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  1. Maree Garstang

    The Bartons Historical Group web pages have been so very helpfull in my search for historical background to my Blackwell family. They were farm labourers who later moved about in the 1830s and finally two family members made their way to New Zealand. The first was a Richard Blackwell born in Middle Barton in 1821 who became an Imperial Foot soldier of the 58th Regiment. He was shipped to New Zealand in 1845 to quell the unrest of a local famous Maori activist Hone Heke.
    It has been hard trying to find information and images of the life and times of Middle Barton and I want to thank you for your interesting site.

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  2. Kay Sage

    My family the Stockfords lived in Steeple Barton & Westcott Barton,they were bakers & agricultural workers,Would be nice to know more about them if anyone knows anything about them

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  3. Norma Greene

    I was very interested to read about the Post Office in Middle Barton as I remember it fondly when it was run by Ruth Kirby and her brother George who were very good friends of my granny, Florrie Simons who was married to Chris Simons and lived in Middle Barton and Enstone. My mum is Elsie Simons, their daughter and my uncle is Brian who married Pam and used to live in Middle Barton. I have very happy memories of visiting family often and going to visit George and Ruth was always a special time. I always remember helping George in the garden behind the post office, he had a huge vegetable garden and a love of gardening and cars. He would drive down to Wales once a month on a Friday to do some gardening, have a meal and drive home. It was always a joy to see him. My middle name is Ruth, named after Ruth Kirby and I always remember her as always smiling, rosy cheeks and white hair and always happy to see us, despite us being pesky kids at times. I remember once we played hide and seek and hid the big doorkey for the front door. They had to ring us up to ask where we had hidden it! Sad to see so much new building in the area but the same everywhere, is Kirby Crescent behind the post office named after Ruth or the previous Kirby’s? So pleased to have found this site, so many happy memories. Thank you.

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