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hoyland photos newsletter

hoyland photos        

newsletter 8.1 (8 apr 2009) 

www.hoylandphotos.co.uk

welcome to the april newsletter for hoyland photos.  in this issue you will find the following:-

  • new vintage gallery of images
  • hoyland lowe stand entries still required
  • april monthly competition now open
  • remember the floods of 2007
  • pleas for info / assistance - can you help?

 new vintage gallery                                        

with images kindly supplied by bill stothard, we now have a new vintage gallery open with some very interesting shots of old hoyland and jump.  see all the new images HERE.  as bill says "My interest stems from the fact that my late mother – Annie Stothard (née Lodge) – originates from this area. She was born (in 1906) at Jump Hall Farm – later moving to Manor Farm, Barber St.,  Hoyland, along with 4 brothers and three sisters. All of her brothers & sisters (my Aunties  & Uncles) remained in the Hoyland area for the rest of their lives – all the men continuing the family tradition of farming in the local community. There are – among my mother’s effects – a number of postcards and photos relating to her early life in the Hoyland area at the beginning of the 20th century".   bill is interested in any additional information you might have about the photos and postcards - you can contact bill through me and i'll pass the messages on.  see bill's gallery HERE

Elsecar by the Sea


 hoyland lowe stand competition                              

the competition is still open, you have a few more days to get your entries in - the competition closes at the end of easter sunday - 12 april.  we have had some very good entries so far with the winner (as judged a friends of hoyland lowe stand committee member) guaranteed a place in the 2010 friends of hoyland lowe stand calendar, as well as a small prize of lowe stand souvenirs!  get taking those final shots now... good example below.  see all current entries HERE


lowe stand looking westwards by brian yarham
 
for further details on the 'friends of hoyland lowe stand' see the website (continually being updated) at
www.lowe-stand.org.uk


 april competition now open - theme of 'garden' 

the april competition is now ready for your entries - theme is garden, so can be your garden or any garden, get the spring flowers and all sorts of different aspects of gardens - perhaps sheds, garden tools etc... use your imagination...  closing date is end of april so get your entries coming in now. send your entries to photography@fastmail.co.uk.
 

 floods of 2007                                                  

it's nearly 2 years since the floods hit the area in June 2007... i think it will be interesting to gather our pictures of that time in a gallery - do you have some shots of elsecar or wombwell or anywhere else local that flooded and i'll put together a gallery for the start of june...  send your photos now to photography@fastmail.co.uk.
 

 pleas for info / assistance                 

 

from this months forum by a new member "I am new on here and think that is a great idea. I am interested in Hoyland & Wentworth in particular as I am doing my family tree and have ancestors who lived and worked at Wentworth House & my great grandfather was born at Hoyland. My great grandfather and his brother were grooms & coachmen and on one census they were living at Prospect Tower, Hoyland".  please go and add to the forum if you have memories of the family... also prospect tower i believe was another name used for hoyland lowe stand... so might be worth looking at that site too for further information.

last month mike smith wrote - "I am researching the life of a Hoyland man at present Thomas Boyle, born in Platts Common in 1886.  Have you any pictures of Platts Common from the mid 1880s to around 1920?  If you have, can we discuss please" - he added "The family members of the chap I am researching lived in Royal Oak Yard according to the census's of 1891, 1901 and 1911.  This was the Boyle family Father Patrick Boyle, Mother Ellen Boyle, Children, Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine". if you can help, let me know and i'll pass it on to mike.

well, thats it for this issue.  i would welcome your feedback (reply to this e-mail or use the feedback options on the website) about any aspect of the site, new shop, forum, newsletter - anything, and of course i still want your pictures...!

keep looking and keep taking the photos!

andy harris

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