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Serving The Past
I have recently discovered, from the 1881 Census, that my great-grandmother was, with her younger sister, in domestic service to the family of Henry Stonex at no.35 Regent Road.He is described as 'organist and music teacher'. I would be thrilled to have any more information about the family or the house itself. Does it appear in this picture?
Is the boy with the goat-cart delivering something?
Fond Memories
was married at church on sat 3-3-1962,spent first few years of marriage living on upper floor of tower at 98 blackfriars road.i remember well the awful job we had to get our furniture in as the stairs were too steep and winding, had to rope them up through thebedroom/lounge window we shared a kitchen on the lower floor and a shared bathroom and toilet.the tower was owned by olive,sorry i cannot remember her surname, she worked at a butcher shop ,
reguards john
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The Rose Pub
There is a public house on the front right of this photo. If you look closely, you will see it is named "The Rose" and the initials GWJ are above the door. My great-grandfather, George William Jones, owned this pub at the time this photo was taken. George died in 1896 and his wife, Annie Rowell Jones came to America with two of his children, Edith and George, who was my grandfather. A third child, Norah Rowell Jones, stayed in England with her maternal grandparents, the Rowells in Peterborough. It is believed Norah married someone named Hirst and they had children. We always wondered what happened to them and whether they survived the bombing in WWII.
Blackfriars
I too had an aunt who lived there. In its time, it has had a house on top of the tower and a house on the wall attached to the left. The house on top by then had disappeared.
Through the archway was a line of small cottages with large front gardens. This was known as Adam and Eve's Gardens. I used to go through here to get to Friars Lane where my grandmother lived. Further to my previous statement, this tower whilst located in Blackfriars Rd, is the south east tower, Blackfriars Tower is the next tower to the south and it is round in shape, this tower is shaped like a D. THIS WAS WHERE MY AUNT RESIDED.
Mum's Memories!
It seems that my great great grandparents lived in Blackfriars Tower, sometime in 1920/1930s. Though my mum had told my sister that she remembers visiitng her grandmother in the Tower, she felt that Mum had confused it with somewhere else. A couple of years later we asked my mum's brother and he too remembered his grandparents living there. Unfortunately both are now dead.
Does anyone know anything of the Tower?
We have current photos of the Tower and of course the Wall is uncovered and laid to grass at the front.
We found it difficult to believe that anyone could have lived there.
The photo was a great discovery. What I'd like now is a photo c1920 and a potted history.
Living And Working in Great Yarmouth.
Back in 1976 I moved away from home to work as a photographic salesman at Debenhams in Great Yarmouth. I also helped out at the Norwich branch. I found a 'home from home' at Pavilion Road in Gorleston with a middle-aged couple - Jack and Hilda Kemp. My manager at Debenhams was Tony Wright and both him and his familly are still very special friends today. Sadly,Tony passed away a few years ago.
When I moved back to Leeds, Tony and his family moved back into the pub trade and took on the Cherry Tree at Diss. I visited them on my holidays. They then moved to Dickleborough and out of the pub trade, where I still visited. In 1987-88 they moved to North Lopham, where our special friendship continued. My last visit was in 2003, but I have managed to keep in touch. After a few 'difficult' and unsettled years for me, I hope to visit again, but it will seem strange without Tony.
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Norfolk memories
Wonderful Times
"Hold his hand and, don't let him fall in", were my dear old mum's famous last words. As an 8 year old when this photo was taken, keeping an eye on an accident prone 6 year old brother was no easy task. Off we went on the old steam train all the way from London to stay with our grandfather in Pier Plain, and I remember little brother Billy literally running down the road with his brand new yacht under his arm. It was amazing how, year after year, he hit the water before the yacht did. No wonder he became such a good swimmer with the amount of times he went in either there or, outside the lifeboat station. Mum hass gone now, Grandad has gone as well but me and 'Billy the kid' are still fighting old age. It doesn't matter how long ago it was, those wonderful sunny summer days remain in my memory as clear as ever. We're still best mates and always will be but, every time... Read more
