Staff Sergeant Jack Barton, R.E.M.E. (1943-1947)
WILLIAM JOHN BARTON, Leading Artisan Staff Sergeant in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (1943-1947) William John Barton was born on 24th June 1916 and was baptised on 6th … Continue reading
A Slimbridge Romance – The Love Letters of Percy and Florence Barton (1910-1913)
LETTERS FROM PERCY BARTON TO FLORENCE NOAD These letters form a fascinating ‘diary’ of everyday events in the Village of Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, during the years leading up to the First … Continue reading
Barton Family of the Forge, Slimbridge, Part II
BARTON FAMILY OF THE FORGE, SLIMBRIDGE, PART II The sixty-one Grandchildren of John and Sarah Barton: Eight children of Mary (nee Barton) and Joseph Alfred Woodward Five children of … Continue reading
Barton Family of the Forge, Slimbridge, Part I
BARTON FAMILY OF THE FORGE, SLIMBRIDGE, PART I John and Sarah Barton and their children PEDIGREE Robert Barton (1604(?)-1663) and Susannah Holway (-1684) Yeoman of Thornbury | John Barton … Continue reading
Farming in Slimbridge by George Barton
George Barton (1922-1999) gave a talk to the Slimbridge Historical Society entitled: ‘From Horse to Tractor – An Account of Farming in the 1920’s, 1930’s and 1940’s’ ‘I have been … Continue reading
Marian Barton, Memories of Slimbridge, Birmingham and Worcester
MARIAN FLORENCE BARTON (1914-2008) Reminiscences of Slimbridge, Gloucestershire (written on 2nd February 2003) I was born on 4th February 1914 at Slimbridge in the house next door to ‘The Forge’, the … Continue reading
