Gregory Family Photos, Derbyshire

Gregory Family Photo

This family portrait shows most of the family around the 1890’s. I have no information about who took the shot or where it was taken, though I’d hazard a guess at the local Church. *due to the blockwork in the background. Charles Herbert is second from the left.

Charles Herbert Gregory – 1872 – 1938

On June 25th, I went up to my Aunt and uncle’s house in Tideswell. They had kindly allowed me to rescan some old family photos. I scanned some years ago but lost the high-quality originals to a computer crash.

I re-scanned the old pics, plus a few I had overlooked before. These days, I’ve done a better job of it, so here are a few of the Gregory pics.

Three of his children, Fred, Mona and Edwin Gregory. Circa 1905?

Edwin Gregory was my Grandfather. He had a keen skill for anything mechanical. This wonderful old photo shows a school class, I guess this would have been taken in the old school in Tideswell churchyard. I cannot be exactly sure of the identities of the first two but we believe that they are Fred and Mona Gregory.

Edwin & Ivy Gregory with their Daughter Shirley (1930s)

Edwin Gregory Married Ivy Tomlinson from Chapel Milton, Chapel-en-le-Frith.

They lived in Tideswell until the 1990s.  Ivy was a keen Accordion player and could also play the piano, she enjoyed amateur dramatics too.

They lived for a time at Town Head, Tideswell, before moving to Pinfold, and then later to Sandford Cottage, Cherry Tree Square. Edwin was a brisk walker right up into his 90s, he continued to make model steam engines out of reclaimed machinery. All the model steam engines worked.

I have this image of Edwin in a Ford Model T Car. Somewhere I have a bigger, better image of it, I must try to find that.