Local Genealogy

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A message to all local genealogist –

After several years of researching our family name and coming to the realisation that so much of our family’s history is wrapped up in Burton Joyce and the surrounding villages we have posted the majority of our research within a TimeLine on our website www.brianalvey.co.uk (http://www.brianalvey.co.uk/DataBases.htm).


The Timeline within our website at www.brianalvey.co.uk illustrates this and contains comprehensive data bases covering baptisms, marriages and deaths in BJ . through-out the period. It is very clear and evident that there has been and is significant relationships within Gedling, BJ, Stoke, Bulcote, Gunthorpe, Lowdham, Lambley and Woodborough etc .

As Burton Joyce is our ancestral home we are hoping that a general co-operation between local community websites and a closer contact with those individual interested in the area's genealogy will contribute to wider genealogy project which will enhance the knowledge and stimulate a broader interest for producing an interesting and useful record of the social history of the area thro-out the TimeLine period.
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Our parent website is at www.burtonjoyceonline.co.uk

2010

Hi Folks - Happy New Year

Dont forget to visit our mothersite at www.burtonjoyceonline.co.uk there are most things you will want to know about BJ today-

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Intruders in our airspace

Hi. Everyone.

Back in the "ether" again - this time as your scribe to everything Burton Joyce & Bulcote. Spent some time these last few months establishing a blog content format and now after a couple on months trialling have created some content with an ongoing theme so here it is ...if you are comfortable lets begin

AIRCRAFT OVERHEAD In Our AIRSPACE
This is one of my pet grumbles - Some 2 years ago now I complained to the County Council and East Midlands Airport Authority about the intrusions into airspace not designated for commercial/passenger air traffic ( over BJ). The result of my complaint was.... complete silence from the E M Airport and some minor and ongoing noises (after a appointed meeting in the BJ Library with County Hall councillors).....
"What is your problem you may say.?" My problem is the possibility of a potential significant Air incident over our area which is not officially designated or accepted as official air corridors for "Low Flying" passenger flights. Looking into the sky from Burton Joyce it appears that many Passenger Jets now frequently take a landing circuit line over and down ( N to S) Shearing Hill, onto a course over the Trent in the vicinity of the Ferry Boat Pub, then over Radcliffe and into air space over Stanton/Keyworth and onto Donnington. The potential problem appears to peak at evening/holiday returns into EMA . Often simultaneous flights appear to be coming into the area from the South and into the airspace/junction which frequently has multiple and simultaneous returns from opposing directions, so much so that many deviations to a normal incoming flight paths are deviated in the final stages of their standard landing approach ...........We have actually had large Passenger Jets pass really low over our home ( usually in the late Autumn and around 10.00pm <12.00.)

Oh!. To cap it all I should also add, that, just over a year ago, whilst up on our roof at night star gazing, we saw the brightly lit SPACE CENTRE and the equally lit bright USA SPACE SHUTTLE chasing it - it was appeared over BJ, travelling from NW. to SE. at approx 10.40pm. It is no joke I assure you. However, I will say that a possible sighting had been publicised earlier in the day on the Local TV News programme >

BJ/Shelford Trent Valley airspace seen from BJ

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