Remembers her and her sister going to see the Soldiers in the 2nd World War where the searchlight was near where the Allotments are now.
Was born in the village 85 years ago (Flo Bish), lived as a child in Bridge Street (near where old shop was) in a cottage (now demolished)
Belonged to the Girl Guides in Wistow
Went to the village School till she was 12, then had to walk to Warboys School till she left at 14 years old.
Remembers teachers of Olive Howes (Polly) and Alice Harding
Her dad worked for the Council, and was a road sweeper/ maintenance man. He was also a Sergeant Major in the 1st World War, and did the drill every year for Remembrance Day outside the Wistow Church.
Her husband Arthur Moulds also lived in Bridge Street, in a cottage opposite her family.
He worked for Johnny Bance as a farm labourer
She remembers the Village Dances on the Promenade Field (Miss De La Pryme’s land) at the end of Oaklands Close, and the dances in the Dance Hall behind Porch House
Nip Peacocks dad was the village special constable
Shenny Garton was Arthur Moulds Auntie
The Bridgeford family lived at the end of Oaklands Close
The Buddles Family kept the Plough Pub
Before her time, was a pub by the Wistow Toll, where the Gartons lived
Ted Clark did the Undertakers business and the Blacksmiths was next to the Fleur De Lys pub
The Foster family ran a farm down Church Street, Ralph Greenwood was another farmer locally
She remembers the Harding family running the 3 Horseshoes Pub
Mrs Saunders in the photo got from Mr Howes lived in Bridge Street
She also remembers the Mill House bakehouse
Fluffy Burton lived with his mother in a cottage in Bridge Street, and Flo and her sisters used to play with him sometimes
by David Titmarsh
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what a great site and interview. Last year I was in the Wistow area and called at the cemetery out of respect to some distant relatives( I am distant on my mothers side to Cornelius Burton etc so probadly related in some way to most of the village) I was looking at the graves when I noticed a couple of Ladies heading towards a newish grave so approached and asked if they had any objections to me taking a few photos of the graveyard as im preparing a family tree, most gracious and chatty and it emerged that they were visiting the grave of their husband and father who had recently died, this elder lady im certain was Flo Moulds. Imn the inter view she refers to Fluffy Burton who most of the family regarded as Bunny, does anyone out there know were the nickname came from as its lost to our family and does anyone have any photos of the early Burton,Mould, Bish family they would be willing to copy or let me have to add to my growing ancesters photos.I have a few I would be willing to share, keep this excellent site going
Hello Stuart,
I was interested to read that you are related to Cornelius Burton. My GT GT GT GT grandad is the Cornelius born 1771.
My direct line of descent is through his son James, born 1806.
I know that James had a brother Cornelius Jnr born 1809.
I am also curious to know about Fluffy Burton, as my grandad Ernest Burton, born 1888 would have been a relative of his. The only nickname in our family was Skinny.
Hope to hear from you.
Hello Derek
thanks for the reply and sorry only just noticed it.my line stems via Cornelius and Lydia Burton who i believe were 1st cousins. its been a real trial to putthe tree together as I live in West Yorkshire and the other side of my mothers line was Holmes , also from the same area so its usually a visit a couple of times a year to the archives to confirm what I have managed to gleen from records. I have tried to post the family tree on Ancestry under Scholes,Holmes,Burton2012 if you have access and wish to look please do so as im always open to correction and additional information.Would be interested in your line from James, was he married to Sarah Rossin, as the family seemed to call children after uncles and cousind causing no end of problems when there were slight generation overlaps.I can be contacted on e mail at stuartscholes2004@yahoo.co.uk should you wish.Best wishes
Stuart
What a wonderful website of my ancestral village!
Lovely to read about my great aunt Florrie (Flo Moulds) and my uncle Ron’s bungalow the old school house.
Also did not realise there were Sansum’s in the village as early as the 1870’s.
I have a set of cuff links belonging to james Sansum but may have been a James from a later generation.
Grandad Bill sansum i think was born in Fenstanton.
My dad Lionel will be amazed to see this website!