name is David Sturley and I last lived in Quorn in
1950 before moving to Woodhouse Eaves. I left there in 1952 migrating
to New Zealand as a child migrant under the late King George 6th immigration
scheme. In 1998 I return to England with my wife on a short visit
and did revisit both these townships. I lived with my parents and
sister and three brothers in Nursery Lane. My father worked for the
British Government at Beau Manor. I was amazed to see so many things
in both Quorn and Woodhouse Eaves the way they were when I was lad
of only seven years. Amazing! After 52yrs I have visited my old village.
Thankyou. I left for NZ as a 9yr old boy and have many happy memories
of quorn. I lived close to the church in nursery lane, still remember
the bells on Sundays. Once again, thankyou.
Very well done. Loads of beautiful photos. I will have
to visit one day soon. Hello everyone in Quorn. I came upon your website by
accident {looking for something else} I must say I just spent the
most delightful hour lost in Quorn. I'm originally from India, lived
in Birmingham; London; Romford and back to B'ham. Now in Sydney Australia.
Looks like you all enjoy living there. It looks and sounds like a
very beautiful place. Continue to Enjoy! HI, I love your village, my sister, Rita Madden, has
recently moved there and sent me your web page address. And I would
love to live in a place that is so beautiful, and has less than 2,000
people. The pictures of the winter scenes look like post cards. You
live in a wonderful place. Trying to trace my Walker family from Quorn early 1800's.
Very interesting site.
Hello Quorn. Best wishes
Excellent website. Does anyone remember Thomas Rawlins
Grammar School? I attended and lived in Quorn throughout WWII. (I
remember the 505th very well and the general sadness when we learnt
of their heavy casualties). I've lived most of my life overseas but
have booked to visit Quorn next week! We are researching our family tree, and have just happened
upon long-ago relative Thomas Wilders of Quorn, born in 1835. We'll
be heading to Quorn to see the home of our ancestor. Looking forward! Frankly I had never heard of your village until this
very moment. But alas you have probably never heard of my town either.
Let's get acquainted. And.....in fact the only reason I found your
website was that I was investigating an imitation fungus meat product
with the same name. But...no matter I have browsed your very nice
website and you have a lovely place in the world with nice people.
I hope to visit one day, it looks interesting! It was great to look back on Quorn. My Wife and I spent
our first few years of our married life living in Quorn. We both worked
at M Wrights and sons and know some of the names that have been mentioned
in the above letters. We lived in Wood Lane and visited a few years
ago to see such a big change. My wife lived with the Prices. Thanks
for a great site. Great website!! I'm an occasional visitor to Quorn
to visit family. The website made me feel homesick and brings back
wonderful memories. What a super site which I found while researching my
family history. My great-great-great grandfather, Joseph WHITMORE
was born in Quorndon in 1792 and I am hoping to pay a visit before
too long to see where my ancestors came from.
Greetings from Colchester, Britain's oldest recorded
town. Sending my best wishes to the other David Cawdell (Councillor) Great Site - must visit Quorn someday!!
I used to live in Quorn - infact I left 3 years ago.
I really miss the place. I was brought up for the most part in Quorn.
I came back and saw some old friend the other day and it reminded
me how much safer and friendlier and more familiar Quorn is. Hello
to all my friends in Quorn. Hi, Mention was made in the guestbook to a history of the
505, I did not see anything on it, I did see the pictures and I have
printed these for him. If you have any additional information or source
of information it would be appreciated if you would advise of it.
Hi,
Great Website, I was born in Quorn in 1941 and lived
there until 1956. I have a cousin Betty Garton who farms with her husbandin
Missouri.
You have created a very nice website. My great, great
grandfather came from your village to the United States in the 1800's
- Thomas Setchell who was married to Catherine Cross (and he was my
great, great, great grandfather) - too many greats, I get lost. I
just wanted to learn a little about where he grew up.
Hi! I used to live in Quorn as a child in Meeting Street
and Station Road. My uncle still lives there. When I got married I
moved to Cradock Drive. I used to drink in the White Horse and the
Blacksmiths. I remember Harry and Ralph the Twinnies, Paul and Richard
- hope you are all fine. The beer here in belgium is really good boys
- you should come out and try it sometime!! Great site!! Drink every week in Quorn, hoping to move
there soon. Keep up the good work.
I saw your history of the 505th PIR. My uncle was a
paratrooper in the 505th during WWII. This day by day account of the
unit in Europe was wonderful. Thank You. I visited this sight on the invitation of Mary Burgess,
my English PenPal of some 67 years. It is delightful. I must "look
around" some more. Very interesting site. I used to live in Quorn until
about 14 years ago. I remember my Grandad telling me about when Quorn
church went up in flames in 1965 as he took photos. His name was J.
Taylor but he is no longer with us. I can also remember the Pig and
Whistle pub being on Station Road in my younger days. Thank you for
the information on the website.
Wonderful site to visit. My family background relates
to the Suttons of Quorn about whom I know very little. Would love
to spend some time in the village as I am an artist who loves the
country. I didn't know Good old Quorn had a web site. Its great
to see home! I've been away for about 3 yrs and miss the people and
the local pubs! Hi to all back in the village. Any thoughts on a few
live web cams? Keep up the good work. First time visit to any website. Most impressed. Come
and see our engines by prior arrangement as in Open Gardens 2001 If
interested please send e-mail.Thanks, Stan What a great site to visit for people who used to live
in Quorn and now live far away. I really appreciate the photos. I
went to St Barts, Humphrey Perkins and Rawlins from 1963 - 1976. Would
love to hear from you.
My wife and I visited your lovely village in 1990 while
seeing nearby family. Had a memorable dinner at the Bull's Head. Today's
virtual tour was a pleasant reminder - wish it were for real. This website was the BEST! Great site, I am originally from Quorn and found the
photos a really nice treat! Can't wait to come home and visit family
and old friends. Hello to everyone. Helen Dunn's life drawings [website] are highly decorative,
excellent examples of how much can be gained from attending an evening
class.
To Whom it May Concern, Great site. I wish Birstall had one like it. We used
to travel through Quorn almost every day on our journey to and from
Humphrey Perkins in Barrow. Whenever we missed the school bus, we
had to trek across the slabs to Quorn, then hitch a lift home. Love
to hear from anyone from the 1957-62 era.
Beautiful town. I am really impressed with the website
also. Makes me want to jump on a plane and visit! Excellent piece English village webbery. Really attractive
design. Well done! Hi to everyone who knows me. A big hello to Abigail
H
Just a great site. I am an old Humphrey Perkins student,
1951-58. Would like to hear from anyone from that era. Fond memories of Rawlins Grammar School for Girls (I
was there from 1961-64 before emigrating to Switzerland, but returned
to England after 5 years of being homesick!). Would love to hear from
anyone from the alpha forms - I was born in 1949, so was there from
age 11 to 14.
Hello to the Harrissons in Woodhouse Rd! Thanks for
everything - I had such a good time there in Quorn, if short! I'll
be back! Miss ya Luce mate :) xx I saw with great interest the Quorndon Embroidery Club's
panel for the Embroidery of the Century. I, too, am involved with
4 other ladies and two children in the Embroidery of the Century.
Congratulations on your website and congratulations to the Quorndon
Embroidery Club for their contribution to the Embroidery of the Century,
1919! What a beautiful little town. From what we have read
about it seems to be all true! It is also very nice that you have
paid tribute to the members of the 82nd Airborne Division's 505th
PIR. I am a living historian of that richly honored group of WW2.
Our division is based out of Southern California. I am proud to be
a part of it. Thanks for your site and remeberances. If any of you
Quornians are ever out this way - look us up - 82LHA.org!
Hello everybody and hi to all my friends. The website
is great.
As a very recent past resident of Quorn it's great
to finally catch up on 'all' the gossip (with photographs). I'll be
a regular viewer of the site now that we are back on line, so keep
up the good work!
I will be visiting Quorndon in May 2001 to visit the
birthplace of my grandmother, Sarah Ellen Beck. She was born in June
1881; her father owned a horse farm and her grandfather owned a local
pub. Any information on how I might "find my roots" in Quorndon
would be most appreciated. Thank you very much for the excellent website.
Now that I have seen what to expect, I am really looking forward to
our visit. Fond memories of our time at Quorn.
I lived in Quorn in 1991 and made a nostalgic return
in 2000. The village is looking wonderful! I found the site very interesting as I live near to
Quorn in Loughborough. I also go to Rawlins School in Quorn, so spend
a lot of time in the village. My good friend of over thirty years, Andrew Northcote-Smith,
and his family reside in Quorn. I have been there to visit several
times. What a beautiful part of this earth. Your web-site allows me
to visit the area much more often. Thanks! Hi, I love the website loads. I don't want them to
build any more houses Quorn is fine as it is. I am a student at Rawlins
and I love the place. I hope the flood has not affected any one. See
you soon. LOVE YOU ALL LOADS *VIC* My husband's great-great Grandmother, Anna Welch, was
born in Quorndon on 10/16/1826. Since we will be visiting this summer,
would like to contact records at church, cemetery or ? Any suggestions?
I'm so happy to find your site and see info on this place.
A little taste of home on the world wide web!! I grew
up in L'boro and went to LGS for 7 years with a lot of friends from
along the A-6!! If any of them come across this, drop me a line at
rjbhutton@yahoo.com. Great site... very "quaint" as they'd
probably say here in the US! : ) Thank You! Being a fairly typical American Dolt, I've
been confused about the distinction of U.K., Great Britain, and England.
We've NO clue what the hey each term refers to, specifically. Most
people don't realize they don't know, until they're asked about it.
. . Hi, My names Nick Graves and live in Taunton Somerset.
I was Christened in St Bart's in about 1963. My mother was born in
the Village [Shirley Graves nee Edgar ] was born in the village. My
grandmother Mary Edgar still lives in Orchard Estate. What a thrill
to see Quorn on the Web. Thank you. I came across your website when looking for a map of
the area trying to find the Grammar School playing fields. What a
lovely site. I liked your more global description as to the location
of Quorn; no doubt left as to how to find you.
Hi, the site is great but you don't appear to have
any information on the half pipe in the village. To Nanny and Grandad (Judith and Dave Symes). Lots
and Lots of love from Lion & Mum. We miss You very very much.
I hope to see you soon. Hello Quorn. I was actually a Barrow lad but my family
have deep roots in Quorn. I used to cycle to the station for a spot
of trainspotting (in the days when 'Flying Scotsman' was shedded at
Leicester), and in the 1960's had a couple of seasons with the football
club. My sister (Carole) went to Rawlins although I went to Humphrey
Perkins School. My father (Vic) worked at Wright's and I can remember
being taken to listen to the band on the dodgem rink when the fair
was in town. My grandfather (Joe) won a cup for the 100 yards at the
Coronation Sports held on June 26th 1902. Any further info on this
event would be appreciated. Keep up the good work.
I stumbled on the Quorn website when looking up links
to the film "Enigma" as part of my research for an article
on codes and ciphers -- and was delighted to find a site devoted to
a place I knew well in the 1970s. I was an MSc student in Birmingham
University between 1974 and 75 and often came to look up friends at
Loughborough University. We drove into Quorn during the weekend. My
felicitations to the people of Quorn for a truly lovely website celebrating
their home. I was born in Quorn at 5 Cradock Drive in 1948. I was
married there in 1969 in St. Barts. My sister Ivy and I both attended
Rawlins. My surname then was Wheldon, daughter of Arthur. Love the
site and the Magazine site to see what is happening in the village. Surfed in after my Dad (Victor) told me a friend of
his had written to him from where this site originated. I've signed
Chippenhams guestbook where I spent the early years of my life so
why not this one...
My great-great-grandfather, Benjamin Mee, left Quorn
in the 1840s with his wife Lois Pollard. They settled in Wisconsin.
His parents, Benjamin and Ann Sharp, are buried in the Baptist Church
Yard. I had the pleasure of visiting Quorndon and the Baptist Church
in 1985. I am happy to see this wonderful village represented so well
on this great Internet site. The next time I'm in Quorn, I'll be sure
to stop in at one of those pubs I found here! A fantastic site, well written and presented. I found
the site from a link on the ENIGMA website. Your town looks beautiful
and I will definitely make the trip out to it some time soon.
Lovely site! I was looking for the answer to a question,
though, and didn't get it --when was the Quorn Hunt founded? Great to see the old village is keeping up with the
times. I used to live in Quorn (and my parents still live there!).
I am 27 and used to go to Rawlins School - if anyone out there knows
me send me an email - I'd love to hear from you! Excellent website. As an ex-Barrow Grammar boy I thought
I would drop you a line after I saw your website. My name is David
Wykes which used to be a fairly common name in your area. I have been
in touch with Eileen Wykes of Toronto Canada. She gave details of
your web adress. At the moment she is working out if we are distant
relations or not. What a wonderful thing this internet is - I'm in
Melbourne Australia, sending a letter to you instantly in the UK.
Any way special thanks to your website team for their detective work
in St Bartholemews' Churchyard. Look what happens to a village over a few generations! Makes me very home sick looking at the old place. Good
web site. Thanks. We couldn't make it to the Open Gardens weekend in
person, so it is great to be able to see the pictures instead - we
were especially interested in my parents' garden, naturally. Good site. Left mountsorrel in '58, used to visit Quorn
with my school mates. Look forward to Mountsorrel's website. My first but not my last visit.
Very impressive site. Lovely gardens. Fascinating pictures of all your gardens - beautifully
photgraphed. I enjoyed the site very much. Nice to keep up with
the news. Hope to be visiting Quorn soon. Your site is wonderful. What a lovely site.
What a fantastic website - a real inspiration to other
villages/communities which shows a really positive way forward for
the web - I hope more and more people in Quorn get involved. Nice site. We also have a town called Quorn in the
Flinders Rangers of South Australia & home of Pichi Rchi Railway.
It is about 70 miles from Pirie. There is a strong Girl Guide Unit
there too. WOW, What a great site!!!! Its great 'seeing' shots
of the best part of the country, and finding out what the people are
doing. Hope everyone there and neighbouring Barrow have a Happy Millenium. What a pity so many expats haven't left an E-mail;
otherwise, I would have written to you personally to invite you to
"Leicester Overseas," a website mainly aimed at Leicester
and County expats but with plenty for the local as well.
Congratulations on your web site. We are planning to
get one up and running in Mountsorrel, but you set a standard which
will be hard to follow... A lovely site. Really worth a visit. Whilst visiting my sister Wendy in Vermont USA, we
were looking at the Quorn web site. I lived in Quorn from 1957 to
1965 and was bridesmaid to Rosemary and Chris Gamble. Rosemarys mum,
Mrs Wesley lived next door to us on Spinney Drive and taught myself
and both my sisters at school! Having moved this year from Quorn (we lived there 7
yrs) it is nice to be able to 'check in' on what is happening. We
miss everything & everyone!
This is a very nice website. Hello to everyone who
knows me. Bye. Have just logged into your website from Thailand. What
a pleasant surprise to be able to keep updated with what's going on
at home. We are on a 12 month world tour (6 months into it), so being
able to keep in touch with local news and events is great. Wow what a surprise, great site. My mother ( now 80
) has just come out for a visit to Sydney from Quorn and told me about
the site. It brings back memories of my happy childhood. I came to
Quorn when Toller Rd was built in December 1957 from Barnsley aged
9. I attended St Bart's Primary ( who remembers Miss Sterman ) then
went on to Humphery Perkins. I left Quorn in 1972 to work in London
and transferred to Aust in 1983. I was a choir boy at St Bart's form
(about) 1959-61 and was married in St Bartholomew's 1st may 1972.
If anyone also remembers me and those times. Please e-mail me, would
love to hear from you. Just thought we would drop a quick line to say WELL
DONE your web site is great! We live in Windsor, Ontario Canada but
I am one of the Gamble girls,daughter of Chris and Rosie of Leicester
road. We moved over here in 1997,and ever since I heard of your website
I have used it to keep in touch with the news from the village. My
Dad sends me the newsletter too so I don't miss anything. I have two
daughters, one of whom has not yet visited England, but the other
one loves looking up the pictures to see where Nanny and Grandpa Quorn
live. Thanks for helping us stay in touch. I came from Mountsorrel in 1965. I was 15, went to
Christ Church and St. Peters primary schools then Longslade Grammar,
Birstall. Does any one remember me?
Big shout out to the Quorn posse and the Blackbrook
boys. Quorn will always be in our hearts!
Really enjoy coming to this site, seeing what's happening
in the best part of the country. Barrow is where my heart is but they
only have an excellent site about the church! This is a very good site for a small village. I used
to live in Sileby, and they haven't thought of anything like this.
Congratulations. I think the sight is great. It's really helped me with
my homework and I come on here just for fun as well! Keep up the good
work through 2000!! What a pleasure to visit my grandfather's birthplace!
He was baptised in St. Bartholomew's in 1888. A century later and
half a world away, our hearts have come a-homing.... !! Keep up the
super work. :-) Thank you very much for this outstanding website! I'm
a student of the English language and literature at the University
of the Saarland and I'm just preparing a lesson on Quorn. The pupils
will work with your website to get to know your village as they're
going to visit Quorn in March 2000. I wish them a nice stay in Quorn!
All the best to the village people. Greetings from Uxbridge, Ontario. Having just located your website address, I thought
I would send You an Email. I am a bed and breakfast operator just
28kms north of Quorn in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. The
property is a working sheep farm, located between Warren and Buckaringa
Gorges, in the spectacular Flinders Ranges. I would be delighted to
have vistitors from your own Quorn come to stay. Thank you for being
able to give me an insight to your Quorn.
A very well done website. A happy, healthy, year 2000
to all. Grand little website - lots we can copy for ours! Having received a xmas card containing an email address
from a very old friend, I found your site and was very impressed.
Wishing everyone who in Quorn knows me a very happy new millennium. As a result of the Quorn Village Website, I have found
a 3rd cousin in Canada and a whole branch of the Wykes family (My
maternal Grandmother's family - who lived in Church Lane) in Canada.
Thank you for facilitating this joining together of the family! What a fabulous website! After much genealogy research
on-line I found I had extended family in Quorn - the Steads. They
just sent a Christmas card to us with this website listed to visit.
I hope to actually be able to visit your beautiful village in person
some day. Thanks! I enjoyed seeing the wonderful pictures of Quorn. I
visited there 2 years ago and enjoyed it. I will want to return to
Quorn soon as my ancestors were raised there and buried in the church
cemetery of St. Bartholomews (Cross families). You have a wonderful
resident of Quorn that was so nice to me when I visited there named
Alan Parker-Merry. I enjoyed this web site immensely. I'm back home in Toronto, Canada, after a MARVELLOUS visit to Quorn. Walking with my 82-year-old third cousin, Robert Wykes (born in Quorn), I saw the historic parish church where my grandfather was baptised in 1888, the cenotaph listing my great uncle's name among those killed in World War I, all the shops and pubs, the green fields and the beautiful Soar River. I met a host of new-found relatives who very kindly shared with me their own fond memories of Quorn going back as much as 80 years. Now I'm so glad I can keep in touch with Quorn via your superb website. I am recommending your site to friends and family around the world for a comprehensive, accessible and first-hand picture of the village so close to my heart. Merry Christmas to all Quornarians! You have done so very well with the Quorn website.
No odious comparisons - it is GOOD! I don't think I want to tell you
how to improve it, you can do it if it can be done! One day I have
to visit Quorn, can't wait. It will be a gigantic change from Toronto,
with a population of about 10,000,000! I came here from Whitstable
(Kent), which still has a population of only 25,000, 3,000 more than
when I left in 1954! I will watch as you continue your evolution.
Have a friend over here in Australia who studies English
Churches. Whenever possible, he tries to obtain a book about each
church. I have just been reading all about Quorn Church on
the web site. It brought back a lot of memories - we were married
in Quorn Church 11th September 1971 and we lived in Quorn until we
emigrated 1982 to Canada. Thank you for all the information that I
have just learnt reading this. Love to visit your website. My sister and brother-in-law,
Jose and Philip Wilson, live in Quorn, so it brings me nearer to them.
I was very thrilled to see my sister's embroidery of the dancing couple
pictured in the Embroidery Club write-up. The website is the next
best thing to visiting in person, but I am trying to save for another
trip over to the U.K. Congratulations to all involved with the site.
We really like this site because of all the pictures
and info, but it would be interesting to know who is in the picture
at the start!! Excellent site. Really enjoyed it and have visited
often. I think the view of the pubs is really well set out. Do you
get questions from people who would like to visit from abroad?. Thanks
- keep up the good work. Hi there from Walkerville. Nice to be on your site. Nice website, please keep it updated. Great to live here.
Having traced some of my family back to Quorn, it is
a treat to find out so much about the village. I am looking forward
to visiting, not just to trace my ancestry further but because your
site has shown me what a lovely place it is. Congrats on your website. Regards to Betty Garton
What a wonderful garden at Chestnut Close. You must
have worked very hard in your retirement, Wes. Very interesting web
site for a village. Recently on-line. Most impressed with the website.
Marjorie naturally delighted to see her painting displayed for world-wide
inspection ! Looks good, keep up the efforts! I work in the Restaurant
Industry here in the USA. I used to live in School Lane Quorn, also
in Barrow. If there are any contacts from Quorn or near by who would
like to drop a line please do. Excellent effort!! I am suitably impressed that a village
so small can contain so much progressive energy.....although I haven't
found out what I wanted to know yet! I brought my grandchildren to the May Day event and
to introduce them to 'where grandma lived when she was a little girl'.
They enjoyed it very much. If anyone would like to get in touch I'm
in the phone book under Hewitt, T.W. of Shepshed. I always enjoy looking at your website. Credit to those
who made it.
Congratulations on the new additions to your most interesting
website. Having recently found three Wykes relatives in Quorn, I grow
increasingly attached to this town that my Grandfather spoke so fondly
about. The many photos on your website are the next best thing to
a real visit. Thanks. Was looking at Barry Dwyer's site in Australia and
was directed to his brother's site and there you were. Looks like
a nice little town, best wishes with your site and to you folks. Nice photos of the gardens. Judith wanted to see if
anyone she knew was on it, as she is the daughter to Phyllis and John
Field and used to live in Quorn. Hi there Quorn Website, |
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