Memories

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The Knight Family

My grandmother Maria Knight nee Ward born 1888 was brougt up in the Hillgate area of Ashton where her father owned three shops. The eldest of tweve children she rarely went to school her father would rather pay the fines ...Read more

A memory of Ashton in 1910 by Anne Critchley

Ancestors

Does anyone remember Ethel Marsden nee Storey and Herbert Storey who lived at 2 and 3 Whitehouses, Barefoot Street, Ripon before their homes were demolished to make way for the flats in the 1960s. As a girl, Ethel Storey lived in Todds ...Read more

A memory of Ripon in 1910

Going To School In The First World War In South Norwood

My aunt Doris Lacey (nee Allen) lived in Apsley Road, South Norwood. She started to lose her sight in her late 80's and therefore the pleasures of reading, watching television or going out ...Read more

A memory of South Norwood in 1910 by John Howard Norfolk