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Coming to Brixham from just outside of London as an 11 year-old was a real culture shock. New smells (fish!) new sounds (seagulls) and new faces (the inhabitants of the south west certainly have distinct facial features...to say nothing of ...Read more

A memory of Brixham in 1880 by Stephen Jeffery

My great-great-great grandparents lived opposite Wesley Chapel in the late 1800s, behind the trees on the right-hand-side of the 1901 Wesley Chapel photo. During the 1830s, Richard JACK (b1813) and some of his brothers moved to ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1880 by Vivienne Hooper

What wonderful memories I have of my childhood holidays in Margate. Reading others memories bring them all racing back. The children born just after the war were so lucky. Although we really had nothing as regards money ...Read more

A memory of Margate in 1880 by Pauline Stone

My genealogical journey has brought me to Banchory Ternan Parish of yesteryear ... Two of my Shewan-surnamed folk were born there : William Shewan in 1883 , and one of his sisters Isabella Shewan , in about 1885. Two ...Read more

A memory of Banchory in 1880 by R Urquhart

Does anyone have any memories of the Cheam Fair back in the mid to late 1800's? I understand it still takes place this day!

A memory of Cheam in 1880 by Natalie Nagle

Ggg.grandad Worthy Tanner lived here in 1881 with his wife, Elizabeth and grandson Alfred Tanner. Worthy was born at Langley Burrell in 1804 and was an agricultural labourer all his working life. It seems that the Tanner name originated from this area back to 1566.

A memory of Kington St Michael in 1880 by Susan Bryant

My grandfather Ernest Harrison was born in Burton in Lonsdale in 1880 to John Parker Harrison a master tailor one of 3 boys and 12 girls (some died young). My grandfather told us of a time when he skated ...Read more

A memory of Burton in Lonsdale in 1880 by Elizabeth Orr

The house in the background is Pinewood, built by my great grandfather, Sir Howard Elphinstone, VC, KGB etc. He was one of the first soldiers in the Crimean War to win a VC. His VC is now in the Imperial War Museum. He was born ...Read more

A memory of Bagshot in 1880 by Sylvia Wright

On 5 August 1885 my grandfather, Edward Bentall Collis, was born at Hall Farm, Toppesfield. Edward was the fourth child of David Taylor and Julia Anna Collis. I have visited Toppesfield twice and have been ...Read more

A memory of Toppesfield in 1880

Please excuse me for contacting you this way. Whilst renovating an old house, we came across an interesting legal document. It is dated 1881. Basically it relates to an agreement between Hopkins Rowlands, ...Read more

A memory of Tonyrefail in 1880 by Gerry Bedford