MANCHESTER BUS COVERAGE COMPLETE

Today I got Manchester city centre bus filming covered as the weather continued it's benign if damp settled spell with quite dense clouds but really as good as one could expect in January. Truck fans do not despair we'll be back getting those lorry shots as soon as the weather makes a few changes and gives a bit more brightness. We have several new locations lined up for truck films this year as well as most of those we did last year. We shall also be adding overseas destinations not covered before and we shall be attending several of the largest lorry shows this season. So much to look forward to there and remember the still photo Smugmug site has many thousands of our still photos see links page, I aim to get them listed within a week or so of taking the shots, most of our 2017 shots are therefore already uploaded and even if you just want to flick through you can do that or purchase prints from just 50p each.

I've been bashing away at Mandy's birth father's illusive history, there is DNA evidence which pin pointed Harold Cecil Patterson which ties in with family diary entry, also there is a 'sister' Florence Patterson who lived in Llandudno and where Harold ended up living and she was visited by Mandy's uncle Dudley after the show down which prevented Harold entering into a bigamous marriage. He had already married Blodwen the barmaid back in 1933. By chance perhaps those transcribing the 1939 register also updated it from time to time into 'modern' times, even up to 1990 I am given to believe although the annotations vary and there was no 'system' in place and as they were also used by the new NHS set up there are other health service numbers and characters used. An entry for Stretford near Mandy's family home in Chorlton housed two people surname Mayoh, one was Florence Mayoh then added later the name Patterson, a date and various scribbles gives 1961 which I gather is the date it was amended rather than the date of an event. So it looks like our Florence but how was she a Patterson, no marriage record as yet although she states married. Frustrating isn't it, everything to do with both my own natural father Jim O'Grady and Mandy's dad Harold Patterson is a mystery but that probably reflects their chaotic life.

I'm not sure what we'll be doing for the rest of the week, plenty to go at though, anyway here are shots from Chesterfield yesterday.