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Pam Leivars says...
Did anyone find your family? I think we are related to this line as well. Would love to make the link.

Delyth James says...
Hi, I have been tracing my family tree and have got back as far as Henrie Leevers who was born in 1599 in Greasley. it would seem that his son Henry Leevers (b. 1631), his son Timothy Leevers (b. 1657), his son Joseph Leevers (b. 1686), his son Joseph Leivars (b. 1713), his daughter Ann Levers (b. 1750), and her son Henry Raynor (b. 1784) were all born in Greasley too. Henrie Leevers would have been my Great x 10 Grandfather. Does anyone have any information on any of my ancestors that they would be willing to share?

Tom Barber says...
Hi everyone

My name is Tom Barber, and I am researching for a biography I am writing on my great-grandfather Thomas Philip Barber. He lived at Lamb Close House in the parish, was Chairman of the Barber Walker & Co colliery company and was - I think rather unfairly - the model for a lot of DH Lawrence's more unsavoury characters! I am looking for as many information sources as possible and came across this website and subsequently signed up.

I have got a good deal of factual and historical data now, but feel I am missing a good deal of colour about the man. Does anyone know of any elderly parishioners who might have memories of my great-grandfather? I am particularly looking for miners who worked in the Barber Walker pits before nationalisation in 1947. They would obviously be in their 80s or more, but I am sure some survive.

Otherwise, any local information/memories/anecdotes/gossip about TP Barber would be gratefully received. I hope the biography will help bring some recentish history of Greasley (my great-grandfather was created Sir Philip Barber of Greasley in 1960) to light and life.

Thank you in advance for any information.

Tom Barber

Hi Tom
I am Paul Redgate and I live at Willey Wood Farm , which is just up the hill from Lamb Close .My grandfather Sam took the tenancy of our farm and Coney grey Farm , which were owned by Barber & Walker in 1946.
I was a pupil of Eastwood Hall Park School of which Major Barber was a governor .( He was rarely referred to as Sir Philip as it came so late in his life .) When he died we had a minutes silence in school assembly .
He lost an arm in the Boer war , and it is said that when he returned he was given a heroes welcome and the streets were lined with well wishers from Langley Mill station to Eastwood .
Hope this is of interest
Regards
Paul

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Hi there,
I`ve just joined the site, the reason why is because I`ve been doing my family tree and have many concections with Greasley and the surrounding area, via the familys: Smedley, Gunn, Cliff, Stapleton, Meakin, Harwood. Does anyone have any information on any of my ancestors that they would be willing to share?