Wilmslow Expats - try our map!

July 07, 2008

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ARE you a former resident of Wilmslow who has moved abroad and who wants to get back in touch with people still living in the town? Do you know of friends or family who have moved overseas and you want to try and track them down? Well here's your chance with our new interactive map ...

In this section, we're giving an opportunity for people who were parted when locals decided to make new lives overseas to make contact once again.

If you are an ex-pat, who wants to know the whereabouts of a pal or relative, send us the details and we'll post them up here. The same is true of locals - let us know if you want to get back in touch with a local who has left these shores. You never know - they might just visit this site, read your message and you could be reunited.

Alternatively, ex-pats can write to us simply if they want to let the folks back home know what they've been up to, how life overseas is treating them, and what they miss about Wilmslow.

All you have to do to take advantage of this service is to click here to go to our interactive map of the world , then click on the part of the map where you live. Your own pinpoint will appear which you can move to the exact location you want (use the controls on the top-right of the map to move around and to zoom in and out, right down to street level).

A form will also appear which will allow you to give your name, contact details, reason for moving and anything else you want to share with us.

Please note - this information will appear live on the site immediately and is not moderated. If you feel that somebody is abusing this map service, please click here to e-mail the web editor.

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Heather Marshall (nee Cereghino), California (21/07/2006 at 02:03)

Was browsing Internet & came across old post from Abi Turner looking for me. The post and e-mail address provided are old. Now I'm the one looking for Abi Turner, if only to find out why she was looking for me back then. I was a student at Wilmslow 1987-1989, I think. I think the form teacher was Mrs. Brown? I'm a bit fuzzy on the details! If you know Abigail Turner as a former classmate, I'd appreciate getting in touch with her. If you want to be sure of who I am, I can make that easy for you. I am deaf, an American and played netball while at Wilmslow. There can't have been that many of me running around. :)
E-mail: fly_navy_97@yahoo.com

Ellie Julian, Boulder, CO, USA (21/07/2006 at 04:36)

Hurrah! I thought perhaps my memory was really bad! It was tremendously fun! There was also a place we used to all gather for tea - it was upstairs, I think on the main street in Wilmslow. I was there in the mid 60's. Great times!

BRIAN MCPAKE, TORONTO CANAD (22/07/2006 at 20:41)

moved to canada back in 1986.
went to the hough till 1981.leisure cinter, a7 the queensgate till 86
had a blast in those days. anyone wants to e-mail and catch up ??

brian

bmcpake@hotmail.com

Sandra Harrison, Melbourne, Australia (27/07/2006 at 06:45)

I left Wilmslow in 1989 for a 12 month working holiday in Oz, guess what I'm still here! I am married with three children. I would love to hear from anyone who remembers me. I went to school at Wycliffe Avenue and left in 1986. We lived in Davehall Avenue and my mum worked in the canteen at Gorsey Bank Primary you can contact me - Sandrapemberton@netspace. net.au. I'm especially looking for Jane Bailey - she used to to live accross the road, same age, same school, last I knew she was living near Styal somewhere.

Gwyn Mills, Bangkok Thailand (04/09/2006 at 19:13)

Hi There ,
If any body remembers me it would be good to catch Up.
I was at School at Harefield County High Wilmslow.
Looking for Mark(Basher) Bailey,Nigel Dunlop,Rob Hollings,
Lesley Read ,Juliette Ivory,Dave Williams and all the others that remeber me.
I am in Thailand not as predictable as all the other who are now in Australia!!!
Hope to hear from you
Cheers Gwyn
E-mail: gmills@stealthinnovation.com

Ellie Julian, Boulder, CO (13/10/2006 at 23:20)

OK - Q&A for anyone that might be out there reading this.
In the mid 60's there was an upstairs tea shop that "us kids" used to frequent in Wilmslow. I believe it was right on the main street...we'd have tea's and scones etc and there were windows that looked down on the street below. Does anyone remember the name of this place? Would love to have this mystery solved!
Ellie

John Mainwaring, North Wales (17/10/2006 at 19:54)

Thre is a posting on this site from John Yarwood - it is possible that you are my godparent! get in touch please

janet hough nee cole, cheshire (19/10/2006 at 12:11)

Read comment by John Mainwaring in North Wales,
Hi John, did you use to play in the attic of the horse & jockey with me???? Then you later lived on knutsford road??
if it`s you, i hope you`ve had/having a good life?
Regards,
your old playmate,
Janet.

edwin baines bennett, wilmslow (28/10/2006 at 14:57)

hi ! could anyone out there please forward me any information you might have on ex-councillor e.g.bennett.
I am trying to put forward some geneolgy on my late father.
please email ed@edraith.freeserve.co.uk

Will Beames, Connecticut, USA (09/11/2006 at 18:25)

Ellie Julian - the cafe was called Silvios in the late 70's and early 80's - I think it then changed it's name to something trendy although it kept the same menu. Opposite Johnstones bookshop with a great view of the street.
I hope I solved your mystery.

Ellie Julian, Boulder, CO (14/11/2006 at 00:57)

Thanks Will. Actually, the name you mention is not the name we are looking for - what we are seeking is what that place was called in oh -19 65 ish time line.
We have some talented researchers "on the case" and will be sure to report in on our findings.
Thanks so much for the response though! Much appreciated!
Best,
Ellie
E-mail: elliesecondhalf@aol.com

Paul, Stockton UK (14/11/2006 at 10:07)

Wasn't it Sayers before it became Silvios?

Ellie Julian, Boulder, CO (26/11/2006 at 17:13)

That's it Paul!!!
Many thanks!

David Maund, Seattle USA (14/12/2006 at 18:51)

My wife (nee Wendy Bower) and I left the Wilmslow area in 1961, when I went to work for Boeing in Seattle. Wendy's father owned electrical appliance shops in both Wilmslow and Alderley Edge.
We are now both retired but continue to enjoy tennis, golf and skiing.
E-mail: djmcamano@juno.com

Theresa McCourt, California, CA (18/12/2006 at 20:32)

Some people were commenting on Silvios Bakery and coffee shop. I worked there as a teenager, probably in the years from 1975 or 1976 till 1977--on school holidays and Saturdays. Have good memories of working in the coffee shop with several girls from my school, Peggy and our German manager, who called each of us "Liebling." Our break room was on the third floor, facing the street, and we had a great view of all the shoppers from there.
On my last visit, about three years ago, the building was still there, but Silvio's was gone.
E-mail: Abalony@aol.com

Diana Gove, Northern Cyprus (06/01/2007 at 08:49)

I am trying to trace Val Mcmasters who used to work on the oil rigs with me. She had a tea shop in Knuttsford Macclesfield but has moved and I have also moved from Portlethen Aberdeen. Her daughter is an Air Stewardess.
Val please contact me.
Diana Gove - dianagove33@yahoo.co.uk

Andrew G. Smith, Calgary, Alberta (19/01/2007 at 02:06)

I left Wilmslow in 1980 at the age of 12. I attended Harefield High School for one year, and prior to that was at Ashdene.
I remember the Takiars, the Bradshaws, Andrew Fitton, David Williams, John Pearson, Paul Mannion....
Anyone out there remember these people? Or me?!!!

Leslie Loadwick, British columbia Canada (04/02/2007 at 22:39)

I left England in 1975 with my then wife Patricia to begin a new life in canada I lived in Wilmslow for most of my life previous to that. I no longer have relatives in Wilmslow as my mother and father have since passed on so I have found no need to return. I would however love to connect with anyone (if there is anyone ) who remembers me. It was back then and I'm sure it still is now a beautiful town.......Leslie.
E-mail: cortzless@telus.net

Tony Forster, Bermuda (19/02/2007 at 16:38)

I'm one of a few former residents of Wilmslow now living in Bermuda. My sister, Gillian and my mother, Marjorie, 99 last Feb. 11th, are also resident there.

Aside from the beauty and clean environment of Bermuda, Hamilton, the Capital, is the 'Risk capital of the world' with companies there owning at least 55% of Lloyd's of London.

I now co-own a Business Travel enterprise for firms in the UK and Europe, that can save more than 50% on travel from Manchester, London and all over Europe to the USA with a minimal financial deposit.
E-mail: tonyforster@globalpass.bm

Mike Summers, Prescott, Ontario Canada (25/02/2007 at 15:19)

I'm looking for information and relatives of my mother Bertha Muriel Oakes. Born May 5, 1905 in Wilmslow. She emigrated to Canada abt 1908 and lived most of her life in Burlington Ontario.
Married Elmer Ernest Summers 1929 in Burlington.
m.summers@on.aibn.con

Anything, Thanks,
Mike

Gwyn Mills, Thailand (12/03/2007 at 16:46)

Hi There , If any body remembers me it would be good to catch Up. I was at School at Harefield County High Wilmslow. Looking for Mark(Basher) Bailey,Nigel Dunlop,Rob Hollings, Lesley Read ,Juliette Ivory,Dave Williams and all the others that remeber me. I am in Thailand not as predictable as all the other who are now in Australia!!! Hope to hear from you Cheers Gwyn E-mail: gmills@stealthinnovation.com
Gwyn Mills, Bangkok Thailand
04/09/2006 at 19:13

Stuart Roger Broughton, New South Wales, Australia (02/04/2007 at 10:01)

I was born in Wilmslow where my family were farmers for at least 350 years! I left in 1954 to serve as a regular soldier in 2nd Battalion Parachute Regt. I still have the newspaper cutting from the "Advertizer" headed "On Duty in Suez"; that was in November 1956. I returned to Wilmslow briefly in 1958, before going to Bible College in London, followed by 3 years in University of Wales. I was ordained in Rochester Cathedral in 1964 and served as a curate in Bromley. My wife, Kathryn, and I, and two children sailed for Paraguay in 1968 to serve with the South American Mission Society. We were invited later to begin a new work in Salvador Brazil. This was followed by numerous other assignments! The last was in DRCongo. Presently, we are working with Portuguese-speaking in Sydney Australia.
I would love to have news of any of my old school friends who attended Chancel Lane CofE school from 1942-47. I still have regular contact with Neil Slater, Eric Swindells and his wife Angela and not forgetting Harold Horry who was Group Scout Master for many years. On one occasion I met Gordon Birch who was Head Postmaster at Wilmslow; maybe he is still around? Look forward to having news from some of the original inhabitants of Wilmslow when we called it 'the village'.
Rev Canon Stuart Broughton - stuartrbroughton@hotmail.com

Mike Summers, Prescott, Ontario Canada, email m.summers@on.aibn.com (12/04/2007 at 00:39)

Looking for Mother side relatives and correcting a previous typo.
correct email is m.summers@on.aibn.com.
Mother name Bertha Muriel Oakes, emigrated from Wilmslow area in 1908 for Canada.
A brother Arthur belive d remained in England. If you name is Oakes we may be related.
Cheers, Mike

John Carroll, Arizona, USA (25/07/2007 at 04:43)

As a former resident of the Summerfields Estate I'm interested in hearing from anyone who knew the Carroll family, Helen, Vicky, Steven and Michael. We moved from California 10 days ago to Chandler, Arizona. It would be nice to catch up with life in Wilmslow, since we left 6 years ago. Looking forward to hearing from any of the 5-a side football team that played at the leisure center

Thanks
John Carroll
john.carroll2@cox.net

Ian Slater, Ontario Canada (08/08/2007 at 21:22)

left in 1974 to work in Canada, live in Oshawa Ontario my brother Peter live 15 miles away in Ajax Ontario, great to see so many old Wilmslow types still alive and kicking in various parts of the world.

Many memories of our days in the bollin fields the R.A.F. camp and swimming at the waterfall off Wilmslow Park,

Also happy days at Chancel Lane School, Lacey Green School, various teachers, Mr. Gent and Mrs. Evans at Chancel Lane, Sam Burgess and Miss Hobbs and Miss Jaffrey and Mr. Walker at Lacey Green. Still have photo of cricket team with Joe Garner, Denis Morris, Michael Rigby Edward Wardle, Alan Hopley who later worked at post office with my brother.

Remember David Blair son of W.C. Blair from R.A.F station had polio and could walk just as well on his hands as we could on our feet.

The King family from Egerton Road, The Turners and many more.

Those were the Days.
E-mail: islater1903@rogers.com

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