Walter Herbert DARLOW [1535] 2574
- Born: Apr 1870, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 1717
- Christened: 10 May 1874, Smallbridge, Lancashire, England
- Marriage (1): Margaret Ellen BAILEY [3229] in Jan 1892 in , Northamptonshire, England
- Died: Jun 1948, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England at age 78
- Buried: 15 Jun 1948, London Road Cemetery, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England 2659
 Other names for Walter were Bill DARLOW, Herbert Walter DARLOW and William DARLOW.
General Notes:
buried in Grave UC/3927 with his wife Margaret Ellen and daughter Agnes Violet Holmes.
FROM THE RECOLLECTIONS OF ROBERT BERNARD BLACKWELL IN 1987 (NEPHEW)
.......... Uncle Walt, I think he had two children, a boy and a girl. We used to go and visit them, but I don't know what happened to them. See none of us ever wrote to them. Dad never wrote, we never wrote and they never wrote to us, so that we lost complete track of them. But I do know that Uncle Walt's eldest son, he worked in the local post office there for years, he became assistant postmaster or something, at the Kettering Post Office.........
From the Recollections of Eric Charles Darlow in 2019
"I can recall my Darlow grandparents from when I was about 6 years old. They lived in a terraced house in Kettering - 74 Havelock Street. I recall the house had a lavatory out in the yard and their water came from a well in the back garden. There was no front garden-the front door opened directly on to the street.
I do know that Walter was a part time Orator He apparently used to work in Fairgrounds (Hollands) where he would be in a big tent and tell stories or recite poetry to the public. He spoke in village halls and the like Those days there were neither radio or television so good story tellers were apparently much sought after.
Granny (Maggie) Darlow was a Bailey. There is quite a large family of Baileys in Kettering. They are, as I understand it, of Romany extraction. There must have been money in the family at one point because Grandfather and Granny had various businesses - one of which was a fish and chip shop."
Noted events in his life were:
1. Residence: 4 Uppingham Terrace, 1901, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. 2660 Occupation shoe clicker.
2. Residence: 22 Cobden Street, 1911, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. 2243
3. Burial, 26 May 1960, London Road Cemetery, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. 2661
Walter married Margaret Ellen BAILEY [3229] [MRIN: 959], daughter of William BAILEY [5905] and Sarah SMITH [5906], in Jan 1892 in , Northamptonshire, England. (Margaret Ellen BAILEY [3229] was born on 1 Dec 1869 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England,1717 died in May 1960 in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England and was buried on 26 May 1960 in London Road Cemetery, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England 2661.)
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