1881 on the left, 1998 on the right. Not a Brummie name after all then…
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In June 2000 I started blogging at peteashton.com and 10 years later in June 2010 I decided to stop. Blogging here, that is. I started a clean slate over on I Am Pete Ashton and maintain all manner of other web presences which are all listed here along with my contact details.
You probably came here via a Google search or from following a link on some old blog post somewhere. I hope what you find is useful in some way, though do check the publication date - it might be rather old now.
Thanks for your eyeballs.
Pete Ashton
Hmm. Wonder where my family originates from?
1881 is roughly the time when my great-grandfather (paternal line, obviously) was born. We don’t seem to have gone very far in 117 years – though I’ve managed to escape the Ribble Valley.
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Thanks for putting us onto this! I’ve just spent ages looking up all my family names, it’s fascinating, even though I’ve had little luck with the 1998 maps. When I did get a 1998 map I was really surprised, too, how the main areas are still the same.
How’s the toes? I remember when I was learning to ride a motorbike in the snow…..