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Jennypeg Researcher	Cammie Shaw and Dare Orme replied on: 1/28/2005 3:14:20 PM This was taken from a report in the Ripley and Heanor 19th Feb 1965 by J.W. Pearce Notable characters In those days no town or village was without its notorious characters. Heanor had a few. One for instance was a Fred Housley, the cattle drover. With his weather beaten face and cap on one side, his farmer’s smock and walking stick, it would be interesting to know how much boot leather he wore in his walk from Heanor to Derby and back. He distributed the cattle brought from Derby to the butcher’s slaughterhouses; for in those days butcher’s slaughtered their own cattle with a pick axe a rather cruel method. It has been known many times for a beast to turn wild on the smell of the slaughterhouse and charge and make a mad dash round the town. People would scatter in all directions until the animal was brought under control again. There were also characters who did not like work but more or less lived on their wits. Still they made up the community and caused much amusement. There was Sambo Sutton, “Tag Hill bred strong in the arm but weak in the head. He would roar like a lion and make the town shake, but he got married then went off like a rake” He was always in trouble with the police, and when the 1914 war started he was called up for the forces. I saw him sitting on a grassy bank round Shipley in his khaki uniform. He was smarter dressed than I had ever seen him before. I noticed he had no socks I said “Where’s your socks Sam?” He replied, “They’re in my pocket I can’t wear them I have never worn any in my life and it’s too late now to start”. Tay Barks and John James were in their day very amusing characters. One was always trying to get out with the other. Many stories were told of their witty saying's I remember one. A man met Tay on Derby Road and he said “Am I on the right way to the station Tay?” His reply was “who told you my name was Tay” The man said “I guessed it” Well guess your way to the station,” was Tay’s retort. He had a crafty way of getting treated to a glass of beer in a pub by kneeling and putting his hands together and giving a prayer, blessing everybody who was good to him.
RMMee Moderator	Cammie Shaw and Dare Orme replied on: 1/24/2005 9:50:44 PM 'Jennypeg' has come across this newspaper article, which shows a picure of Cammy Shaw and others outside the Golden Ball at Loscoe, taken in the late 1900's. Cammy is the one in the bowler hat, with his back to the door.
Azzabuv This message was updated on 1/18/2005 11:50:03 PM by Azzabuv	Cammie Shaw and Dare Orme replied on: 1/18/2005 11:48:47 PM Apparently, Tay and a friend of his used to wander the streets of old Heanor, scouring the streets for anything which might come in useful. This was done on a 'share and share alike' basis. One day he came across a sovereign laying in the gutter. He promptly pocketed it, much to the annoyance of his 'share ad share alike' friend. When his friend asked for his share of the sovereign, Tay said - "I'll keep this un an' you can have the next one". His friend should be so lucky? Azzabuv.
Azzabuv This message was updated on 1/18/2005 12:30:55 AM by Azzabuv	Cammie Shaw and Dare Orme replied on: 1/18/2005 12:30:14 AM Surely Tay Barks has to come into this kind of situation somewhere. Will check upon Tay, tomorrow. Azzabuv.
Leesw	Cammie Shaw and Dare Orme replied on: 1/17/2005 5:00:16 PM Can anybody shed any light on who the above two gentlemen were. In my youth I used to be told slightly preposterious stories about one or other of them. Allegedly they were not the sharpest pencils in the box. This was a typical one: Cammie Shaw turned up late for work one day at the pit, so his supervisor gave him a bollocking. Well he said, "I've just got this new pair of boots and the backs were connected by this bit of string so I have had to come here taking just tiny steps" Another day he was late again and he got another bollocking. He said "Comming over the field I couldn't light my pipe because of the wind in me face. I had to turn round to get it going and forgot to turn back and went home. And there are others..... Did Dare Orme really stand for the council calling for overhead sewers? Any

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