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My father was the post man in Hamble in the 20s. He was born 1913.Just before he died at the age of 90 I took him back to Hamble.He remembered most of the names of the people in the cottages ,he showed me the two trees that him ...Read more

A memory of Hamble-le-Rice in 1920 by Adrian Vare

Hi I live in Auckland New Zealand, but my grandparents came here from Tyldesley in 1922 with their three young children. Both my grandfather Fred Needham, born in 1889, and my grandmother Charlotte Dutton, born in ...Read more

A memory of Tyldesley in 1920 by Sharyn Arthur

In the 1881 Census, Elizabeth Mitchell is listed as the head of the household and a widow aged 54 as her husband John Mitchell had died in February of that year and so running the Six Bells Beer House along ...Read more

A memory of Billingshurst in 1920 by Sue Peggram

I have photos taken in the late 20s at Blackdown of my father Sapper Claude Harper. He was a 'mechanical engineer ' and twenty two years old, he later went over to France in 1939 with the BEF, any info would be gratefully acknowledged.

A memory of Deepcut in 1920 by Tony Harper

I am writing this on behalf of my Dad, Harold Holmes nicknamed Tiny who is still alive at the age of 91, the oldest male born in Saltfleet. He was born in Saltfleet in 1919 son of the local baker Alfred & Elizabeth Holmes. Educated ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet in 1920 by Sheena Mee

John Joseph Granter b.1887 moved to Upton in 1925. He owned a bus or coach company and also land and farms near Rossington. I can find no record of his businesses or what happened to them. One or two relatives of whom I'm aware still live in the area. Someone may know or even remember more ...

A memory of Upton in 1920

My father's grandfather Mark Gadd Lowman was the landlord of the Railway Hotel now Culm Valley pub in 1917 which stood to the right of these crossroads. Mr Evans the station master used to let my dad, Frank Wheller, open the gates for ...Read more

A memory of Culmstock in 1920 by Suzie Wheller

I am tracing family and have ended up in Portnaguran. John Macdonald, son of Norman and Christina Macdonald, married Dolina Graham in 1921. John was a seaman on the "Narenta" at the time. They had 3 children, Angus, Christina and ...Read more

A memory of Portnaguran in 1920 by Lyn Wilson

Please can anyone help me find any information about my deceased's grandmother's son Reggie Farrow (deceased) who was a patient at Treloar Hospital on 29th May 1923? I am unsure of his illness, I only have a lovely letter he wrote ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 1920 by Julie Osborn

It was after World War 1 that strawberry growing became important around the Wisbech area and as strawberry prices continued to rise so more and more strawberries were planted. Eventually, ...Read more

A memory of Leverington in 1920 by Susan Robb