Guestbook contents, January 2006 - May 2006

From the Third Guestbook

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43. PAULINE SCARGILL (LEACH) (IP: 195.93.21.42)
2006-05-31 07:50:20
HI I REALLY ENJOYED BROWSING YOUR WEB SITE. IT WAS AN EYE OPENER I SAW PENISTONE FROM AN ANGLE I PERSONALLY WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE.
42. J Briggs (IP: 195.8.79.183)
2006-05-22 17:30:48
Sorry, John, I do not know of a repository of Almanacs, unless Sheffield or Barnsley Libraries keep them. JB
41. John Travis (IP: 81.132.177.209)
2006-05-17 12:27:56
John, Do you know if there is an archive of Penistone Amanacs anywhere, I would like to look at 1900-1907 issues. John nr Leamington spa :? :'(
40. KENNETHCHIVERS (IP: 195.93.21.42)
2006-05-14 19:54:14
Attractive town with welcoming people. Looking forward to sharing our Centenary with Penistone Church F C
39. Tony Green (IP: 172.202.19.234)
2006-05-07 14:12:03
Can anybody help me,, my 2xgreat grandfather ran the ROSE &CROWN pub late 1860’s -1870’s Joe Byrom his name any one got any info on him or his wife Susannah? there were there in the OLD building and for a time after the rebuild.. BY the way great site great little tow...
38. Kiril Kirilov (Bulgaria) (IP: 81.131.3.150)
2006-05-06 12:07:41
Hello - Nice Site! I ’m a circus artiste from Bulgaria, now in UK with my wife Biliana, we’re here this week in Penistone with the circus. Come and see us!
37. Kiril Kirilov (Bulgaria) (IP: 81.131.3.150)
2006-05-06 12:00:52
Penistone Show Ground -Friday 5 May until Tuesday 9 May 2006
36. J Briggs (IP: 195.93.21.42)
2006-05-02 15:18:33
I ’m still a bit mind-boggled about how someone using the internet can surf from one end of the world to the other in a matter of milliseconds. I get a buzz when someone in Kansas, Canada, Australia, or wherever, can find and browse my Penistone website. Sorry I don&r...
35. Jeanne M (IP: 66.136.247.88)
2006-04-28 00:15:47
Hi, I want to say how much I enjoyed looking at your town and the general area. I live in the center of the U.S.A. commonly known as Tornado Alley (Kansas). Wish I could visit you all someday. Thanks for the tour!
34. DIANE (IP: 195.93.21.42)
2006-04-26 10:12:51
DEAR JB, HAVE YOU A MAP OF THE RAILWAY LINE FROM PENISTONE TO BARNSLEY ON YOUR WEBSITE .WHERE I LIVE I CAN SEE TOPS OF CARRIAGES, I THINK IT IS BETWEEN OXSPRING AND SILKSTONE, I AM VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW REGARDS DIANE

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33. Angela Walton/Lees (IP: 68.144.148.140)
2006-04-26 00:39:19
Used to live in Penistone, we moved to Canada in 1992, this website is awsome brings back a lot of good memories, although Canada is my home now and we love it here. Great to see all the pics of Penistone.
32. J Briggs (IP: 195.8.91.137)
2006-04-23 00:11:26
Hi Lesley, Many thanks for your remarks, I have added a link to your website. Hi Peter, I have finally photographed the trough at Cubley Bottom but I haven’t processed it yet. I’ll try to squeeze it into my website allocation.
31. Lesley Addison (IP: 86.135.134.116)
2006-04-18 07:54:22
Hi, I would very much like to link to your website from the Penistone & District Community partnership’s site when it is finished - preliminary site is at www.penistonepartnership.ik.com/ but will move to
30. Sue Holland (nee Liles) (IP: 86.141.232.2)
2006-03-28 20:10:59
I want to congratulate you on this website. I have just moved back to Millhouse Green from London after 18 years and have visited the website reguarly when I have felt homesick. My "cockney husband" who has moved here with me is captured on your bar picture in the ...
29. Janet (IP: 68.100.78.15)
2006-03-23 22:45:02
I belong to a long line of Crossland’s from the Penistone area and came across your site. I was delighted to find some photo’s of the Stottercliffe cemetery as two graves belong to my line of the family. One is that of Alice Ann Crossland b 1869 d 1914 and her mothe...
28. J Briggs (IP: 161.112.232.36)
2006-03-23 11:50:42
John; Interesting about the reasons behind the Woodhead line closure, I would not mind if the Translink proposal takes shape. It would be good to see the old Woodhead line back in action. Peter; It is good to hear from you again. One day I will get around to photographing the...
27. Peter Lawford (IP: 24.79.164.176)
2006-03-23 05:56:09
Dawn... The water trough in the photograph of the old vinegar brewery is on the sdie of the road as you go from Penistone towards Cubley, in what was know as Cubley Bottom. There are new houses there now... well new from about the 1980’s..... E;Mail psmail@shaw.ca ...
26. John (IP: 82.3.32.75)
2006-03-18 02:57:22
Hi, I was very interested to read your reminiscences about the station & several of the photo’s of the station I have not seen before. It would have been great to take tea next to the roaring fire on the main line platforms with the Pennine weather raging outside. I did sto...
25. JB (IP: 195.8.91.205)
2006-03-14 21:29:55
It is very good news about Penistone pubrockband coming to Penistone Show! Great. Dawn, I have an interesting picture coming soon to do with the vinegar brewery. Hopefully, I will have a scan of their first label.
24. Dawn (IP: 195.93.21.69)
2006-03-14 18:04:25
i have enjoyed looking at the sight. i have recently moved to Thurlstone and i am interested in the history of the village, can you surgest any books or other places for more info. Espically about the vinegar brewery. The water trough you relate to on the sight is it by the tiny ...

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23. Penistone (IP: 62.45.1.92)
2006-03-10 10:10:10
We are glad to announce that Dutch pubrockband Penistone from Schiedam, Holland are in contact with the committee of Penistone Show. Penistone is now working out the plan of doing a small tour of England so we can keep the costs as low as possible. Hope to meet you all at t...
22. J Briggs (IP: 195.93.21.42)
2006-03-09 08:53:47
Thanks Anne. Of course I don’t actually read what I put on the website ;) I proved that when I sat a quiz that was based on it and my score was pretty poor. To Steve and Carol. ’Beware the Ides of March’ I must warn my friends in Penistone to look out f...
21. Anne Woolway (nee Miller) (IP: 196.25.255.195)
2006-03-07 07:49:11
Hi Jack Its me here again from South Africa. I see you have done quite a bit of work on your website - well done! I am a keen scrapbooker myself and want to include a bit of Penistone in my scrapbook as thats where my roots are. Thanks to you I can use some of your well res...
20. Steve and carol Hamer (IP: 24.62.18.101)
2006-03-06 17:37:44
Jack, Always enjoy showing friends and family here in America where Carol is from. The photos and descriptions are fantastic! Will be in Penistone on the 15th of this month ( march) perhaps I can buy you a pint! Steve Hamer
19. Paul Robinson (IP: 81.77.102.9)
2006-03-05 21:56:24
Hi. Just wondering if you would link us in again in your website? Happy to do likewise ;-)
18. Tony (IP: 83.151.193.175)
2006-03-05 11:17:30
Happy Birthday Jack..! :Y Tone...
17. J Briggs (IP: 161.112.232.17)
2006-02-24 11:47:59
Thanks Jill. I go along with your memories except the Wentworth. I’d forgotten Winnie’s lipstick - on the chips. I enjoy broadening my Yorkshire accent in earshot of all those comers-in. The shopkeepers understand completely but the others look bewildered. Serv...
16. Jill Hynes (nee Baines) (IP: 83.104.34.199)
2006-02-23 21:20:32
Stumbled upon this site by accident, and I’m so glad I did. I’ve just spent the last couple of hours re-living lots of happy memories. Born and brought up in Penistone, I have lived in Buckinghamshire now for the last six years. Down here they talk weird (one has a...
15. donna briggs (IP: 62.254.64.17)
2006-02-23 14:24:09
hi great web site my family history brings me to the site my granfather jonas briggs married constance horne formally de ville they lived at 18 bridge end anyone with photos of info email me
14. J Briggs (IP: 161.112.232.36)
2006-02-17 09:57:35
Hi Marcel and the band, It is good to have a message from you guys. What is Penistone Show committee playing at. They are missing a chance to have some great entertainment. If any of my readers know any Penistone Show Committee people, could you tell them to read their w...

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13. Marcel Gootjes (IP: 62.45.37.52)
2006-02-16 15:13:15
:Y Back again! Penistone band from Schiedam Holland is creating a new lay-out for their website, so the English translation is coming soon....but be patient!!!! Thanks again for your support and the webmaster will put the full versions of the demo on the site again... Pen...
12. Adam (IP: 195.93.21.42)
2006-02-12 23:25:19
I used to go out with a girl from Penistone, whom shall remain nameless to protect the innocent :) . I’d love to say I really envy you guys living in the countryside and having all that space. I’m a photographer and don’t really miss my ex, however I do miss t...
11. Simon Jones (IP: 212.74.96.201)
2006-02-12 11:18:15
Hi, I have common ancestry with the GITTUS family who set up a railway wagon making business in this area. Does anyone have any information about this family ?
10. J Briggs (IP: 80.168.31.227)
2006-02-04 23:15:54
Hi J Gray, I’m a bit surprised that you liked my ’boring picture of the bus shelter’ but if you liked it, it was worth putting in. When I transplant the website to a bigger server, I’ll do some more work. I have an idea to include downloadable (MP3 or...
9. J Briggs (IP: 80.168.31.227)
2006-02-04 23:12:10
I reckon it might be better for me to post my replies here for some entries, instead of emails - but I might still do that anyway from time to time. Ooops, Sorry Diane. I thought that this new guestbook was a bit more user-friendly. I’ll stick with it for now and see h...
8. Connie from Pogmoor,Barnsley (IP: 209.240.205.61)
2006-02-03 23:42:10
Hello from Arizona! Just checked over this website. I try to find websites with stories about current days in Yorkshire. I was born in Pogmoor -- a long time ago. Moved to USA in 1950. Lovely day here at about 75 degrees. Enjoying clean air here, blue skies and a beautiful view o...
7. DIANE (IP: 195.93.21.42)
2006-02-03 20:21:47
I FORGOT TO SAY I LIKE THE BLOGS (BARNSLEY) WEBSITE. DIANE.
6. DIANE (IP: 195.93.21.42)
2006-02-03 20:17:14
SORRY J B I DONT LIKE YOUR NEW GUEST BOOK,YOUR OLD ONE WAS BETTER, REGARDS DIANE.
5. J Gray (IP: 86.136.121.10)
2006-01-28 11:58:53
wonderful site, found it by accident when needing the post code for PGS so I could type it into Google Earth ( a world satallite imaging programme where you can almost see car number plates and individual homes, fascinating). Im an old PGS student (1969 -1974) from Deepcar, who...
4. Stephanie Beever (IP: 69.67.171.145)
2006-01-19 04:13:58
Hello Jack! *D I finally got around to looking up good old Penistone whilst away in Canada ^O^ . I forgot what green fields looked like! 8O Hello from the other side! (Canada not ’the’ other side) and yes the site is very good. Steph *O*

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3. J Briggs (IP: 195.93.21.42)
2006-01-12 10:21:29
Me again. Yes, the Forum has become deluged with porn and I have noted the fact on my guestbook page. Thanks for letting me know. I’ll tell ’Penistone Info’ about it. Don’t you just love the ’emoticons’ in this guestbook....
2. Philip (IP: 24.67.253.203)
2006-01-11 21:53:31
Fantastic site you got, pop on every week, but don’t think much of the topics on the "Penistone forum" :( to which you have a link for 90% xxx
1. J Briggs (IP: 195.93.21.42)
2006-01-10 11:39:52
Welcome to my new guestbook for the ’Penistone Pictorial’ website. Highlights from the old one will appear on my website soon. Feel free to comment on all matters Penistone (within the usual limits of acceptibility).
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