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Barry ARDRON (1943 -)

Father: Walter Ardron (1918 - 1978)
Mother: Doris Reynolds (1921 -)


Tree extract starting with common ancestor to me:

 

 

1939-45 World War II

 

My 3rd cousin twice removed was born in 1943 in the registration district of Rother Valley. (GRO ref Rother V. 9c 1110 Sep 1943 - Reynolds)

 

1944 Butler Education Act - framework for new free comprehensive secondary education for all
1947 on 1 January Britain's coal industry is nationalised

1948 National Health Service established

1948 on 29 July the Olympic Games open at Wembley Stadium in London

1951 Population of England reaches 41,228,000

1952 Death of King George VI, succeeded by Queen Elizabeth II
1954 Rationing resulting from ends

 

In September 1954 Barry’s own football skills eclipsed those of his father having scored 11 goals in a single school match, as reported by the New Chronicle:

 

Scored eleven in one match

Heading for football fame is 11-year-old Barry Ardron. He sent Jesse Gray School to an 11 – 0 victory in a match at Bingham (Notts) on Saturday by scoring all the goals – one with his left foot, and the rest with his right. He is the son of Nottingham Forest centre-forward Walter Ardron.

(New Chronicle, Monday, September 27, 1954)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1955 on 22 September commercial television starts with the first ITV broadcast

1956 on 17 October Britain switches on its first nuclear power station at Calder Hall

1959 M1 Motorway punched through the Midlands from Watford to Birmingham

1961 Population of England reaches 43,566,000

1963 The Profumo Affair
1965 on 8 November the death penalty is abolished

He married Ann Elvidge in 1966. (GRO ref Rotherham 2c 1434 Mar 1966 - Elvidge)

1966 on 30 July England win the football World Cup

1967 Abortion and homosexuality are legalised

1969 on 2 March Concorde, the world's first supersonic airliner, makes its maiden flight

1971 on 15 February decimalised currency replaces 'pounds, shillings and pence'

1971 Population of England reaches 46,412,000

1973 on 1 January Britain joins the European Economic Community

1978 Wide spread strikes result in the so called “Winter of Discontent”
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female Prime Minister

1981 Population of England reaches 46,821,000

1984 on 12 March the 12-month 'Miners' Strike' over pit closures begins

1989 Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web

1991 Population of England reaches 47,875,000

1992 on 6 May the Channel Tunnel opens, linking London and Paris by rail

2001 Population of England reaches 49,450,000

2001 on 11 September Islamic terrorists crash aircraft on targets in New York and Washington

2005 on 7 July suicide bombers kill 52 people on London's transport system

2005 in December Civil partnerships give same-sex couples legal rights

Ann ELVIDGE (-)
            BORN??

BARRY AND ANN HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:

1) Darren Ardron I (1967 -)
My 4th cousin once removed was born on xx xxx 1967. (Nicola Ardron + GRO ref Rother V. 2c 960 Dec 1967 - Elvidge)

Darren married Ann Cooper on xx xxx 2002. (Nicola Ardron + GRO ref Rotherham 2002 September district no 045 page no 0772 ent no 127 source code C47 - Cooper)

Did Darren and Ann have a son Joshua Lucas Ardron in 2004 and / or Callum Alexander Ardron in 2005?

2) Nicola Ardron (1970 -)
My 4th cousin once removed was born on xx xxx 1970. (Nicola Ardron + GRO ref Rotherham 2c 2239 Jun 1970 - Elvidge)

Nicola married Carl Blank on xx xxx 1990 at St Albans Church, Wickersley, Rotherham. (Nicola Ardron + GRO ref Rotherham 1990 April volume no 3 page no 817 reg no 490 - Blank)