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Burton Joyce Village TimeLine Blog & Diary
News, Views, Faces and Places - serious, amusing, contentious
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Click for "BJ TimeLine" -- Click “Interactive B J Village Tour”
Burton Joyce Village TimeLine Blog & Diary
News, Views, Faces and Places - serious, amusing, contentious
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Click for "BJ TimeLine" -- Click “Interactive B J Village Tour”
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B J Blacksmithies (1841) - now The Dance Studio -
DID YOU KNOW?
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Did you know that this village centre landmark (now the Dance Studio) was, once upon a time, the B J Village Blacksmiths Forge .
Did you know that this village centre landmark (now the Dance Studio) was, once upon a time, the B J Village Blacksmiths Forge .
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Yes ! In the 1841 these premises were occupied by Joseph Alvey and his son Matthew - as the village Blacksmiths. Matthew later took over the business from his father
Yes ! In the 1841 these premises were occupied by Joseph Alvey and his son Matthew - as the village Blacksmiths. Matthew later took over the business from his father
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Another son, Joseph (junior) became the village butcher, then a farmer , marrying the widow Ann Dams . One of their children - Sophia - married Harry Roberts, together they built and lived at “Fernside” in Criftin Road on land purchased from Joseph and Ann.
Another son, Joseph (junior) became the village butcher, then a farmer , marrying the widow Ann Dams . One of their children - Sophia - married Harry Roberts, together they built and lived at “Fernside” in Criftin Road on land purchased from Joseph and Ann.
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Harry Roberts and his wife Sophia later gifted to the village the land/area now known as “Roberts Playfield” alongside the “Nelson Public House”
-Harry Roberts and his wife Sophia later gifted to the village the land/area now known as “Roberts Playfield” alongside the “Nelson Public House”
If you did not know .. .. You do now !!
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