Dear Mr Wood

I am looking for information on a JOHN H. YARNOLD in connection with my family tree. I have found his death registered in Ross in 1933 and was wondering if any of your readers could tell me anything about him. The J. H. Yarnold I am looking for disappeared from Evesham around 1909 and his family never heard from him again and I am wondering if this is the same gentleman. Is it possible for you to publish this letter if you have a letters page.

Thank you in advance.

Michael Yarnold

If you are able to help Michael, please email and I will put you in touch.

Madam

I have had an enquiry from Torquay to trace a member of a well-known family in Ross. Can your readers please help?

The Friends of Torquay Churchyard have discovered a gravestone with the inscription " Sacred to the Memory of Mary Bonella Hall, wife of James Wallace Richard Hall of Springfield, Ross, Daughter of the late David Bernard Esq of the Island of Jamaica who died at Torquay August 5th 1838 Aged 36 years"

The grave is unfortunately is a state of disrepair and Margaret Forbes-Hamilton wants to know if there are any relatives of James and Mary who would wish to know or see where the grave is.

If there is anyone who wishes to contact Margaret, they can leave letters with myself and I can forward them. This would be a lovely story to follow up at the Heritage Centre and in the paper and I would be very interested to also add any written information to the files that I hold on local history.

Mary Sinclair Powell
Ross Heritage Centre

Madam

I have been told many times there is no Ross-in-Bloom this year. Readers have obviously misunderstood what is and is not taking place so please may I clarify. There IS Ross-in-Bloom this year - that is to say I am still organising the local competitions - front garden, commercial premises, retired homes, windows, etc. There will be NO Heart of England in Bloom entry this year - this is the one where the town goes into the regional competition as a whole on a set day in July. This is due to the fact I am now unable to give my time fully to the whole experience of Ross-in-Bloom, and decided the regional competition entry needs to be organised by others. As no volunteers came forward to share in the work involved, this means there is no one to run the day and organise the work leading up to it.

The local judging will be taking place as usual during the whole of July. However, the preliminary short-listing for re-visits for the Individual Gold, Silver Gilt, Silver and Bronze certificates will start the last week in June. This means anyone who wishes their garden to be considered for an award will need to have made a start during June. Judging visits will once again be unannounced.

I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who took part in the Ross-in-Bloom market on Easter Monday. We are still running these for this year. However, there will be no Charities Market in July due, again, to the lack of volunteers to organise it. Charities are welcome to join in with the Bank Holiday Markets instead. The local judging costs money (certificates, postage, volunteers petrol, etc) and these markets are designed to raise money towards these costs. As we are not taking part in the Heart of England in Bloom this year we will not be receiving a share of the Herefordshire in Bloom grant money which is given out to help those with their entries into the regional competitions.

Ross-in-Bloom is still up and running but due to limited volunteers we can only do so much this year. Just a reminder the town colours for this year are all the oranges, all the yellows, and all the blues. Good luck with your gardening displays.

Mary Sinclair Powell
Judging Co-ordinator Ross-in-Bloom

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