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Hi, a name search brought me to your link so I thought I'd write in with a request. I'm trying to track down information about my great grandmother who lived in Dumfries between 1900 and 1915. My Granny, Mary Ann ...Read more

A memory of Kelloholm in 1920 by Jo Solly

Ref: 82302 This is a photo of Drawbridge Cottage where my family lived in 1901. John Thomas Helley and wife Eliza Ann(nee Gitsham) lived there with their children Florence, Maud, Louie ...Read more

A memory of Newton St Cyres in 1920 by Peter Morris

My grandfather, A J Hurd, was, for a time, Rudyard Kipling's head gardener at Batemans. He, my grandmother and my mother (now Joyce Richardson) and her sister (now Barbara Wainwright) lived in one of the cottages (which ...Read more

A memory of Burwash in 1920 by Ian Richardson

My parents met in Hurley at the church; they were thrilled when we were able to take them back there on a visit many years later.

A memory of Hurley in 1920

When my Great Aunt Phyllis Ivy Jarrett left school at the age of 13 (about 1918), she joined the domestic staff at Williamscot House, where she was an 'under-housemaid'. Phyllis used to send photos home ...Read more

A memory of Williamscot in 1920

Known as the 'John Barley Corn' children because at the Staithe where they all used to play, there is an inlet. In the 1920s, when boats came past, the children would sing 'Old John Barley Corn if you throw us a penny we will ...Read more

A memory of Belaugh in 1920

Who was Muriel Alexander? I have a scrapbook that she put together after the 1st World World. I think she was very much involved with organising trips to visit war graves and monuments for families of the fallen. Would be very ...Read more

A memory of Boldre in 1920 by Kathleen Scriven

I am at present looking into my family history and have discovered today that my maternal grandmother Mrs Beatrice Maud White was married in this church on the 3rd July 1920. I have not been to the church before but on my next ...Read more

A memory of Newton Abbot in 1920 by Elizabeth Brown

My Mum, Eileen Waight, walked past Restall's on her way to school c1928. Her mother bought her groceries at the store.

A memory of Denmead in 1920 by Zoe Seed

My paternal grandparents, William Harris and Millie Bray were married here 30th July 1921 No idea why they chose this church, although beautiful, they were living in Garston Avenue at the time and there are several churches closer than Wolborough

A memory of Newton Abbot in 1920 by Joan Coughlin