Babbs mill lake

[mickd1961]

I can't begin to imagine how their parents feel this close to Christmas. They have probably bought the presents for them. They will never celebrate Christmas again.

100 years ago two boys were drowned after falling through ice in Shaw Road Dudley. A passing sailor also drowned while attempting to rescue them. The graves of the boys are near the railings of Top Church.
Eerily two more boys drowned in Wolverhampton the same year or thereabouts and a passing sailor also drowned attempting the rescue.
We all tell our kids not to do anything dangerous, but did we ever listen to our elders when young?

My mum’s dad fell into the river that runs through Matlock Bath where he lived as a lad.

He would’ve drowned had it not been for an incredibly brave man who dived in to save him because he couldn’t swim.

What made it more remarkable was that this man only had one leg, he had to discard his peg leg before diving in.

Had it not been for one man’s courage my mum and I and my kids and grandchildren wouldn’t exist.

[soulman101]

What year would that be Mick, my Dads brother told my Dad had saved some one from drowning not long after he come home from the War.
Coming from Sutton in Ashfield we often went to Matlock.
Would be a very long shot, but it would be a big connection.

[mickd1961]

What year would that be Mick, my Dads brother told my Dad had saved some one from drowning not long after he come home from the War.
Coming from Sutton in Ashfield we often went to Matlock.
Would be a very long shot, but it would be a big connection.

My grandad was born Jan 8th 1900 Lloyd and my guess is that the incident happened between 1905 and 1910 so I think it unlikely that it did involve him.

Did he have one leg?

[soulman101]

My grandad was born Jan 8th 1900 Lloyd and my guess is that the incident happened between 1905 and 1910 so I think it unlikely that it did involve him.

Did he have one leg?

Hi Mick, Dad lost his leg at Arnhem the Bridge too far.