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Spot The Miscreant – December 2011
Buried within the 1968 Ermysted’s Grammar School class photograph below we have one John Andrew Close (1956). All you have to do is identify which one of the misfits is him. Simply pick the number pointing to the person on the photograph, and “order” that [Read More]
Dennis Brian Close (1931)
Brian Close was unflinchingly courageous, whether standing (never crouching) at square leg or taking the fastest deliveries of the world’s quickest bowlers on the body. He was unapologetically obstinate and a daring gambler, both as player and captain, who was [Read More]
People Update – 05 December 2011
A smallish tree (depending on how you look at it) originating in Bradford, Yorkshire with 149 new people and 250 new images. These all stem from a certain John Close (sigh) (1791) who seems to have been responsible for the Bradford Closes. Not sure where [Read More]
Site Rebuild – 17 September 2011
It’s quite a while since we gave the site a make-over, so here it is! Gone is all the dust, spiders, and miscellaneous junk that accumulates in the dark corners … the equivalent of the attic. You know the type of thing – what seemed like a good idea at the [Read More]
Where It All Began
All the family we’ve traced so far seem to have originated in Grinton, Swaledale, Yorkshire. The earliest consistent records are from the registers of the Church of St Andrew. However, these only start in 1640 and are patchy at best at that time. We also have some [Read More]
People Update – 04 September 2011
Photographs of Ribba Hall in January 2011. A series of photographs of carvings on barn doors done by the children of John Close, plus others which appear to be other occupants of Ribba over the years. Many thanks to Emma Guy for all these. [Read More]
