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My great grandfather, Edward Lloyd, emigrated to the United States from Ffestiniog. He was a famous tenor in his day and had high ranking with the Eisteddfod both in Wales, and later, in upstate, NY. I am told by a cousin, ...Read more

A memory of Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1900 by Dawna Robertson

These cottages are now known as Ryders, but it appears that in Edwardian times the place (or maybe this corner) may also have been known as "Seven Trees Well": I have a postcard with this picture on it sent on 7th May 1906 to ...Read more

A memory of Okewood Hill in 1900 by Gary Crouch

Hi, I am researching my family tree and am trying to locate Chandos Road and Unity Cottages in Park Street.  I believe that Chandos Road was knocked down when the Queensmere Centre was built.  I wondered ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1900 by Jan Saunders

I was born in rented 'rooms' at Wordsworth Road in 1936 and came to move with my parents to five different addresses at Easington before I moved away from the area, when I married in 1963. But although my ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by Harold(Harry) Barnes

My husband's great-grandfather David Deal was one of the police constables for Leiston and is mentioned in the 1901 Census aged 39 living with his wife Marianna and two of their three children at Valley Road, Leiston. My husband ...Read more

A memory of Leiston in 1900 by Rhonda Deal

Our gt uncle Edward Cope Statham, born in Barrow in Furness, was a licensed game butcher in Longton. He is on the 1901 census, aged 24, as lodging in Trentham Road so don't know if the shop was there too but we do have a ...Read more

A memory of Longton in 1900 by Ann Hale

My great grandfather, Andrew Corden LOWE moved to Tenbury Wells about 1904 with his wife Florence "Flo" and their two little children: Douglas age 4 and my grandmother Cordelia "Queenie", age 1. He was an ...Read more

A memory of Tenbury Wells in 1900 by Mandy Sutton

Cissie's memories: I came to Barry in 1900.  Holton Road was muddy and planks of wood were put down to enter the shops. We had a shop in 26 Holton Road, and later at the bottom of the block on spare ground Johnson's opened a ...Read more

A memory of Barry in 1900

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

31/10/11 My Great Grandparents were Joe and Ann Boyd who lived in Winlaton. Their children were Joe, Billy, George, Mary, Eliza and Annie. Thier daughter Mary married Jack Flanagan (my grandparents) on 12 September 1912 and they lived ...Read more

A memory of Blaydon in 1900 by Christine Yates