R.A.O.B. or Buffaloes

[kooky]

Paulma, I appreciate your problem! I was told that my grandfather was in the Buffaloes and I have made various enquiries with a nil result.

Kooky

[kooky]

sorry, did it twice

[Claire64]

As far as I know, the GLE HQ does not hold any 'modern' records for its members.   Wilfred Donkersley was a member c1915 onwards, and when I wrote to them they said that they did not have more recent records.  I will try and find the letter and confirm this. 

By the way, can anyone shed any light on an intriguing entry I found recently in 'The Penistone Almanac' for 1924.  It reports that when Penistone grocer Mr. Fred Marsh died, he was ‘buried in accordance with the rites of the R.A.O.B. of which he was a Primo. Bro.’

How would someone be buried 'in accordance with the rites of the R.A.O.B.'?

[paulma]

Hi Clair
A bit of the subject of the RAOB but What is the Penistone Gazette.I am researching Penistone as back ground material to my grandfather in the very slim hope that he was infamous enough to get a mention in an old newspaper
Thanks
Paul

[Claire64]

Hi
Where do you live?  Stocksbridge Library archives hold copies of The Penistone Almanac - they have an incomplete run from 1900-1958.
They are fascinating - lots of information on Penistone and the surrounding area including Stocksbridge, Deepcar and Bolsterstone. They have all the usual almanac stuff as well as photographs, marriages & burials at local churches, wills, local events, accidents, sudden deaths etc.  There are lots of instances of accidents at the steelworks for example.  Through these I found out that Wilfred Donkersley's brother was involved in a motorbike accident.

There was also a weekly newspaper, the Penistone, Stocksbridge and Hoyland Gazette and a Penistone Express.  One of these was, I think, later called the South Yorkshire Times.  I have seen these on microfilm at Sheffield local studies library.

I imagine that Barnsley archives would also hold copies.

[paulma]

Thanks
I live in Reading Berks so its a bit hard for me but I plan a trip in the new year
Some children in the family didnt get on very well with John Mason ( their own father)
They moved as far away as possible from him when their mother died in 1940 My own father ended up at AWRE Aldermaston in Berkshire which is why I was born here .He had a tough childhood
John Mason was rather infamous (at least in our family) for his exploits as a womaniser heavy drinker and lazy layabout who never had a job  and was always broke.He was also on the run from his wifes family for deserting her and setting up house with my grandmother Agnes Singleton in Penistone after 1919  (the "other "woman whom he never married)
Nice bloke !!!!!!!
Strange how he became a member of the RAOB when his charactor was so bad.I wonder what was his motivation for joining - maybe just prestige, booze...... and a new line of credit  but what else would he get by being a member when he was so poor and didnt pay his dues
He must have lied on the application form if they have such a thing. He did rather talk a good game
Does anybody have an opinion on how and why  Buffs were recruited after WW1 What were they looking for in new recruits Were the applications checked and vetted and what is the process
Can you be expelled from the RAOB and what would it take to do that
Thanks Paul

[Claire64]

Fascinating!
I used to live in Windsor and then Bracknell and used the LDS Family History centre in Reading.  Just a thought- would they be able to get filmed copies of newspapers etc?  I was always amazed at what WAS available.  Might be worth asking.  I still have some Almanacs to look at, so I will look out for your errant ancestor!

[bpamment]

i would appreciate info on my fathers association with the buffs within the london area from 1950s onwards can anyone assist .

[bpamment]

his name was harry pamment from paddington london i understand was either a grand primo or deputy many thanks.