Nigel Hartwell Transcript of Interview
Nigel Hartwell was born in 1943 at Bedford Hospital. The family lived at Picts Hill, Turvey in a tied cottage, as Nigel’s father worked there as a gardener. Nigel recalls his childhood whilst living at Picts Hill and his enjoyment of countryside pursuits. After leaving school, when he was 15, Nigel worked as part of a team on a threshing machine for the season, before starting work at a local leather dressing and importing company. Nigel worked within the Leather Industry until 1997/8 leaving due to the after effects of an industrial accident. In 1962 the family moved from Picts Hill to live in Mill Green, Turvey. Nigel remembers attending the Congregational Chapel with his mother, the Garden Field in Newton Lane, going fishing, the local shops, two of the local floods.
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Nigel is my 4th Cousin :
Nigel George Thomas Hartwell 1943- 4th cousin
Cyril John H Hartwell 1907-1981 Father of Nigel George Thomas Hartwell
Eli George Turner Hartwell 1872-1943 Father of Cyril John H Hartwell
John Hartwell 1850-1886 Father of Eli George Turner Hartwell
William Hartwell 1824-1893 Father of John Hartwell
William Hartwell 1796-1870 Father of William Hartwell
Thomas Hartwell 1834-1887 Son of William Hartwell
Thomas Charles Hartwell 1868-1934 Son of Thomas Hartwell
Harold William Hartwell 1896-1953 Son of Thomas Charles Hartwell
Maurice John Hartwell 1925-1984 Son of Harold William Hartwell
Neil Malcolm Hartwell – the son of Maurice John Hartwell
My branch moved from Turvey after the Whitworth Mill fire to Irthlingborough and worked at the Wellingborough Mill there.
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