Tribute to George Stanley Singleton

This is a page from a Bible, originally belonging to Stan's Mom (Harriet Emily Pithers - shown in Bible or Emma Harriett Pithers as shown on genealogy chart sent to you earlier). If you double click on picture you can see that Stan and his siblings dates of birth are listed - Ida and William. Ida was the mother of Dennis, Audrey (listed in Bible), and John Edwards. The last entry "Janet Margaret Singleton" was the daughter of William - She only lived six years.


This Bible begins with Sophia, 1841, and ends 90 years later with Janet 1931. Sophia Cooke, born 10/7/1841 was Stan's mother's mother.




Another page from the same Bible shows "Marriages" beginning with Sophia's daughter - Harriet to John Henry Singleton. The other three marriages entered are the three Singleton siblings - Ida, William, and George Stanley. Deaths recorded on the next page begin with 1893 and end with young daughter of William, Janet, in 1937.







The next picture is a page inside a Common Prayer Book belonging to John Henry Singleton, given Xmas, 1908 by E. H. S. (possibly Emily Harriet Singleton - more confusion on this name - possibly Emily chose to change the order of her first and second names in later years).










All these pictures are of Stan Singleton (Dad, Grandad, Great Grandad). This first pictures shows 1926, Hunstanton on the back. Most of the pictures have nothing written on them.

This picture is dated 1930. Stan at Skegness (no clue about who he is with). Below are a few more leisure pictures (nothing to indicate when the pictures were taken.

This picture was printed on a postcard (something people used to do in the early 1900's).

This is a picture of Tony, John Henry Singleton (Stan's dad), and Stan (threee generations of Singletons). And a picture of what looks to be an unhappy Tony and his grandad John. Guess how the wheelchair was steered.

Pictures of the musical side of Stan - Stan with his accordian; and Stan with his "Accordeon Bandits" (Stan is the fifth person from the left).

Pictures of the daredevil side of Stan.

This is a picture of Stan and his friends. Stan is the first person on the left.

And...a few pictures in later life - this one taken about 1965 at Dudley Road.

This picture is Albert (on left) & Stan next to him at Butlin's Holiday Camp. No idea who the other people are.

Stan and the new moggy at RAF Cranwell gates...there was a similar picture with Evelyn on another blog.

This picture was taken in February, 1947, Morris 10, TL 6069 written on back. Tony remembers driving this machine painted green and with a new fangled electric windscreen wiper, no heater, push button starter switch on the floor and foot-operated headlamp dip switch; plus the story of his dad driving along similar roads in 1947 only to have to reverse several miles because of nowhere to turn around. This was when Tony had to learn the correct way to hold the starting handle and to change a wheel before being allowed to drive.