xhosa2000

Posts : 1185 Join date : 2015-11-24
 | Subject: William Jones vc Mon Oct 03, 2016 7:01 pm | |
| Went to see William, only a couple of hours ago.. found it odd to see that some one had carefully placed a full can of ale next to his headstone..so cheers Billy. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
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Mr M. Cooper

Posts : 2522 Join date : 2011-09-29 Location : Lancashire, England.
 | Subject: Re: William Jones vc Mon Oct 03, 2016 10:12 pm | |
| Hi Les. William Jones (born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England), is buried in Philip's Park Cemetery, Manchester, England. When I worked on the railway we used to go past Philip's Park (there were some large signal boxes there and many sidings), and oddly enough, my driver one day was called William (Bill) Jones, and yes, he also enjoyed a guinness, odd eh! Cheers mate. |
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xhosa2000

Posts : 1185 Join date : 2015-11-24
 | Subject: Re: William Jones vc Mon Oct 03, 2016 11:00 pm | |
| Hiya Martin, i used to live on Hulme Hall Lane for 14yrs and i could see the trains going over the bridge, i used to stand at my front door and watch them pass, the length of some of the ' s..t trains ' was amazing it seemed like they were pass- ing for 10 min's or more. Dean Lane is now a single track Metro tram stop!. an amazing service..
Yeah mate ' Bill Jones ', aint that funny peculiar. i see 593 about four times a year just to say hello as i'm passing, cheers. Les |
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90th

Posts : 10663 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
 | Subject: Willaim Jones VC Tue Oct 04, 2016 1:52 am | |
| Excellent Pic Les 90th |
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xhosa2000

Posts : 1185 Join date : 2015-11-24
 | Subject: Re: William Jones vc Fri Jul 28, 2017 2:47 pm | |
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xhosa2000

Posts : 1185 Join date : 2015-11-24
 | Subject: Re: William Jones vc Fri Jul 28, 2017 2:51 pm | |
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xhosa2000

Posts : 1185 Join date : 2015-11-24
 | Subject: Re: William Jones vc Fri Jul 28, 2017 3:37 pm | |
| Part of a lengthy bio of 593 sent to me by the late Alan Baynham-Jones and Lee Stevenson sometime in 2003. here's the first two pages . [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
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xhosa2000

Posts : 1185 Join date : 2015-11-24
 | Subject: Re: William Jones vc Sun Jul 30, 2017 3:10 pm | |
| The derelict chapel with the plaques of William Jones vc and George Stringer vc, both plaques have been removed and inferior one's substituted.. the second image show's Williams common grave with the memorial urn still in place, it has since disappeared. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
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