INTRODUCTION
Welcome
to this DVD,
which, as well
as offering a
full
digitisation
of Merrill
Rhodes'
acclaimed
history on the
Sutton and
Wawne area,
now includes a
considerable
amount of
extra
material. User
name and
password can
be obtained by
sending £5 to
the account
details on our
FRIENDS page.
The DVD was
originally
envisaged as
being a
platform just
for Merrill's
book, because,
at that time
we were
running out of
hard copies of
the book, and
it was about
to 'go out of
print.' That
has now
happened, and
the book is no
longer
available. But
we realised
that we
couldn't allow
the contents
of Merrill's
excellent book
to disappear
from the
shelves for
ever.
After the
first full
digitisation
of all 12
chapters,
including the
many photos,
it became
clear that the
book alone
would only
take up a
fairly small
amount of
space on the
DVD. This
realisation
also coincided
with a visit
by a former
Sutton family,
long-time
supporters of
our museum,
and their
production of
an audio-visual
sequence of
the village in
a 'then &
now'
photographic
selection.
Still with
space to
spare,
generosity of
spirit really
took hold and
it was decided
to include
quite a lot of
old photos of
both villages,
with a few
more modern
ones provided
by our good
friends at the
Brooklands
Photographic
Society, who
meet once a
week in the
Methodist
Church Hall.
There is also
a selection of
more recent
photos of
children of
local schools
who come to
visit us on
class visits
from time to
time. Many of
the modern
photos have
been used on
our website at
various times,
so are not
necessarily
new.
All
the volunteer
staff at the
museum are
confident that
this DVD will
be especially
interesting
and helpful to
those Sutton
and Wawne folk
and families
who have long
since left the
area for
abodes in
other parts of
the UK and the
wider world.
Older family
members may
not have seen
these views
since they
were children
themselves,
and their own
children and
grandchildren
have probably
never seen
them at all.
In
effect, what
you now have
is Merrill's
book in its
entirety, plus
several
extras, all of
which we think
will give a
balanced and
rounded view
of the history
of both Sutton
and Wawne and
a good deal of
the outlying
areas, much of
which is still
farmland as in
former years,
albeit -
thankfully -
not quite as
wet as in
those times.
However, that
may well
change if
recent
'flooding
events' are
repeated more
frequently.
Low-lying
areas of East
Hull now await
the future
with much
trepidation.
In accessing
so many copies
of files and
photographs to
compile the
extras that
have gone onto
this disc, it
has become
more and more
apparent that
a huge debt of
gratitude is
owed to
Merrill in
saving and
archiving so
much
historical
information.
I've been
involved for
some 15 years
and have
always been
increasingly,
awed for want
of a better
word, just how
much work had
gone into
compiling the
collections in
the first
place.
Every area I
looked into in
my quest for
appropriate
material for
this disc has
Merrill's
thumbprint, or
more tellingly
her stylish
handwriting,
over just
about
everything -
card indexes,
photo albums,
digitised
computer files
of detailed
information -
Sutton and
Wawne has it
all, and
that's not
counting the
achievements
of the actual
museum room
itself with
its hundreds
of donated
artefacts of
decades past.
Due to her
meticulous
attention to
detail, we
have
information on
every photo
included here.
It would be
hard to
overestimate
Merrill's
contribution
to the history
of the whole
area, and I
pay just
tribute to her
here. The more
I find, the
more I tip my
hat.
We
hope you will
find the
contents
herewith
enclosed a
useful
addition to
your own
Family History
Files. Content
that will give
you and your
descendants a
little glimpse
into a time,
not so long
past, when
villages such
as these were
almost
self-contained
units that
provided
nearly
everything a
family could
need for daily
life.
Many
people,
especially the
womenfolk,
ever ventured
further than
their own or
immediately
neighbouring
villages for
most of their
lives.
Some believe
that it was
only the
advent of the
motor car that
enabled folk
to roam
further afield
in pursuit of
suitable
marriage
partners.
But I believe
a much more
humble
invention
allowed much
more diversity
of choice even
before that,
if only by a
decade or so.
I'll leave you
with this
thought; the
acclaimed
geneticist,
Sir Robert
Winston, has
suggested that
the one great
invention in
history that
did the most
up to that
point to
further the
spread of the
human gene
pool was --
the bicycle!
Please,
do enjoy . . .
.
Sutton
& Wawne
Museum
Webmaster
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The Old School
in Sutton on
Hull
founded in
1859; built on
land donated
by
the
Harrison-Broadley
family of East
Yorkshire;
now a Grade II
Listed
Building
housing the
Sutton &
Wawne Museum,
the producers
of this DVD
and where we
assist people
discover their
heritage
and Family
History every
week on
Fridays
Good Tip:
We would
recommend
copying the
whole of this
DVD, around
1.55Gb in
total, onto
your hard
drive, or to a
memory stick
or camera
card. It will
work much
better,
quicker, that
way, and photo
sets
especially
will load a
lot faster.
Some of the
sections have
dozens of
photos, and
the DVD takes
a long while
to load them
all on many
older
machines.
There are no
restrictions
or copyright
issues in
copying this
DVD to other
storage
formats purely
for your own
use.
If accessing
this DVD
online via our
website, I
would
recommend
downloading it
and keeping a
backup on a
memory stick
or camera
card. A
camera card
holds 4Gb of
memory space;
this DVD is
just over
1.5Gb, so a
card or stick
of that size
would be ample
to save all of
this twice
over!
"Own use" in
this context
includes all
schools and
educational
establishments
- copy and use
as you wish.
Commercial or
Social Media
use is another
matter, and
the requisite
permissions
should be
applied for as
laid down in
English
copyright
laws. We want
you to enjoy
and benefit
from it's
contents in
whichever way
is best for
you.
Please enjoy.
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