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Leftwich ice house found under London Street

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Edward Leftwich recently commented on our Facebook page, “The William Leftwich who initiated the ice business was the great grandfather of my grandfather, Charles Leftwich CBE, who was born in London, as was my father, who was born at Clarence Gate, very close to where the ice house was near Regents Canal.” 

 

Pictures courtesy of https://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/ice/iceimport.htm

 

 

New Website Challenges

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25 March 2020

Hi to all of you members who are peeling themselves away from the CoronaVirus news to see the new site, which is like a home, always in the process of renovating and/or decorating!  

I was excited to take on this project was to sort and feature all of the wonderful work that has been done over the last 28 years of Leftwich Heritage issues.  We have an index, but I hoped to make these articles easier to find and read.  

What I didn’t count on was the really really big job to create the new site!  It isn’t perfect, but I’m doing what I can.  At the end of the day, WordPress is limiting; picture and file sizes have to be much smaller than what we have available, for example, but we’ll keep trying to try to find a way to get this up for the members.  

Mike Starr and I, on opposite sides of the North American continent (British Columba and Maryland), are going to be “besties,” even if it kills us (not even funny now)??  Thanks to Nancy Jay and Sherrie Boone who are helping with information.   Stay well, Cousins.

Dave Howard, Past LHA President

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Morgan David Howard
Past President, LHA
We received sad news this week regarding David Howard’s passing. We had such a wonderful time with him at the recent Leftwich Historical Association Reunion in Yorktown, Virginia. We were so thankful he was able to come to Yorktown and participate in welcoming everyone to the events. He always made sure everyone introduced themselves, told us where they came from, and a little about themselves.
David was active in a number of Heritage groups. Our group was very fortunate to benefit from his guidance, hard work, and dedication for so many years.  As Howard Thurmon said, he was “a loyal servant of the LHA for many years.”  He was a good friend to so many of us.
David passed away on October 23, 2018 in Lynchburg, Virginia after an extended illness.  He served in the Air Force as a medic, and was an educator at Central Virginia Training Center, Lynchburg City Schools and Nelson County Schools as a teacher of special needs students.
David’s wife, Becky was an invaluable asset to him and to the LHA, working beside him for long hours to make everything a success at many LHA Reunions and other events.
Several LHA members have expressed a desire to make a contribution to The Leftwich Historical Association in his honor.  LHA will keep all donations in a separate memorial account until we make a decision about an appropriate form of memorial. If you wish to make a contribution, a separate account has been set up, you can go to http://leftwich.org/?product=dave-howard-memorial-contribution and make a contribution.

Please keep David’s family in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.
Nancy Jay
LHA Board

Sandy’s Dandies Southern Cookbook

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Longtime LHA member Sandra Shell has made the news with her popular cookbook.  See the details at http://blog.al.com/press-releases/2014/09/sandys_dandies_southern_cookbo_1.html

The cookbook includes 500 recipes in a soft-cover book covering 144 pages that includes a comprehensive index.

Anyone interested in purchasing a copy of “Sandy’s Dandies” can send a check for $18 ($15 plus shipping) to:

Sandra Shell
380 Dopson Point Rd
Tallassee, AL 36078