Latest updates 2019

Jan 1st … a new year and a new exciting section !! … an Old Ilson Quiz

Jan 19th … Ilkeston Births 1859 added

Jan 31st … Old Ilson Blog for January 1855 complete

Feb 1st … Old Ilson Quiz Part 2, to keep you entertained

Feb 5th … a page on the Potter family

Feb 26th … Ilkeston Births 1860 added

Feb 28th … Old Ilson Blog for February 1855 complete

Mar 1st … Old Ilson Quiz Part 3

Mar 15th … Ilkeston Births 1861 added

Mar 15th … a page on West Street and Wide Yard, off South Street

Mar 31st … Old Ilson Blog for March 1855 complete

Apr 1st … Old Ilson Quiz Part 4

Apr 2nd … the Comments sent to the site in 2018 have been copied into the Comments Summary

Apr 29th … Andrew Knighton has kindly sent in some personal pieces of information which are included here (John Wombell), here (Mrs Gormley of Chaucer School) and here (Potter’s Stackyard)

Apr 30th … Old Ilson Blog for April 1855 complete

May 1st … Old Ilson Quiz … Part 5

May 1st … photos of Kensington School in the 1930’s and Thomas Ebbern’s Bath Street butcher’s shop, both sent by Andrew Knighton

May 3rd … another photo sent in by Andrew … see it at School Days

May 4th … more photos on School Days, thanks again to Andrew

May 8th … and further photos and information from Andrew on Richard Evans, pottery manufacturer

May 8th … and items on the British School and Ilkeston’s School Board

May 8th … Day 7 of School Days, filled by Andrew

May 17th … a new Home Page, thanks to Andrew

May 18th … a new page, Not got a clue ??, inspired by Pam Bates

May 22nd … an insert in the Town Station page, (a Sunday School outing), thanks to Andrew Knighton

May 27th … two interesting items courtesy of Andrew, once more … here  and here

May 31st … Old Ilson Blog for May 1855 complete

Jun 1st … Old Ilson Quiz … Part 6

Jun 1st … Phil Henshaw has contributed a splendid account of his uncle Len Henshaw

Jun 3rd … Heidi Elbediwy has some very interesting work on the Sanders and Wheeldon families

Jun 10th … Ilkeston Births 1862 added

Jun 12th … Page 2 of Not got a clue ?? added

Jun 24th … Page 3 of Not got a clue ?? added

Jun 29th … Page 4 of Not got a clue ?? added

Jun 30th … Old Ilson Blog for June 1855 complete

Jul 13th … Mike Hallam has added a page on the Hallam family history; he would like to contact any of the Hallam ‘clan’

Jul 13th … my thanks to Phil Henshaw (again) for his account of Arthur Reuben Johnson

Jul 23rd … Page 5 and Page 6 of Not got a clue ?? added

Jul 30th … Mike Hallam has added detail of his family on the site, here and here

Jul 31st … two items from the collection of Andrew Knighton added to the Columbine family history

Jul 31st … Old Ilson Blog for July 1855 complete

Aug 21st … Diana Draper would like help with a ‘Henshaw’ problem … can anyone help ?

Aug 31st … Old Ilson Blog for August 1855 complete

Sep 17th … my thanks to Cameron Mellor for pointing out errors in the list of Marriages, St Mary’s, 1872-1881 (shown in red)

Sep 27th … a new page, courtesy of Mike Hallam , called The 1911 Coronation

Sep 27th … a new section called Old Ilson Relics inspired by Andrew Knighton

Sep 28th … Ilkeston Births 1863 added

Sep 30th … Old Ilson Blog for September 1855 complete

Oct 22nd … Ilkeston Births 1864 added

Oct 31st … Old Ilson Blog for Oct 1855 complete

Nov 8th … details on John Ross and the Wade family (of builders)

Nov 9th … how Madame Vadini is connected to Ilkeston

Nov 11th … Ilkeston Births 1865 added

Nov 30th … Old Ilson Blog for Nov 1855 complete

Dec 3rd … more on the life of John Cartwright, grocer, commercial traveller and letter-writer

Dec 5th … Ilkeston Births 1866 added

Dec 16th … Ilkeston Births 1867 added

Dec 27th … more detail on the Clay and Wilkinson families