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W.D. Phillips 1846-1927 owned and ran this hotel, he was my great-great-grandfather. One of my uncles and one of my aunts, I had six, were born in this building the latter around 1915. Whilst here WD wrote the ...Read more

A memory of Haverfordwest in 1920 by Anthony Walsh

I am doing family history research at the moment, and came across the obituary of my great-great-grandmother, she was at her death on 11/11/1926 the oldest inhabitant of Hertford. Mrs Sarah Ann Hucks was born ...Read more

A memory of Christ's Hospital in 1920 by Susan Clarkson

I believe that Drummuir Station, Parish of Botriphnie, County of Banff, Scotland, was the starting point, in 1926, of a  very long, life-changing journey: My teen-age father, along with an older brother,  headed for Southampton, ...Read more

A memory of Drummuir in 1920 by R Urquhart

I was born in Whalley, in the second cottage opposite the Catholic Church in the Sands, in December 1924. Next door to us was Mr Sutton who was well known around Whalley for his ice cream. He used to stand outside the ...Read more

A memory of Whalley in 1920 by Trevor Williams

My maternal grandfather - Hugh Duddy - was born in a farming community in the county. My mother would tell me stories of visiting relatives in two farms, Mulderg and Coulnaculp (spelling is probably very wrong). Her memories ...Read more

A memory of Claudy in 1920 by Linda Rankine

This was 1927 and such a blow to the community as a lot of the houses where people lived belonged to the firm and these were to be sold off. Over 240 freehold houses and shops in Newburn were offered for sale ...Read more

A memory of Clara Vale in 1920 by Jimmy Burrows

My name is Hilda Mary Fenn nee Hurman. I was born at Yarford in 1924. My father was William Thomas Hurman, my mother Caroline Elizabeth nee Tucker. They are buried in the ...Read more

A memory of Kingston St Mary in 1920 by Rosie Robinson

My mother was sent away to boarding school in 1921, when she was eight years old. For various reasons, she could not go home (to Cardiff) during the summer holidays and so she and her four brothers ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley in 1920 by Henrietta Edwards

Robert (Bob) and Margaret (Maggie) Urquhart, and family, occupied a croft named Drywells, at Bodinfinnoch, Parish of Botriphnie, County of Banffshire. One of the Urquhart boys later described Drywells as: 'The most miserable ...Read more

A memory of Drummuir in 1920 by R Urquhart

My grandmother, Margeret Alice Derbyshire, lived at 1 Ivy Cottage, Todhills. My father, Maurice Derbyshire, was born 1904 at Lower Willington. I have a newspaper cutting dated 2 September telling of how my grandmother's father, ...Read more

A memory of Todhills in 1920 by Roy Derbyshire