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My mother in law Gladys Bidgway was born in New Street, but they all lived at what is now Londis in Mill Street, all 18 of them! Most of the girls went to work in the Glove Factory in Whites Lane. Gladys worked there with her ...Read more

A memory of Taddiport in 1910 by Glennis Spencer

My father, Archibald Brown Mckinlay, came to Barrow in 1900 with his parents, Samuel Laing Brown Mckinlay and Margaret Mckinlay. They lived at 22 Duncan Street, Barrow. Samuel was born in Greenock, Scotland and came to Barrow ...Read more

A memory of Barrow in 1910 by Sam Mckinlay

My grandmother and mother were born at Adwick Le Street. Lucy Simpson in 1916, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Simpson. Lucy married John Sargent from Thyristor and my mother Joyce was born in 1937. They emigrated to Australia where our family is today.

A memory of Adwick Le Street in 1910 by Traci Goering

Hi, I am asking this from Australia. My mother and two of her siblings were born at No 4 Wellesly Street, Gorton and moved later to No 12 Friendship Ave. Gorton, before migrating to Australia in 1922. Does anybody ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1910 by Geoff Clark

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 father and grandmother were born in Shildon and later moved to Darlington, and my father then to Hull. As a child I remember visiting some friends of theirs, Lizzie and Charlie Bowser in Kilburn Street, Shildon. Does anyone have any memories of this couple going back to the 1950s?

A memory of Shildon in 1910 by Anne Kettley

My father Leonard Alfred Passfield was born in South Ockendon, in 1916 to Fred Passfield and Emily Jane who lived in North Street. Many are the stories he told me of his early life in South Ockendon. He had three brothers, ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1910 by Robert Passfield

Does anyone know of somewhere called Sebastopol in Hoyland, pesumably a terrace of houses on a street, name unknown. My mother was born at number 43.

A memory of Hoyland in 1910

I have in my possession a copy of the 1911 census for Mountain Ash, which I hope is linked to my late mother's side of the family, anyway here goes: I want to know if there are any descendants of the following: GEORGE PRITCHARD ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash in 1910 by John Williams

My mother Mildred was born in Aberfan in 1910. She had an older brother and sister, Myra (born 1906) and Harry (born 1908), their surname was Watts. Their mother was called Emily Roberts and Emily's mother was the local ...Read more

A memory of Aberfan in 1910 by Carol Price