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This is Not A Memory But A Plea!

My late wife was born in March, Cambridgeshire but her mother was born in Great Wymondley in 1911, the date being 2nd July, 1911. This was just after the Census of that year. However, I would like to find the rest of the family on the 1911 Census which should give me names and ages of the rest of the family. They all eventually moved into Cambridgeshire but to find entries on the Gt. Wymondley Census would be a start.
What details I have are -
     Father - William Henry Rose.
     Mother - Florence
     A known address - Nine Springs, Gt. Wymondley. Baldock(or Hitchin) Herts
     Father's occupation given as Cowman, could have lived on a far

If this a first posting on the message board I'm sorry it is not a memory but this is a brick wall I cannot get through. But if someone could come up with some ideas it would be very much appreciated.

Memories of Hertfordshire

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Bridge Street c1955
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The lady in the centre of the photograph walking towards the camera is Mrs Kate Silsby my grandmother who lived at 8 Tilehouse Street. When this was taken we think she would have been walking to St Ippollytts to visit her daughter Mrs Babs Brown.

Man in Picture 1965

Churchyard c1965
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The white-haired man in the photograph, I believe, is my father John Neville. He was a police sergeant in Hitchin from 1941 until his retirement in the late '50s.

Car in The Churchyard

This car was parked in the Churchyard outside the provisions shop Halseys.

Queen Street

Queen Street c1965
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The road is called Queen Street and shows St Mary's Square on the left where the market was held on Tuesday and Saturday every week. Beyond that is Portmill Lane and the back of shops and offices at the top of Hermitage Road. On the immediate right is the Telephone Exchange.

Hitchin

The scene is the rear of The Sun Hotel.

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