Plump Hill sheep arches and King smallholding in 1930s (General)

by amaska , Monday, April 28, 2014, 17:06 (3865 days ago) @ EileenR

Dear EileenR
Thank you so much for contacting me. We made a lot of progress, as a result of help from members of the forum, in finding where we think the Kings lived, and I am glad to say what we thought ties in with what you have written in your message - it's lovely to have confirmation.
The other really great thing is that my mother always said there were two girls, one called Evelyn and one called Dolly. According to the FOD records Sidney and Edith baptised a girl Leah Evelyn in 1920, then twins Vera May and William George in 1922 and then in 1925 a son Sidney who died quickly. So we have always been puzzled by the name Dolly and wondered if my mother was misremembering. I have just rung her to say she is finally vindicated, and she is immensely pleased! Presumably Dolly was a nickname for Vera May.
Do you know what happened to Evelyn and Dolly? Did they marry or move away? Do you know anything about Dolly's twin brother? Do you have any photographs of the children or their parents, or of where they lived?
The only photograph we have is from much earlier than the time of my mother's visit. It is of Sidney's mother Lucy King, standing in front of a wall that we think was part of one of the semi-detached cottages that you describe. We think this pair of cottages is now all one cottage called The Tilt. Lucy is standing with one of her granddaughters - my mother's Aunt Vera, aged 9. At the time of the 1911 census Vera was staying with Lucy and Henry King, with their three remaining unmarried sons, including Sidney - he didn't marry Edith until 1919. Here is a link to the photograph https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qmvnj60jwka0fji/xBIPnYMreR

At the time my mother visited she had just recovered from jaundice. She was known as Maisie. Her full name was Lovis Maisie Alice Dean, and her mother, who came with her for the convalescence in the countryside (they lived in Manchester), was also Lovis. Sidney was my mother's great Uncle but as her grandmother Alice was five years older than Sidney and he married late in life, she was just five years younger than Evelyn and three years younger than Vera May (Dolly).
As Edith was your great Aunt and also married quite late is there any chance you could have met my mother and played with her and Evelyn and Dolly?
Many thanks again - you have made my mother (aged 88) absolutely delighted to be proved right in remembering the name Dolly!