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My grandfather, Isaac Smith, had a hardware and bicycle shop on these premises, known universally as the 'Tudor Cottages', from some time towards the close of WW1 to the late 1930s. The premises were owned by ...Read more

A memory of Warrington in 1920 by Stan Smith

The gentleman with the scythe over his shoulder was my grandfather. His name was Joseph Jackson, born in 1849 at Bootle in Cumberland. He spent most of his life as a tenant farmer, first at Canleton Farm near Egremont also in ...Read more

A memory of Greenodd in 1920 by Claire Allen

I too found this site by accident. My great-grandfather John Dixon was the manager of Webbs Brewery in the 1920s, where my grandfather John Dixon jnr (Jack) was brewer. John Dixon lived in the brewery house known as Brondeg and ...Read more

A memory of Aberbeeg in 1920

Hello I have relatives who lived in Scorton, from c1895 upto at least 1927. Moses Cowell had a barn their and a family. They lived at Scorton Hall. Moses had a brother called Aaron Cowell, and he lived at Foxhouses ...Read more

A memory of Scorton in 1920 by John Melling

My grandma, Louisa Atherton, grew up in the Grayson family in Wigan. They later relocated to King Street, Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire. She had a son, Norman Atherton who was in the army(Burma). Are there any ...Read more

A memory of Wigan in 1890 by Julia Thompson

Does anyone remember an old friend of mine who had the trading post in Betws-y-coed - his name was Frank Phillipson, we grew up together in Wray, Lancashire in the 40s and50s. I believe he is now deceased.

A memory of Betws in 1890 by Edward Holmes

My GreatGrandParents Were Robert William Shaw and Eleanor (Wilkinson) Shaw. He worked as a Roller Coverer at a Cotton Factory, I do not know what the name of the factory was. I know my Grandmothers name ...Read more

A memory of Sabden in 1880 by somersetmass

The bank's origins relate to Blackburn, Lancashire, then moved to Manchester where a later generation of the Cunliffe Brooks became a very wealthy local landowner. Opened an Altrincham branch on 7th April ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1870 by Trevor Jones

My great-grandad was William Henry (born 29th June 1846 in Finsbury, London). As a very young man he worked as a wood carver and stayed with his uncle Samuel Howard at 2 Kay St., Chorlton on Medlock. Its a mystery to ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick in 1860 by John Howard Norfolk

This is not so much a personal memory, as a personal connection! My great-great grandparents lived at the Tower. Thomas John Knowlys (b.1803) and his wife, Anna Maria, (MarIea, not Maree-a!!) nee Hesketh, lived and died there, and had ...Read more

A memory of Heysham in 1860 by Mml Akehurst