THE MILDON BLOG

Fred & Ethel (nee Elston) Mildon

Membership is open to anyone with a blood connection to Fred and Ethel Mildon. This includes spouses or partners of same. Apply to me by email to become a full member.

Feel free to post or comment on anything to do with the Mildons.
Names to conjour with :

Benjamin Searle Elston
Loveday Bowden
John Mildon
Joyce Mildon
Doreen Discombe
Zacharie Mildon
Mary Stucley

East Ridge Farm

Crediton
Cheriton Fitzpaine

is located within Mid Devon local authority area. Historically it formed part of West Budleigh Hundred. It falls within Cadbury Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes. The Deaneries are used to arrange the typescript Church Notes of B.F.Cresswell which are held in the Westcountry Studies Library. The population was 884 in 1801 678 in 1901 . Figures for other years are available on the local studies website. In 1641/2 200 adult males signed the Protestation returns.

Upcott Barton

The barton was the scene of a murder: judge Nicholas Radford, its owner, was killed by Thomas, Earl of Devon, on 23 October 1455. This event was one of the harbingers of the Wars of the Roses. Earlier, during Viking raids, the Exeter mint was removed to a castle hereabouts: its site lies in nearby fields

Stockleigh Mill

If you have come to this Blog as a result of your family research enquiries and you believe you may have a connection (or are just interested), please get in touch.

Nic Stucley-Houghton
nicknight2000 at yahoo dot co dot uk

13 APRIL 2010

CONGRATULATIONS

ON THE WEDDING

OF

KARLA & ALEX

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to

JOHN MILDON

who was

83

on Saturday 11 April

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MINISTERING TO THE MENTALLY CHALLENGED

Many of us will have to deal with the scourge of dementia. I recently read an article written on ministering to dementia patients. A passage that stood out for me was this:

"...I may not be able to affirm you, to remember who you are or whether you visited me. But you have brought Christ to me. If I enjoy your visit, why must I remember it? Why must I remember who you are? Is this just to satisfy your own need for identity? So please allow Christ to work through you. Let me live in the present. If I forget a pleasant memory, it does not mean it was not important for me. .’

No matter the outward appearance of a persons mental state, we should always assume that although 'the lights are out, there may still be someone at home'.

If you want to read the whole article, see it on my friend's blog by clicking the following link: Communion & Dementia.

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TRACEY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

4 March 2010

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WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS

13 April 2010 Karla Janette Tandy to Alex Willows
21 August 2010 Dorian Carlos Knight to Allyson Oates

2010 !!

Can you believe it?
2010 !!

A
VERY
HAPPY, HEALTHY
PROSPEROUS
MILDON
NEW YEAR !

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

A very merry Christmas to all the Mildons out there - wherever you are.

Lets make a resolution to expand the Blog membership in 2010.

SKYPE CONFERENCE CALL

I would like to try a family Skype conference call over the Christmas holiday.
Let me know if you are interested.

www.skype.com

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GRAHAM RAWLINGS'

BIRTHDAY
TODAY!

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Graham officially became a member of the Mildon blog' when he married Sally on 26 September this year

SALLY JEANNE GETS HER MAN

The Mildonfamilyofdevon welcomes Graham Rawlings and his family.
Sally and Graham were married in Woodbury Salterton on Sally's birthday, Saturday 26 September 2009. They held a reception at The Digger's Rest pub.


The photos may be seen at:
http://gallery.me.com/COOKSFARMER#100030&bgcolor=black&view=grid

SUNDAY WITH MUM

Mum took a shine to my hat. I thought I would never get it back.

Mother & Daughter

Mother & Son

Going home

21 AUGUST 21 AUGUST 21 AUGUST 21 AUGUST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TO

JOYCE HOUGHTON

(nee Mildon)

Who is 88 today

21 AUGUST 21 AUGUST 21 AUGUST 21 AUGUST

FRIDAY 24 JULY FRIDAY 24 JULY FRIDAY 24 JULY FRIDAY 24 JULY

JEANETTE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

FRIDAY 24 JULY FRIDAY 24 JULY FRIDAY 24 JULY FRIDAY 24 JULY

Jeanette is daughter to John Mildon, son of Fred & Ethel

KEEPING COOL

For all you poor people in UK who are suffering from this temporary heat wave I have a message from my former GP in London.

Dr Rosemary Leonard gives advice on how to stay cool.

WELCOME

Please welcome Jeanette who joined the Blog in June. Jeanette is the daughter of John & Marina Mildon. John is the son of Fred & Ethel pictured at the head of the Blog and brother to Joyce (Houghton) and Doreen (Discombe)

To all Blog authors:

Please encourage other family members to view the blog and join up and contribute.

They can do so by sending me an email from the email account they want to use for signing in, (or naming that account in the text) and I shall do the rest.

RIDGE

Ridge will always be the home I associate with my grandparents, Fred & Ethel Mildon. I thought there would be interest in showing an aerial photograph of the property (courtesy of Google Earth)

"Ridge", Cheriton Fitzpaine, Crediton, Devon

[click to enlarge]

The east wing appears to have had one or even two extensions judging by the colour of the roof tiles. The fruit and vegetable plots and the orchard have all gone.

There was a cement path all around the house and the section outside the coal shed made a funny noise as you ran over it. I left my sister hanging upside down in an apple tree in the orchard whilst I went for help to get her down. It was lovely picking and shelling peas from the garden and eating rasberries from the cane. I think grandpy found a gold coin in that large field to the west.

Uncle Ron's (husband to my late aunt Doreen) brother (Frank Discombe) had a workshop to the north of the property. There appears to be similar activity still going on there today.

I remember playing whist, Newmarket and dominoes with my grandparents.

Who remembers the round tin of buttons? Then there was the wooden stool next to the cream coloured Aga in the kitchen where the radio would play "Mrs Dale's Diary" and "The Archers" (Jack Woolley had all his marbles then and Walter Gabriel was still walking the fields).

RIGHT UP SALLY'S ABBEY

Better late than never - back in May 2009 Sally had the priviledge of participating in a flower festival in Westminster Abbey - she finished creating this design at 2.30am - very spooky in the Abbey at night!

The arrangement was destined for the commemorative window for Stephenson. Hence the display is influenced by the engineer's Menai bridge.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF NATHAN'S DEDICATION. JUNE 2009

Here are some photographs of the event courtesy of Great Aunt Sally:

NATHAN

Nathan with his mother, Uncles Dorian and Jonathan and Great Aunt Sally

Nathan & Great Aunt Sally

Nathan with Mummy & Daddy

Its mid-summer's day (in the north)

which means its

Karla's birthday

She was born in

Swaziland

29 years ago today

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARLA !