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Hi, does anyone have any photos or info on the very grand, old, large manor house in Worplesdon, in the 1920's era or earlier? I believe it was the home of Lord and Lady Dewvine (not sure that is the correct spelling). My ...Read more

A memory of Worplesdon in 1920 by Sandra Northeast

Before emigrating to Australia in 1927, my uncle Michael Samuelson (1898-1975) lived for about a year in Rosgill and made a living taking farmers' eggs to market. On leaving England, he was given a photo of the Bellas sisters ...Read more

A memory of Rosgill in 1920 by Maurice Samuelson

My father's grandfather Mark Gadd Lowman was the landlord of the Railway Hotel now Culm Valley pub in 1917 which stood to the right of these crossroads. Mr Evans the station master used to let my dad, Frank Wheller, open the gates for ...Read more

A memory of Culmstock in 1920 by Suzie Wheller

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 still ...Read more

A memory of Burwash in 1920 by Ian Richardson

My grandparents who lived in London bought Stoneleigh in 1926 and this is where my grandmother lived during WWII away from the bombing in the city. My grandfather, mother and her foster brother would come ...Read more

A memory of Worth Matravers in 1920 by Sarah Smith

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 abbey ...Read more

A memory of Whalley in 1920 by Trevor Williams

Hi, can anyone tell me if they went to school with any of the following names, firstly my dad, Alan Maxwell Waring, Gillie Waring, Walter/Wally Waring, Dulcie Waring. They lived at Rose Cottage, Eastham. I would  love to hear ...Read more

A memory of Eastham in 1920 by Valerie Waring

Several members of my family had connections with Rushton at different times between about 1910 and 1950. My great grandmother, Sarah Jane Wooton was landlady at The Crown ( I have a photo of her ...Read more

A memory of Rushton Spencer in 1920 by Karen Burns

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 at ...Read more

A memory of Clara Vale in 1920 by Jimmy Burrows