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Years ago my grandad had a small garage and workshop at the side of the Du-Cane Arms. My dad was born there and went to scool at Great Tottom. My grandad is buried in Great Braxted Church and my nanna is there too. In the ...Read more

A memory of Great Braxted in 1900 by Vera Martin

Hi, I'm trying to trace a Peter Burrell born 1887 who may have been bought up in a Children's Home in Uckfield. There are no official birth records but he is mentioned on a website as being at a home in 1899. I also need to find his whereabouts around 1919, any info would be great.

A memory of Uckfield in 1900

My grandfather was born in Bristol in 1900, he was Henry Fisher, born 11 Walpole Street, Bristol. His father was Henry Fisher who was a master hairdresser, his mother Lavinia had a brother Reginald and two sisters Mable and Beatie. I do ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1900

I am researching my family tree and am looking for information on family members who lived in Twynyrodyn, Wenvoe and also on family members who I believe lived on a farm. The family members who lived in Twynyrodyn are the Donald ...Read more

A memory of Wenvoe in 1900 by Cheryl Hancock

My Great Great Grandparents were William and Elizabeth Pratt. In the 1880s William and his family had lived and worked on the Longleat Estate, William was the Head Gardener at that time. In 1891 they moved to Bath, and sadly William died ...Read more

A memory of Bath in 1890 by Clive Pratt

Parc Slip Exposion – 26th August 1892 and-My memories of home life and school On the morning of Friday the 26th August 1892 an explosion occurred at Parc Slip Colliery, The Fountain, ...Read more

A memory of Aberkenfig in 1890 by Catherine Delahay

William Smith owned several Bath Chairs to convey invalids around Buxton.

A memory of Buxton in 1890 by Jane Hardwick Smith

My great-great-great grandparents lived opposite Wesley Chapel in the late 1800s, behind the trees on the right-hand-side of the 1901 Wesley Chapel photo. During the 1830s, Richard JACK (b1813) and some of his brothers moved to ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1880 by Vivienne Hooper

What wonderful memories I have of my childhood holidays in Margate. Reading others memories bring them all racing back. The children born just after the war were so lucky. Although we really had nothing as regards money or ...Read more

A memory of Margate in 1880 by Pauline Stone

The building on the extreme right of the photograph used to be the Ring o' Bells Public House, owned by my great grandfather, Jesse Laver Difford. It was initially called The Grapevine Inn, or was called that when my ...Read more

A memory of Meare in 1880 by Ann Lilly