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Twisleton family lunch greeting Royal Oak 25 November 2017
This room has a familiar feel though I’m more used to drinking round the corner than in this so-called function room. It’s not got such great memories - my father’s and brother’s wakes were here - but today’s events are laying down some good memories with the connecting up of the Twisleton family under the auspices of Lang Tom from Winskill. Here’s the famous picture of his dad Frank so-called Craven Giant my father gave me which first got me going on Twisleton genealogy helped by local priests giving me access to their registers. Where’s my godson - Tom Twisleton - you’re a real reminder of Lang Tom and his dad the Craven Giant! Just for information, my mother, whom you’re going to hear from shortly, lived last in Settle behind this pub, or more precisely the Naked Man, at 5 Whitefriars. My father Greg was born above his parents’ shop near what’s now Car and Kitchen. Tom would visit there as he no doubt visited here to share about Temperance. Tom would also visit his cou...
My mother Elsie Twisleton (95)’s 1min greeting for Tom Twisleton Centenary played in the Royal Oak Settle and at Parish Eucharist in Holy Ascension, Settle respectively on 24 and 25 November 2017. It was recorded in November 2017 at St Anne’s Convent Residential Home, Burgess Hill, West Sussex.
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