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Hi Peter,
I have at last got arround to getting William Leah and Hannah Whittles marriage certifcate,
and yes you was  correct.  On the certifcate it says William and Hannah was marrried Jan 31st 1870 St Marks church Parish of Bredbury  William is 20 and Hannnah 19, father of William was the Joseph like you said, and John was Hannnahs father , and I believe that to be correct as my third cousin is related to whittles and said  Hannnahs father was a John whittle, so I am very pleased with this result now I can get further back probably , but I  will have to get Joseph and his wife Rebeccas marriage certificate,
I should also get the correct  William Leah's birth certifcate, has I have the wrong one, the one I got was of a William Leah born 1847 Bramhall. I take it the correct William Leah birth certifcate would be born wimslow, 1848 or 1850 going off the census dates.

So thanks again for all your help.

Regards
Barbara Mcvey(Leah)

Hi Mumsie 213,

Thanks for your email response regarding trying to find any photos of steam Trains , I emailed Tameside but they had no photos,  If you could try and email the photo of steam Train , you said you had to me,
I would appreciate that very  much,

Yes your name sounds familiar, I think I could have emailed you  sometime ago.

Regards
Barbara Mcvey(Leah) from Australia.

HI Peter,
Thanks for your email back regarding my Gt Grandad William Leah,
and thanks for your information back, yes Harriet must have been a misspelt, as I thought that was the dates I needed, so I have just sent off for the marriage certifcate of  William Leah and Hannah Whittle.  so will no eventually who the father was, will get back to you then.
I still have your earlier emails with info about Joseph and Rebecca.

Regards
Barbara McVey

HI Kathryn, July,

Thanks for your email.  Yes I have been back to Hyde, with my husband Richard who is Australian born. We went back in 2003, We stayed for a week with Barbara Lees/ne Oldham in Denton where she lived, unfortunately her partner had only died a few months before we got there, Barbara was very lonely without her partner Jack so she was very glad of our company, she took us arround to places, her Mother too had died, one day we walked arround with her to Newton Hall Road,where she lived , I got it wrong before I said  Hallbottom Road, it just came to me,  I wanted to go  in my old school flowery field secondary school, but it was a Sunday and of course everything closed up. and couldnt take a  photo as there were cars there,  we had a busy schedule, so didnt get back there  unfortunately. I had to see lots of old freinds and second and third cousins, we had a reunion of a few at my school at  "The Village Pub" in Dukinfield that was great, about twelve altogeather turned up, we went over to Northern Ireland for a week , as Richard has Irish  on his fathers side. we took a Trafalgar tour  and visited Paris, Amsterdam, Switzerland and Germany, and three days we stopped over in London as we were coming over to England. We were  there  only for four weeks, then had to visit my  Mum and  Dad  and brother and his wife in Gosford, N.S.W. an hour from Sydney. It was a great holiday but not long enough,

I dont know if Eileen Needhams father was Mayor or not, my Grandad James Fitton on my Mothers side was a councillor for Newton Ward as Labour, tried to go for Mayor, he had to resign  as councillor as he became ill and died in 1955.

I am in contact with a Annie Leah she is 81 lives in Rosemount Crescent Newton Hyde, she is wife to a Jack Leah but he died, Jack had a son Jonathon who was a brother to my Grandad John Leah. I have had a few letters from a Ronald Leah who lives on Ashton Road Hyde, he has a cousin Kenneth Leah, and Christine  Graham/ne Leah Christine lives in Blackpool . I found out that Christine Graham is my second cousin, as her Grandad Joseph Leah was a brother to my Grandad John Leah.

Well better get some lunch I am getting rather hungry.

Regards
Barbara 

Hi July,

Its me Barbara again, I just remembered  not sure about a Mary, but I have  on file somewhere a Kenneth, and a Geoffrey, I will see if I can find paper work on them tommorrow.

Must get tea ready,  a bit late tonight, its been a lovely day here in Adelaide 24 degrees, I think our spring is coming. 

Bye for now.
Barbara