tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495828133377393118.post2551625047616362307..comments2024-03-14T00:15:36.563-07:00Comments on Tales from Tug Harry: Perfect daysHarrymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02580202787264739617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495828133377393118.post-793751771428067172015-05-02T05:00:13.771-07:002015-05-02T05:00:13.771-07:00Ah, Kinver, the birthplace of my paternal grandfat...Ah, Kinver, the birthplace of my paternal grandfather - or so my dad thought until he saw his dad's birth certificate after my grandmother died. Thomas Genner was born in Warrington, although brought up for most of his childhood in Kinver. Being a family historian I now know the story. John Samuel Genner, my Great Grandfather was a puddler at Kinver ironworks until they closed about 1880. He and his brother (Thomas also) moved to Warrington where there was work in the new steelworks, and the lovely (I presume) Jane Banner, daughter of his landlord. John Samuel and Jane were married, and then followed Alice and my Grandfather, and then we believe Jane died in pregnancy/childbirth, just 23 years old, with a third child. Thomas and Alice were sent back to Kinver to be brought up by their grandparents. The ironworks at Kinver last barely more than a generation. My great grandfather and his brother both died in Warrington Workhouse, both alcoholics, an occupational hazard for iron & steelworkers of the time, it was physical, hot and thirsty work and lightly brewed beer was drunk all day long, the brewing process helping to purify the water. My grandfather (my father told me) remembered his grandmother talking of taking jugs of beer to the ironworkers. Me, I just remember going over the canal whenever we went to see my Grandparents in Kinver, and more recently seeing the Stourton locks when I visited my mother when she had a spell in a Old people's home near there.<br />Richard GennerTBGSec/Treashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518085381135522334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495828133377393118.post-73341381546628690212015-04-11T06:47:30.728-07:002015-04-11T06:47:30.728-07:00and all helped by perfect spring weather....enjoy ...and all helped by perfect spring weather....enjoy the slow pace before the BIG LIFT. Hope it is only a short spell out of the water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com