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Edwin Brown, Foxhangers Lock Cottage and Semington Lock House
Edwin Brown was the lock keeper at the bottom of the Caen Hill flight and at Semington Lock House.
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George Brain, Carpenter's Crew (1889-1914)
The story of Carpenter's Crew George Brain, from Glascote, who was drowned on Hospital Ship Rohilla on 30th October 1914.
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Sarah Gerrish, cake seller, (c.1805-1862)
Mysteries are both the joy and the challenge of genealogy. Sarah Gerrish's story is one of these.
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Reliant and Metrocab, Basin Lane, Glascote
Where I live between Glascote Locks was once the location for the moulding factories producing Scimitars and Robin Reliants.
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15 Family History Writing Challenges
Do you want to write or blog about family history, but you don't know where to begin? This post lists 13 challenges to help you get started... and keep going!
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A baby at Sydney Wharf (1878-1878)
A sad little story of a baby drowned in the Kennet and Avon Canal at Sydney Wharf near Bath.
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Coy-Sgt-Major Alfred Allbrighton (1891-1917)
The story of Alfred Allbrighton, who lived in Main Road, Glascote, and was killed in action in WW1 on 20th September 1917.
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Glascote Locks and the surrounding area 1900-1918
The history of Glascote Locks and the surrounding area between 1900 and 1918, including the men of Glascote who served and fell in WW1.
Family
#17 Mary Ann Jane Dutton, 1848-1914
Mary Ann Jane Dutton was my 2nd great-grandmother. She was born in 1848 in Deptford, Kent, the second of eleven children.
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Drummer Arthur James Sear, 1895-1915
This is the story of my Great Uncle, Arthur James Sear, who was killed in the First World War.
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Lizzie Gertrude Frost's Tune Book
My son was thrilled to come home with this old edition of the Bristol Tune Book which he bought at Acorns Charity Shop. #charityshopfinds
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Philip Swan, Mary Swan, and Lillie Swan
For years, the oldest original photograph in my family collection was a mystery. Now I have passed it on to a direct descendant of the family.