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George Manley?

George Manley?

Gordon Bennett

Gordon Bennett

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This is a long shot, but I’ve just been watching an old video of my late aunt talking through some old family photos - naming the people in the photos and filling in lots of blanks about my family which I never knew. My aunt made the video back in 2000 shortly before she passed away and I’ve only just seen it for the first time.

At one point she picks out a gentleman called George Manley and said he was the man who was responsible for making my dad a PNE fanatic. I know George was from Preston, he had a daughter called Joan and I think a son who was also called George, but I don’t know much else about him.

My dad passed away a nearly ten years ago and stupidly I never thought to ask him why he supported North End, so it was a thrill to find out who was actually responsible for him and subsequently myself being subjected to a lifetime of torture following PNE.

I’d love to know if anybody on here knows of George, or the Manley family. George is the older chap on the right of the photos below… taken at his daughter’s wedding I believe.

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55 years of PNE said:
Hi, it's a small world,
George was my grandad and all your facts are correct. He was also responsible for my 66 years as a PNE fan, he took me on when I was 5 years old.
What was your aunties name?
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Wow, that’s absolutely amazing! I knew it was a long shot and didn’t expect any response so it’s fantastic to make the connection. Your grandad has a lot to answer for! 😂

I’ll drop you a private message with some more info…
 
Henrys Cat said:
You've opened Pandora's Box now. You can't go all private on us. 😀
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Amazing eh? Feels like one of those DNA long lost family programmes 😂

I’m actually London born and bred but very proud of my Lancashire ancestry, it’s really nice to be able to join the dots up especially as my dad is no longer around.

Funny to think there’d be no terrible Gordon Bennett puns on PNE online if it wasn’t for George Manley influencing my dad all those years ago. It’s all his fault! 😂
 
Gordon Bennett said:
This is a long shot, but I’ve just been watching an old video of my late aunt talking through some old family photos - naming the people in the photos and filling in lots of blanks about my family which I never knew. My aunt made the video back in 2000 shortly before she passed away and I’ve only just seen it for the first time.

At one point she picks out a gentleman called George Manley and said he was the man who was responsible for making my dad a PNE fanatic. I know George was from Preston, he had a daughter called Joan and I think a son who was also called George, but I don’t know much else about him.

My dad passed away a nearly ten years ago and stupidly I never thought to ask him why he supported North End, so it was a thrill to find out who was actually responsible for him and subsequently myself being subjected to a lifetime of torture following PNE.

I’d love to know if anybody on here knows of George, or the Manley family. George is the older chap on the right of the photos below… taken at his daughter’s wedding I believe.

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My daughter is named after Joan, her great-grandmother. Sadly they missed each other in 2022 by about six weeks.

Unfortunately for 55 Years... that makes me his son-in-law.
 
AndySaville said:
My daughter is named after Joan, her great-grandmother. Sadly they missed each other in 2022 by about six weeks.

Unfortunately for 55 Years... that makes me his son-in-law.
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Ah, that’s a shame they never got to meet. Lovely she’s called Joan though.

So would that mean it was your great grandfather-in-law (George Manley) who made my dad support PNE then?

Might need a genealogist to understand this!
 
Gordon Bennett said:
Ah, that’s a shame they never got to meet. Lovely she’s called Joan though.

So would that mean it was your great grandfather-in-law (George Manley) who made my dad support PNE then?

Might need a genealogist to understand this!
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It would indeed. I'm married to 55 Years' daughter who is also cursed, sorry blessed, with North End being bestowed upon her.

Incredible coincidence. 😁
 
AndySaville said:
It would indeed. I'm married to 55 Years' daughter who is also cursed, sorry blessed, with North End being bestowed upon her.

Incredible coincidence. 😁
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Just amazing, I’m really chuffed to find all this out. Hopefully we can figure out how our families came to know each other so well - my dad was obviously close to George and my aunt knew all the names of the people in the wedding photo.
 
AndySaville said:
It would indeed. I'm married to 55 Years' daughter who is also cursed, sorry blessed, with North End being bestowed upon her.

Incredible coincidence. 😁
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So it turns out the video also has more photos of the Manley family…

There’s a lovely one of George and his wife (Bertha?) in their back garden and photos of their 50th wedding anniversary party. My aunt mentioned they had a lovely house and that they lost part of their back garden when the motorway was built - presume that’s late 1950s?

Also a really nice pic of Joan and her husband (Bob?) with their two boys, who I presume must be @55 years of PNE and his brother?
 
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