The Mellor Family Story
The Mellors of Crosland Hill and Church Lane Linthwaite
Welcome to the Mellor family story. This was narrated by Fred Mellor in the 1990s. It may be of interest to others and he provides a snapshot of life in the West Riding of Yorkshire in our near past.
School life (1930 - 40)
They were hard working days but mostly happy ones. Dad must have worked hard at the quarries, impressing his employers with his ability...
Home life in 1932, making list (rag) rugs.
My bed was a metal cot about 3ftx5ft with slender black rails head and foot and 4 brass knobs which one could unscrew and hide tiny...
Conserving gas light
Up to 1934 or 35, our house only had Gas, and this was our main source of artificial light. In the living room we only had one central...
Home life in the 30s and 40s
My oldest sister Winifred started school in the village, she must have been a quick learner, encouraged by Mum, for she was only three...
Fred Mellor
My (hi)story. Fred Ellis Mellor Between 1921 and 1924, Winifred, Olive And Fred were born to John and Florence, in our first family home,...
Church Lane, Linthwaite
Early in 1935 Willie eventually got planning permission to erect domestic dwellings in the two fields alongside Church Lane, from just...
Felks Style Farm sold to Standard Fireworks
The young sister of these 4 brothers, Harriet Ann, ( we all used her two names jointly, sounding like ‘arrier tan' ) worked hard on the...
Quarrying in Crosland Hill
In December 1925 we moved into No. 83 , renting it from Harry. Although Harry was 3 years younger than Dad he already owned property and...
John Mellor (b. 1898) m. Florence Ellis (b. 1893)
Whether there was a stoppage on the week of the wedding or not I don’t know, but I heard that Dad and Uncle Willie, his best man,...
Fred Mellor Memorabilia and Flight Log
Fred Mellor wrote the main history of the Mellor family as presented here up until the 1990s. When he died his sons John and Peter...
John meets his wife - then through the depression
My mother's family (By Fred Mellor 11/12/24 - ) When Samuel Ellis, born about 1860, married Emily in 1890, they had a little...
The Mellor Family of Crosland Hill
Our forefathers were talked of mainly as Quarrymen and Farmers living (at least since the 1840’s) in and around the small village of...
Mellor family history by Fred Ellis Mellor
Unless otherwise credited, the content of this site has been uploaded to this page from a family history written by Fred Mellor in the...
The Grandchildren of John Mellor and Flo
The children of Wynne, Olive and Fred are shown together below. John and Flo's fourth child, Joyce, had two children who will appear in...
The eight grandchildren
John Mellor and Flo on the lawn at the rear of 18 Church Lane, Linthwaite with their grandchildren. David Wilkins and his sister Susan...
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