Ivan

    My name is Jim Grant i was born in Glossop in 1952, my family were a Wood family , During my family research i found that they lived in Milltown at the beginning of the 19th century, having moved from  Thomas St to High st East then Milltown. My g.grandfather Joseph Albert Wood lived at 12 Milltown as did his family of 10 children . My grandfather Herbert Wood, his brothers Thomas, James, Albert & Joseph all have 12 Milltown as their home address on their service records from the first world war, James died tragically in an accident in 1913 whilst serving in the Royal Navy in Granton Scotland, whilst my grandfather was reportrd k.i.a. on the Somme. his name is on the cenataph. he died in 1952 when i was 1 year old. The rest survived the war  and returned home to Milltown. My g. gandfather run the public house ("the Swan Inn" 79 High St East 1907 to 1909 he was the last landlord, now an antique shop) whilst he lived in Milltown. I have gained plenty of information from the Glossop Chron over the years from the library, from the  microfilms . Some of our family still live in glossop Tom Wood (old glossop), Susan & Tracy his daughters, Granville Wood (the Royal) .

Alas Glossop is changing and i see the changes everytime I come home to visit some good some bad. I am with you to preserve Milltown and its heritage. My grandfather lived in Chralstown  ( 55 Charlestown rd) where Tom was born  and he lived in Freetown where his youngest daughter (now demolished) was born, I lived in Kershaw st at the Freetown end as a very young child (house was at the rear entry via a large ginnel. houses were demolished and modern ones replaced them) As you can see a lot of history. The council and big wigs should leave the old parts of the town alone as there is a lot of history attached and all this will be lost forever unless people like yourself the Heritage centre fight to keep it for the future.

Keep up the good work

 

Jim Grant