My Memories
1905 - 1967 by John Weston
Preface
I was born at 56 Meredith Street, Crewe on the 18th of
November 1905, at 5 o'clock in the morning. I was told later that there was a
severe Frost the previous night, and my dad dashing up the street to fetch the
midwife slipped on a sheet of ice and sat down heavily on the Pavement. a good start.
My parents were both of Anglo Saxon stock, my ancestors having
lived on the north Shropshire plain for generations. In fact the family can be
traced back to Saxon times. I consider that I have lived through a period of
one of the greatest industrial and social revolutions plus two wars, in the
history of our great country. I will now describe incidents that have happened
in my life during this period. Some will be amusing, some sober, some tragic
but all will be interesting to the reader.
My father left Crewe in 1907 where he had been employed for
several years in the railway work shops, and just took a job at Norton, Shifnal
On the estate of mister W H Foster. My father remained in the employ of the Foster
family until his death in 1949. He was buried at Stockton in the new cemetery
on the north side, a curb in polished granite marking his last resting place.
My first memory
It was spring 1908. I was in the garden with my dad who was
preparing the ground to plant potatoes when he cut of stick to act as a marker for
setting potatoes. Dad made the trenches and I set the potatoes measuring the
distance between them with the stick. I was 3 years old then, in successive
years I took a bigger part in the gardening programme
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