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My dad knows of the chocolate box, in fact it is believed his mother May Ellis owned or managed it at this time - she had three children, two boys and one girl - does anyone remember May Ellis or her sons Harry Ellis ...Read more

A memory of Farncombe in 1920 by Beverley Ward

Through my parents' eyes I am remembering life in Rhossili when they worked and met at the Worms Head Hotel. As a child I was taken many times here and fell in love with this beautifull coastline, and as I became older I would sit ...Read more

A memory of Rhossili in 1920 by Shirley Hamilton

My mum was born in this thatched cottage in 1946, my nan Margaret Jane Quinn born 1917 lived here with her family beforehand. It was originally two cottages and my nan's mother and father lived next door, they were James ...Read more

A memory of Bebington in 1920 by Sharon Robinson

My Grandfather and Grandmother were married in this church. My grandfather John Booth was a rock manufaturer - the Exhibition Rock Company in Gorton Street. I saw the lights being turned off in 1939 when the war broke out. My ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool in 1920 by Gloria Steer Nee Monk

I was born in Goosberry Green. At three months old, Shackdon and Lovell doctors gave me only weeks to live. Mum worked in the isolation hospital, Matron Siblie, Mr Munt - amblance driver. Dad was a builder, we had animals ...Read more

A memory of Billericay in 1920

Early Twenties. I can remember, because most tradesmen used a pony & trap to vendor their wares. The pony needed to have space to relax, eat and so forth. Billericay had a brick field pug dug out and made into bricks. ...Read more

A memory of Billericay in 1920

My mother, was born in the workhouse in Briercliffe Road, Burnley in 1926, and never mentioned it until just before her death. She was full of shame and didn't meet her real mother until she was about 16. In ...Read more

A memory of Briercliffe in 1920 by Andy Wild

I Remember the early Twenties. My mothers family, had a woodturning business, pianos, violins, and such good quality instruments, in Bethnal Green, London, She had two brothers, George and Albert, and a sister Sara. Sara was a ...Read more

A memory of Billericay in 1920

In Kelly's directory, 1923, it shows a Joseph Parkinson as a confectioner, living at 123 Caerau Road, Caerau. I think this may be my Grandad who previously lived in Swansea where my father and aunt were born. ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1920

CAIN - I am researching my family tree and also trying to add some meat to the bones - if you know what I mean. My Mom was born in Salford in 1923 and the thing I find most interesting is that she was born, according to her birth ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1920 by Jacqueline De E Scofet