Methodists & Crump Meadow Pit, HALE family (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, April 08, 2014, 03:20 (3678 days ago) @ dent

If you've not already seen it, but are interested in the Hale family, then Glyn's impressive website is here. http://www.halefamily.net/glo.html

I believe he was also a contributor within this forum in the past.

Re-reading Glyn's post I see he's referring to Elsie Olivey. Elsie was wellknown in Cinderford and a friend of my mother, I think because Elsie worked at Bilson School when we were there ?. I've just found some great audio material including Elsie, please lookout for my post soon. Elsie was a great writer and among other things wrote scripts for the old Wesley Players pantomimes we enjoyed so much as kids in the 60s, often assisted by "director" Colin Evans, our neighbour and close family friend.

A short clip of Elsie's typical Vurrist voice can be heard here, click icon next to her name
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/voices2005/meet_the_people.shtml

(More to follow).

You may find these items of interest wrt Wesley Players including an interesting biography of John Edward Moore, a lifelong member of both Wesley Church and the Players (I remember him as a "dame") he also served briefly as a WW1 soldier.
http://www.sungreen.co.uk/Cinderford/_f_Cinderford-Wesley-Players-1950.htm
http://www.sungreen.co.uk/Cinderford/Cinderford-troops-1918.htm