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As far as I know my great grandmother lived in Newcastle. SHe was Catherine Murray and was Joerdan to her own name. I know nothing of them as my great grandfather came to Scotland in 1904. Travelled over to see King Street where she stayed but no idea of which house.

A memory of Newcastle in 1910 by Martin Murray

Hello everybody, wish I had found this site years ago. My Grandparents Margaret and Christopher Clark, I believe were one of the first to move into 8 Buckingham Terrace in around 1909. He was a hewer at the coal mine, and ...Read more

A memory of Leeholme in 1910 by Lurence Clark

My great Aunt Harriet 1892-1981 was employed as a nanny to the Whiteleys in Cossington in 1913. I inherited some of the post cards she sent home to the family. The Whitelys lived in a ...Read more

A memory of Cossington in 1910 by Pat Roberts

My mother was from Newtown in Cardiff, near the docks. It was a community of very poor Irish immigrants. My great grandmother had a job cleaning the City Hall. She would walk through Cardiff in the early morning and do her ...Read more

A memory of Cardiff in 1910 by Marian Foot

In 1911 my great uncle, Bernard Tomkys, was aged 54 and lived with his sister Mildred (single and aged 45) and a domestic servant called Bessie Hughes (single and aged 19). Bernard Tomkys was a doctor, a GP in medicine and ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1910

Hi, I'm hoping someone will know Park Place - I'm researching places that my grandmother may have been 'in service'. I've found a possible entry in the 1911 census that lists someone who could be her as a servant at Park Place, Blandford. Does anyone know of a large house that would fit the bill?

A memory of Blandford Forum in 1910 by Jen Smith

Ebenezer Owen Davies was a carpenter in 1914 who took in my father, Thomas William Banks aged 14 from the New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol - I am endeavouring to find out more about what happened to my ...Read more

A memory of Bryngwyn in 1910 by Maureen Hawthorn

When my grandfather Edward Mackenzie was married in 1915 his place of residence was given as Majula House, Lower Eythorne. I presume he was lodging there. He was a miner who I believe came from the north east. Does anyone know where is/was Majula House? jbmack

A memory of Eythorne in 1910 by James Mackenzie

My great grandparents met whilst working at Walshaw Hall. Margaret Eve was Welsh and had worked in a big house on Washway Road in Sale before coming to Walshaw Hall around 1911. There she became housekeeper and met Henry Hillier who was coachman. They got married in Wrexham in 1912.

A memory of Bury in 1910 by Steph Bradley

My Quantrill grandparents came with a young family to live near the, then busy, cattle market in the centre of what was a row of three dwellings (now a shop). On one side was the telephone exchange ...Read more

A memory of Hagley in 1910 by Wendy Larmour