George was married to Mabel Matthewson and Margaret Guest and lived at 4 Burton Avenue and 23 Symes Gardens, Doncaster.

•Contact : Jan Miller, 6 Royston Park Road, Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 4AD.

FAMILY members are trying to trace Thomas Joseph Walker, who was born in 1941 and married Carol Vidler in 1967. His last known address was 49 Barrie Crescent, Sheffield.

•Contact: 0161 682 3062.

JENNY Coleman is trying to find an old friend, Julie Funnell who originally lived in Rotherham.

Jenny says: "Her last known location was East London, South Africa. I do know that she has two sisters who live in or around Rotherham and I am hoping that if i can find them they may have information on where their sister, Julie, now is."

•Contact: Jenny Coleman, 26 St Albans Close, Gillingham, Kent ME7 1TU.

TREVOR Dodson is trying to find two sisters, Violet and Mabel Wragg, who were born in Ecclesfield.

Trevor says: "Mabel was born in 1926, I'm not sure about Violet. I know the parents lived in Butchill Avenue, Ecclesfield in the 1960s."

•Contact: Trevor Dodson at trevor@dodson3.plus.com

JOHN Wilson writes in the hope of finding pictures of Chancet Wood allotments before they gave way to a housing estate.

He writes: "I was wondering if someone might have photos of how the large expanse of the old allottments and wild undergrowth and secret rabbit-runs looked before the estate was built in 1982 to 83?

"I was a kid playing in that fantastic area in the '70s. I'd be grateful if anyone knows where I could find any pictures, maybe taken from the houses nearby, or even amidst the many overgrown bushes, wild grassland, little secret animal tracks and dumped car parts."

•Contact: John Wilson at aelfheah@googlemail.com

To make an appeal in Contact Column write to Fiona Firth, Contact Column, The Star, York Street, Sheffield, S1 1PU or email fiona.firth@sheffieldnewspapers.co.uk