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I loved this place for the sheer humanity of it. Being beaten and whipped with cables by the locals who had just discovered electricity was a joy. It made me in to the man that I am today. Yes, I do still kill small animals and put their ...Read more

A memory of Melton in 1890 by Hardie Mananyi

This is a long shot. I am tracing my family tree, I live in the Wirral. My great grandparents were Walter Waring and Alice Waring (nee Reed). Alice Waring was living on a farm in Childerthornton, Wirral, when she ...Read more

A memory of Litchfield in 1890 by Valerie Waring

I have recently been researching Buxton family history, having very little knowledge of my grandad. I have discovered that his grandparents kept the former Devonshire Arms on King Street for nearly 30 years. At one time my ...Read more

A memory of Alfreton in 1890 by Janice Whysall

My maternal Grandmother was Susannah Judge. She was of a fairly large family, I remember sister's names Mary, Ada and Rebecca. Mary, I think, went to live in london, Ada married Jim Gubby & lived in Barnwell Northants and ...Read more

A memory of Whaplode Drove in 1890 by Anthony Bardsley

My grandmother Selina Lucy Tank Hotten fell pregnant at the age of 18 years. Her father, Charles Henry Hotten was a gardener and felt he would lose his job if anyone found out about this. Selina was sent to a workhouse to have her ...Read more

A memory of Newton Abbot in 1890 by Susan Trickett

Unfortunately the mill is now a ruin, although the best view is from across the river where parts of the wall are still standing in 2013. My great grandfather, John Owen, was a woollen manufacturer born in Pennant ...Read more

A memory of Llanbedr in 1890 by Anne Marie Rowland

I wonder if any can help me? I am attempting to trace my mother-in-laws family history. I am trying to locate a John Horwood possibly born in Thorpe Manderveil around 1868, from his wedding certificate he married Ellen Francis Wootton ...Read more

A memory of Brackley in 1890 by Steve Kennett

My great-grandparents Jim and Leila lived in Churt. Jim was born in Churt in 1897 and lived in a number of houses and tied cottages at Churt including Anne's Cottage, named after my mum. For a while he was the carter at Bron y de (?) and I ...Read more

A memory of Churt in 1890 by Gen Connatty

James and Emma were the parents of my maternal grandmother, Lydia Cooper, who was born in Lydbrook. If you have any information in regards to them, or my grandmother, please contact me at pjj4cjs@msn.com. Thank you

A memory of Lower Lydbrook in 1890 by Paul Jira

In the 1890's my grandfather, James William Brown, son of George Brown and Eliza Moverly, went to Holbeck Day school. I am looking for any information about the family or the school that anyone can give me Thank you in advance.

A memory of Holbeck in 1890