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My father's family lived in the cottage with the arched windows next door to the post office. The house was named Apsley Cottage. My grandfather Henry Briggs was a career soldier in the Royal West Surrey Regiment. He served in the regiment ...Read more

A memory of Ash in 1900 by Jim Briggs

Hi there. Harry Elmer (who I understand was my Grandad's brother) owned and ran this Mill into the 1940s. The Muggeridge Collection has some wonderful images of him replendent in the very gentlemanly working clothes of a ...Read more

A memory of Woolpit in 1890 by Les Elmer

Bristol's Cabot's Tower, and the penny pinching Council. Bristol's most prominent land mark, the Cabot Tower, was 100 years old in 1998. But the official opening was marked by a disastrous fire, a confidence trick and some ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1890 by Paul Townsend

My father Cornelius Henry Johns (Naily to everyone who knew him) was born in the little Round House on the left of the photo. He was the youngest of a large family, and there were 11 people living there in 1899. They then moved to ...Read more

A memory of Veryan in 1890 by Donald Johns

This is a memory from my own childhood when my grandmother used to tell me about her life as a child mill worker. Born in 1885, she died when I was 8 years old, and I so much wish I had more details of who the real Fanny Daulby ...Read more

A memory of Oldham in 1890 by Jackie Worrall

East Witton's interest to me began as it was the birthplace of my grandfather and his parents resided in Wast Witton Without (i found this through the 1901 census), though I cannot get any further back in time. I worked in nearby Leyburn ...Read more

A memory of East Witton in 1890 by Dee Poulter

My memories are not of my own associations with Latimer, but I still feel a great affection for the place. When my grandparents got married in 1897 they went for a brief honeymoon in Latimer. My grandfather's aunt, Elizabeth Amanda ...Read more

A memory of Latimer in 1890 by Marjorie Davidson Smith

I have little information, other than my paternal Grandmother was the eldest of 16 children born in Bradwell approximately at this time, or much earlier, possibly 1875 onwards. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Cook. A cousin of mine ...Read more

A memory of Bradwell in 1890 by First Name Last Name

My great-great-aunt's (sisters called Copland) kept a wool shop in Edinburgh in the 1800s. I have tried to find out about them but without much success. I would be delighted to hear from anyone with any knowledge of them or the shop. Many thanks. Jennifer Cook (Copland)

A memory of Edinburgh in 1880 by Jennifer Cook

My grandmother's family originated on Canvey Island, farming at Wrack Hall from some time in the early 19th century until the death of my great great grandfather, Edward Morley, in 1863. Wrack Hall was so named because it ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet in 1880 by Mike Dean