OneGuyFromBarlick

The lady at 78 Rainhall Road was a relative to my grandparents she was called Maggie and her son was also called Harry, but he wasn't in the RAF ,they did go to Australia and this Harry Widdup became the managing director for WD & H O WILLS the tobacco company. I do have some paper work somewher...

Thanks for the links Tizer, and the correction I do get a bit number blind at times, sorry I stated it was the DFC and should be the DFM ,i was only a child and used to look at this medal every day in my grandmas, it looked like half a crown to me!

My Uncle Harry lived at 13 Calf Hall Road with my grandparents Ernest & Sally Widdup ,he was a flight engineer in the RAF in WW2 and was awarded the DFC,it hung on my grandma's wall for many years I remember reading it & the citation from the King,there is a website called Lancaster JB603 &a...

Harry Widdup, for all the people on One Guy who may have known my Uncle Harry who emigrated to New Zealand, I have just had word from his son Andrew also in New Zealand, that Harry passed away on Tuesday evening, he was 90 years old soon to be 91 on the 10th November. Its so very sad because he was ...

Just a quick hello to everyone, my claim to fame is i lived in Stanley's house no 10 East Hill Street as a child,my dad was Eddie Spencer,and I like to see what's going on in Barlick from time to time,still miss the place after 52 years away. Seren.(Kate)