Here is cousin Mollie. She was the recipient of some of my grandparents letters, written in the Blitz. More recently, I was staying with her in Hertfordshire, when she handed me a bundle of letters, written by my grandparents to her and her parents, which give a graphic account of the London Blitz. I started to put these letters on a blog nearly 13 years ago. Today, they have a world-wide audience. Together, Mollie and I tried to put together our shared Critchley ancestry. Mollie lived in St Helens with the Critchleys until she was six. After she and her parents, Harry and Mary Platt, moved to Glasgow, they spent all their Christmases with the Critchleys in St Helens, Lancashire. This blog will share Mollie's memories, our joint research and family pictures. Here is a link to the war-time letters between two generations of Critchleys.
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In Mollie's reminiscences of her happy times living near and staying with the Critchley's of St Helens, she mentions "Blackber...
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Great uncle George Critchley, above, was a sergeant in the Prince of Wales Own Regiment of Civil Service Rifles. There is no dispute about...
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William was the fifth child of Mary Ellen and James Critchley and their third son. He is in the picture with his dad on the Isle of Man and...
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I can begin this posting about those Critchleys of St Helens, with my own memory of a visit. I was about the same age as the young man on t...
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