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Barry William Kirk

Parents

Father:  Mr William Job Kirk
Mother:  Lily Crich

Partners & Children

Margaret Parry

Children

Events

Event Type Date Place Country Description
Occupation Inspector, at Rolls Royce, Hucknall, Notts.
Faith English / Church of England
Birth 11 OCT 1937 Radford, Nottm.
Birth 11 OCT 1937 Radford, Nottm.

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Born : William Barrie Kirk. preferred name : Barry William Kirk.
at : 14, Middleton Street, Radford, Nottingham.

Event DateAgeReference
Born :11.10.1937Certificate No.295
Registered : 4.Q.1937G.R.O. Nottm. 7b.311

Married :26.09.1964 26to Margaret Parry Certificate No.38
Registered : 3.Q.1964G.R.O. Nottm. 3c.1212

Schools :Radford Boulevard Infants School.
Douglas Road, Junior School, Radford.
1946 - 1948South Petherton Junior School, Somerset.
1948 - 1952Stoke sub Hamdon, Secondary Modern School, Somerset.

1946 moved to Rock House, * Compton Road, South Petherton, Somerset. (* later numbered 5.)

Jan. 1953 Started work at R. Martin & Son, Fruit & Vegetable Merchants.

Nov.1953 Started my apprenticeship at Westland Aircraft Ltd. Yeovil, as a fitter.

Jul.1957 moved to 35, Brixton Road, Radford, Nottingham, and started work at Rolls Royce Ltd. (Aero Engine Division) Ilkeston, as an apprentice toolroom fitter.

Feb.1959 - Feb.1961 National Service in the Royal Air Force, No. 5067312.
Stationed at : Cardington, Bedfordshire (2 days), Wilmslow, Cheshire (8 weeks), Compton Bassett, Wiltshire (3 - 4 months), but mainly in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa (16 months).

September 1960 climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanganyika with 3 others : Steve Price, Keith Reagan & Les Searle. Oct / Nov.1960 hitch-hiked solo from Nairobi, Kenya, to Murchison Falls, Uganda. About 600 plus miles each way.

Feb.1961 returned to work at Rolls Royce Ltd. Ilkeston.

Sep.1964 married at Bridgeway Hall Methodist Mission, Meadows, Nottingham, and moved to 8, Buxton Street, Meadows, Nottingham.

Mar.1965 moved to 106, Charlbury Road, Wollaton, Nottingham.

Jun.1970 moved to 61, Harrow Road, Wollaton Park, Nottingham.

Sep.1974 returned to work at Westland Helicopters Ltd. Yeovil, Somerset.

Jan.1975 worked at Parsell Machine Tools, and then at Hattersley Newman & Hender.

Feb.1976 returned to work at Rolls Royce Ltd. Hucknall. Retired 31.12.1994. Age 57.

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