I'm new here, so please don't throw things if I have got the wrong group.
First decade of 20th century, one of my ancestors entered House Breaker
as his occupation on his marriage certificate. I am assuming he isn't >admitting to a life of crime, but can anybody confirm or refute my
assumption that he was what today would probably be called a demolition >operative? I.e. he knocked down houses, possibly reclaiming anything
with scrap value.
I've been surprised by what some occupations turn out to be before, but
the places I usually look up old job descriptions don't help here.
On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 13:59:35, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk> wroteThis is not a definitive, but I did a internet search and the hits
(my responses usually follow points raised):
I'm new here, so please don't throw things if I have got the wrong group.What did he say in the 1911 census? That might also give who (if anyone)
First decade of 20th century, one of my ancestors entered House
Breaker as his occupation on his marriage certificate. I am assuming
he isn't admitting to a life of crime, but can anybody confirm or
refute my assumption that he was what today would probably be called a
demolition operative? I.e. he knocked down houses, possibly reclaiming
anything with scrap value.
I've been surprised by what some occupations turn out to be before,
but the places I usually look up old job descriptions don't help here.
he worked for, and maybe whether his sons if any were in the same trade (though if married in 190x, probably not old enough). (And the 1921, but that'll cost you extra, even if you have a subscription to one of the
places you can look at the 1911, or go to a library.) And possibly the
1901 (or his father if too young).
I suspect you _are_ right that it means involvement in demolition; I did wonder if it might be what we'd now call house _clearance_, but I think
your suggestion is more likely.
Of course, it'd be fun if he _was_ a burglar - or being facetious! (Is
there any obligation - either on participants to be honest and sober, or
on the registrar to check?)
I'm new here, so please don't throw things if I have got the wrong group.
First decade of 20th century, one of my ancestors entered House Breaker
as his occupation on his marriage certificate. I am assuming he isn't >admitting to a life of crime, but can anybody confirm or refute my
assumption that he was what today would probably be called a demolition >operative? I.e. he knocked down houses, possibly reclaiming anything
with scrap value.
I've been surprised by what some occupations turn out to be before, but
the places I usually look up old job descriptions don't help here.
[]On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 13:59:35, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
I'm new here, so please don't throw things if I have got the wrong group. >>>
First decade of 20th century, one of my ancestors entered House
Breaker as his occupation on his marriage certificate. I am assuming
he isn't admitting to a life of crime, but can anybody confirm or
refute my assumption that he was what today would probably be called
a demolition operative? I.e. he knocked down houses, possibly
reclaiming anything with scrap value.
This is not a definitive, but I did a internet search and the hits
"House Breaker" was refereed to as a negative term.
From the context of the hits, it appears to be what you first thought,
some one who breaks into a house and sells his spoils
On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 13:59:35, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk> wrote
(my responses usually follow points raised):
I'm new here, so please don't throw things if I have got the wrong group.What did he say in the 1911 census? That might also give who (if anyone)
First decade of 20th century, one of my ancestors entered House
Breaker as his occupation on his marriage certificate. I am assuming
he isn't admitting to a life of crime, but can anybody confirm or
refute my assumption that he was what today would probably be called a
demolition operative? I.e. he knocked down houses, possibly reclaiming
anything with scrap value.
I've been surprised by what some occupations turn out to be before,
but the places I usually look up old job descriptions don't help here.
he worked for, and maybe whether his sons if any were in the same trade (though if married in 190x, probably not old enough). (And the 1921, but that'll cost you extra, even if you have a subscription to one of the
places you can look at the 1911, or go to a library.) And possibly the
1901 (or his father if too young).
I suspect you _are_ right that it means involvement in demolition; I did wonder if it might be what we'd now call house _clearance_, but I think
your suggestion is more likely.
Of course, it'd be fun if he _was_ a burglar - or being facetious! (Is
there any obligation - either on participants to be honest and sober, or
on the registrar to check?)
On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:59:35 +0000, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk>
wrote:
I'm new here, so please don't throw things if I have got the wrong group.
First decade of 20th century, one of my ancestors entered House Breaker
as his occupation on his marriage certificate. I am assuming he isn't
admitting to a life of crime, but can anybody confirm or refute my
assumption that he was what today would probably be called a demolition
operative? I.e. he knocked down houses, possibly reclaiming anything
with scrap value.
I've been surprised by what some occupations turn out to be before, but
the places I usually look up old job descriptions don't help here.
Try http://www.finedictionary.com/breakers.html and click on the
picture ""House Breaker".
It seems this guy is proud of demolishing The Elzabeth Tower (as it is
now known).
I would agree that the named profession on the marriage cert is what
is now called a "demolition opeartive".
On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 10:10:11, knuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
[]On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 13:59:35, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
I'm new here, so please don't throw things if I have got the wrong
group.
First decade of 20th century, one of my ancestors entered House
Breaker as his occupation on his marriage certificate. I am assuming
he isn't admitting to a life of crime, but can anybody confirm or
refute my assumption that he was what today would probably be called
a demolition operative? I.e. he knocked down houses, possibly
reclaiming anything with scrap value.
This is not a definitive, but I did a internet search and the hits
"House Breaker" was refereed to as a negative term.
From the context of the hits, it appears to be what you first thought,
some one who breaks into a house and sells his spoils
I think Colin was making what sounds like the reasonable point that he'd
be unlikely to put this on his marriage record! Even if he _was_ mainly
a burglar, I would imagine he'd put some other skill - or make something
up - for that.
I'm new here, so please don't throw things if I have got the wrong
group.
First decade of 20th century, one of my ancestors entered House
Breaker as his occupation on his marriage certificate. I am assuming
he isn't admitting to a life of crime, but can anybody confirm or
refute my assumption that he was what today would probably be called
a demolition operative? I.e. he knocked down houses, possibly
reclaiming anything with scrap value.
I've been surprised by what some occupations turn out to be before,
but the places I usually look up old job descriptions don't help here.
On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:59:35 +0000
Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk> wrote:
I'm new here, so please don't throw things if I have got the wrong
group.
First decade of 20th century, one of my ancestors entered House
Breaker as his occupation on his marriage certificate. I am assuming
he isn't admitting to a life of crime, but can anybody confirm or
refute my assumption that he was what today would probably be called
a demolition operative? I.e. he knocked down houses, possibly
reclaiming anything with scrap value.
I've been surprised by what some occupations turn out to be before,
but the places I usually look up old job descriptions don't help here.
According to Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housebreaker_(business)
A housebreaker is an organisation that specialises in the disposition
of large, old residential buildings.
From the late 19th century and peaking in the mid 20th, many large
country houses, manors, stately homes, and castles in the United
Kingdom became impractical to maintain; initially due to the repeal of
the Corn Laws and the late 19th-century agricultural depression, later because of cultural changes following the First World War and then requisitioning during the Second World War. Often, they were sold to housebreakers such as Crowthers of London or Charles Brand of Dundee
for disposal of their contents and demolition.
Typically, after an initial 'walk-round sale' or auction was carried
out, fixtures, fittings, and occasionally whole rooms, were sold off to museums or for re-installation in other properties. The main buildings
were then un-roofed or demolished (see Destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain).
From 1969, the destruction of houses of architectural or historical significance was prohibited by law and the job of the housebreakers
ended. An estimated 1,800 buildings were disposed of by housebreakers
before this time.
Welcome to the group.
I'm new here, so please don't throw things if I have got the wrong group.
First decade of 20th century, one of my ancestors entered House Breaker
as his occupation on his marriage certificate. I am assuming he isn't admitting to a life of crime, but can anybody confirm or refute my
assumption that he was what today would probably be called a demolition operative? I.e. he knocked down houses, possibly reclaiming anything
with scrap value.
I've been surprised by what some occupations turn out to be before, but
the places I usually look up old job descriptions don't help here.
On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:59:35 +0000, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk>
wrote:
I'm new here, so please don't throw things if I have got the wrong group.
First decade of 20th century, one of my ancestors entered House Breaker
as his occupation on his marriage certificate. I am assuming he isn't
admitting to a life of crime, but can anybody confirm or refute my
assumption that he was what today would probably be called a demolition
operative? I.e. he knocked down houses, possibly reclaiming anything
with scrap value.
I've been surprised by what some occupations turn out to be before, but
the places I usually look up old job descriptions don't help here.
Are you sure he was not a horse breaker
On 11/02/2022 14:21, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:[]
[]What did he say in the 1911 census? That might also give who (if
Thanks for the reply. I'm using Ancestry to build my family tree and
hadn't noticed that it didn't offer the 1911 census for him, although
it did offer it for his father, who has exactly the same first and
middle names. (I do wish some of my ancestors had been a bit more
creative with names). Searching for the 1911 census entry, having read
your reply, it gives the much clearer description of House Demolisher.
As you can probably tell, I've not been at this very long.
On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 15:46:48, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk> wrote
(my responses usually follow points raised):
On 11/02/2022 14:21, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:[]
[]What did he say in the 1911 census? That might also give who (if
Thanks for the reply. I'm using Ancestry to build my family tree and
(Make sure you have a copy of all data independent of Ancestry.)
hadn't noticed that it didn't offer the 1911 census for him, although
I've hardly ever relied on Ancestry to find census entries in that way -
I've nearly always searched the census(es) for the person.
it did offer it for his father, who has exactly the same first and
middle names. (I do wish some of my ancestors had been a bit more
Tell us about it (-:. It's a common problem!
creative with names). Searching for the 1911 census entry, having read
your reply, it gives the much clearer description of House Demolisher.
Glad to help!
[]
As you can probably tell, I've not been at this very long.Welcome to the hobby - we all started somewhere!
(When your Ancestry sub runs out, give FindMyPast a go. Both have quirks
[and when you get back to using parish records etc., each has areas the
other doesn't]. Some people alternate between them.)
[]
On 11/02/2022 23:39, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:[snipped]
On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 15:46:48, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
I also hope to visit a few
graveyards and to see any surviving places my ancestors lived. Google
street view has confirmed that some of them are still there.
On 11/02/2022 23:39, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 15:46:48, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
On 11/02/2022 14:21, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:[]
[]What did he say in the 1911 census? That might also give who (if
Thanks for the reply. I'm using Ancestry to build my family tree and
(Make sure you have a copy of all data independent of Ancestry.)
Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure I could manage that for everybody in my tree. There are over 4,000 of them and the number is increasing as I
drill down some side branches, to discover where my DNA matches fit in.
It would be probably be practical for my direct ancestors, of whom I
have so far found 383, out of possible 4,096 if I were able to trace
them all back as many generations as my direct male line.
I am sure that some of my early entries are a bit dubious, but I have rechecked the main trunk and the most important side branches in light
of experience. I'm not sure whether it was the posthumous marriage or
the ancestor who lived to 135 that alerted me to the fact that a lot of people don't check the data they put in their trees, which Ancestry then shares with others.
hadn't noticed that it didn't offer the 1911 census for him, although
I've hardly ever relied on Ancestry to find census entries in that way
- I've nearly always searched the census(es) for the person.
As I said, I am new at this and haven't got into much independent
research yet, other than looking through British newspaper archives
online, which have been quite useful at times.
Plans for later in the year are for a trip to a couple of records
office, one possibly with my cousin. She gave me a head start on my main family line from a tree she researched several years ago. That was all
done by visiting records offices and looking up original documents.
However, she is particularly interested in tracking down more
information about our great-grandfather and those records are probably
in Buckinghamshire, which she didn't visit. I also hope to visit a few graveyards and to see any surviving places my ancestors lived. Google
street view has confirmed that some of them are still there.
it did offer it for his father, who has exactly the same first and
middle names. (I do wish some of my ancestors had been a bit more
Tell us about it (-:. It's a common problem!
creative with names). Searching for the 1911 census entry, having
read your reply, it gives the much clearer description of House
Demolisher.
Glad to help!
[]
As you can probably tell, I've not been at this very long.Welcome to the hobby - we all started somewhere!
I started by accident. My partner of almost 50 years, Barbara, died last August and her cousin, who has a comprehensive family tree on
MyHeritage, asked if I could help with some questions that she was not willing to answer. Probably because she was sure that he wouldn't stop
asking questions if she answered even one. I could tell him the date of
her birth, but not things like when her father died. However, he gave me
full access to his tree and revived an interest in working out just how
many cousins I have (I'm still missing a few). It has grown from there.
(When your Ancestry sub runs out, give FindMyPast a go. Both have
quirks [and when you get back to using parish records etc., each has
areas the other doesn't]. Some people alternate between them.)
[]
I use Ancestry because it is the platform one of Barbara's friends uses.
She has been using it for years and has been very helpful in guiding me.
On 11/02/2022 23:39, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 15:46:48, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
On 11/02/2022 14:21, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:[]
[]What did he say in the 1911 census? That might also give who (if
Thanks for the reply. I'm using Ancestry to build my family tree and
(Make sure you have a copy of all data independent of Ancestry.)
Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure I could manage that for everybody in my tree. There are over 4,000 of them and the number is increasing as I
drill down some side branches, to discover where my DNA matches fit in.
It would be probably be practical for my direct ancestors, of whom I
have so far found 383, out of possible 4,096 if I were able to trace
them all back as many generations as my direct male line.
I am sure that some of my early entries are a bit dubious, but I have rechecked the main trunk and the most important side branches in light
of experience. I'm not sure whether it was the posthumous marriage or
the ancestor who lived to 135 that alerted me to the fact that a lot of people don't check the data they put in their trees, which Ancestry then shares with others.
hadn't noticed that it didn't offer the 1911 census for him, although
I've hardly ever relied on Ancestry to find census entries in that way
- I've nearly always searched the census(es) for the person.
As I said, I am new at this and haven't got into much independent
research yet, other than looking through British newspaper archives
online, which have been quite useful at times.
Plans for later in the year are for a trip to a couple of records
office, one possibly with my cousin. She gave me a head start on my main family line from a tree she researched several years ago. That was all
done by visiting records offices and looking up original documents.
However, she is particularly interested in tracking down more
information about our great-grandfather and those records are probably
in Buckinghamshire, which she didn't visit. I also hope to visit a few graveyards and to see any surviving places my ancestors lived. Google
street view has confirmed that some of them are still there.
it did offer it for his father, who has exactly the same first and
middle names. (I do wish some of my ancestors had been a bit more
Tell us about it (-:. It's a common problem!
creative with names). Searching for the 1911 census entry, having
read your reply, it gives the much clearer description of House
Demolisher.
Glad to help!
[]
As you can probably tell, I've not been at this very long.Welcome to the hobby - we all started somewhere!
I started by accident. My partner of almost 50 years, Barbara, died last August and her cousin, who has a comprehensive family tree on
MyHeritage, asked if I could help with some questions that she was not willing to answer. Probably because she was sure that he wouldn't stop
asking questions if she answered even one. I could tell him the date of
her birth, but not things like when her father died. However, he gave me
full access to his tree and revived an interest in working out just how
many cousins I have (I'm still missing a few). It has grown from there.
(When your Ancestry sub runs out, give FindMyPast a go. Both have
quirks [and when you get back to using parish records etc., each has
areas the other doesn't]. Some people alternate between them.)
[]
I use Ancestry because it is the platform one of Barbara's friends uses.
She has been using it for years and has been very helpful in guiding me.
On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 06:37:28 +0000, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk>
wrote:
I also hope to visit a few
graveyards and to see any surviving places my ancestors lived. Google
street view has confirmed that some of them are still there.
Now you are getting serious, but there is nothing more mind-numbing
than walking up and down churchyeards and cemteries looking for
specific graves, unless it's quite small.
So, a couple of websites:[]
https://www.deceasedonline.com/
Mostly large private and local authority cemeteries. Chargeable to
view records but free to search if registered. Ancestry links to it.
https://www.findagrave.com/
millions of graves, internationally, but a bit hit and miss because it >depends on the public posting photographs, and if you get a match it
doesn't tell you the location of the grave but you will know what to
look for.
On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 06:37:28 +0000, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk>
wrote:
I also hope to visit a few
graveyards and to see any surviving places my ancestors lived. Google >street view has confirmed that some of them are still there.
Now you are getting serious, but there is nothing more mind-numbing
than walking up and down churchyeards and cemteries looking for
specific graves, unless it's quite small.
So, a couple of websites:
https://www.deceasedonline.com/
Mostly large private and local authority cemeteries. Chargeable to
view records but free to search if registered. Ancestry links to it.
https://www.findagrave.com/
millions of graves, internationally, but a bit hit and miss because it depends on the public posting photographs, and if you get a match it
doesn't tell you the location of the grave but you will know what to
look for.
Findmypast has the Church of England burial records, but they don't--
give the locations.
Some local authorities have cemetery databases online or will run a gravesearch on request, which might be charegable.
Churches with websites sometimes mention their churchyards but if they
don't it might be worth an email to ask.
Some county family history societies have surveyed memorial
inscriptions in churches and churchyards and sell copies of their
reports. If you know the churchyard an email to the society might tell
you the location withjout having to buy the report.
Finally, a story. I knew where someone I was interested in had died
but didn't know where they had been buried. There were three
churchyards within a reasonable distance. One of them had a database
of burials but he wasn't on it. The second replied to an email - not
known there. I visited the third en route to my brother in law's
funeral 15 miles away and found the grave by walking up and down.
Should mention that the poor didn't always have memorials.
On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 06:37:28 +0000, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk>
wrote:
I also hope to visit a few
graveyards and to see any surviving places my ancestors lived. Google
street view has confirmed that some of them are still there.
Now you are getting serious, but there is nothing more mind-numbing
than walking up and down churchyeards and cemteries looking for
specific graves, unless it's quite small.
So, a couple of websites:
https://www.deceasedonline.com/
Mostly large private and local authority cemeteries. Chargeable to
view records but free to search if registered. Ancestry links to it.
https://www.findagrave.com/
millions of graves, internationally, but a bit hit and miss because it depends on the public posting photographs, and if you get a match it
doesn't tell you the location of the grave but you will know what to
look for.
Findmypast has the Church of England burial records, but they don't
give the locations.
Some local authorities have cemetery databases online or will run a gravesearch on request, which might be charegable.
Churches with websites sometimes mention their churchyards but if they
don't it might be worth an email to ask.
Some county family history societies have surveyed memorial
inscriptions in churches and churchyards and sell copies of their
reports. If you know the churchyard an email to the society might tell
you the location withjout having to buy the report.
Finally, a story. I knew where someone I was interested in had died
but didn't know where they had been buried. There were three
churchyards within a reasonable distance. One of them had a database
of burials but he wasn't on it. The second replied to an email - not
known there. I visited the third en route to my brother in law's
funeral 15 miles away and found the grave by walking up and down.
Should mention that the poor didn't always have memorials.
On 12/02/2022 17:53, Peter Johnson wrote:snip
On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 06:37:28 +0000, Colin Bignell <cpb@bignell.me.uk>
wrote:
I may, however, have mislead you about my intentions re graves. I am not planning on looking for specific grave sites. As you say, the poor
(which a lot of my ancestors certainly were*) may have been buried by
the Parish without markers.
What I am planning to do is visit places where they lived and take photographs for my tree. In some cases the original buildings still
remain (Thank you Google Street View). While there, I plan to pop into
the local churchyard and have a browse through the gravestones of the
right periods to see what, if anything, I can find. Obviously, having
first checked for any information I can find online. I won't be downcast
if I can't find anything.
* As an aside, I found a couple of generations of related people had
been born in a poorhouse. Further checking showed that, in both cases,
their parents were the Warden and the Matron of those poorhouses.
I prefer FindMyPast because they're invariably first off the mark with
new resources such as the 1921 census.
On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 17:58:23 +0000, Roger Mills
<mills37.fslife@gmail.com> wrote:
I prefer FindMyPast because they're invariably first off the mark withBeing first but charging members extra to see the records doesn't do
new resources such as the 1921 census.
it for me. I can wait for Ancestry to catch up.
FMP is useful for its church records, though, and I occasionally take
a short subscription to access them.
* As an aside, I found a couple of generations of related people had
been born in a poorhouse. Further checking showed that, in both cases,
their parents were the Warden and the Matron of those poorhouses.
On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 17:58:23 +0000, Roger Mills
<mills37.fslife@gmail.com> wrote:
I prefer FindMyPast because they're invariably first off the mark withBeing first but charging members extra to see the records doesn't do
new resources such as the 1921 census.
it for me. I can wait for Ancestry to catch up.
FMP is useful for its church records, though, and I occasionally take
a short subscription to access them.
I'm new here, so please don't throw things if I have got the wrong group.
First decade of 20th century, one of my ancestors entered House Breaker as his occupation on his marriage certificate. I am assuming he isn't
admitting to a life of crime, but can anybody confirm or refute my assumption that he was what today would probably be called a demolition operative?
I.e. he knocked down houses, possibly reclaiming anything with scrap value.
I've been surprised by what some occupations turn out to be before, but the places I usually look up old job descriptions don't help here.
Taking pictures of where our ancestors lived is one of the fun part of
the research.
One example: I was with my mother and we were taking pictures of her grandfathers home. While we were stopped the current owner came down
to the road asking who we were and why were we photographing his home.
When he learned, we talked for about 20 minutes. We talked about the
Hay fork that my mother remember riding across the barn, and found it
still existed but in the owner's brother's barn.
In another incidence the owner learned his home was much older than he thought as a results of our conversation.
As Paul Harvey used to say; we got "The rest of the story."
I have had many nice conversation with the current owners of ancestral
home, who we met in a similar manner. We have also had some interesting situations, as when we did drive-by-shootings of their homes in a high
crime areas of Chicago.
On 11/02/2022 13:59, Colin Bignell wrote:
I'm new here, so please don't throw things if I have got the wrong group.
First decade of 20th century, one of my ancestors entered House
Breaker as his occupation on his marriage certificate. I am assuming
he isn't admitting to a life of crime, but can anybody confirm or
refute my assumption that he was what today would probably be called a
demolition operative? I.e. he knocked down houses, possibly reclaiming
anything with scrap value.
I've been surprised by what some occupations turn out to be before,
but the places I usually look up old job descriptions don't help here.
It would meaning dismantling houses, Colin. These days, re-development usually requires bulldozing all the old walls and contents, and using it
for landfill, but back then stuff would be re-claimed and re-used. This
still occurs here in Ireland if the old building had real limestone
walls, or real slates on the roof, or real wood floors, although the
reason is now as much about authenticity as cost.
Tony
Many urban dwellings have long since gone as part of slum clearances,[]
On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 at 06:02:04, Colin Bignell
<cpb@bignellREMOVETHIS.me.uk> wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
[]
Many urban dwellings have long since gone as part of slum clearances,[]
And/or Luftwaffe action, and urban redevelopment (lots in 1960s).
http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/ has a lot of pictures from around
1921 - not necessarily straight-down, but at about 45 degree angle, so
you can often see the buildings. Covers quite a lot of the UK. I was
able to find Turner street in (Shieldfield,) Newcastle for a cousin, by comparing old maps with one of the pictures thereon.
Taking pictures of where our ancestors lived is one of the fun part of
the research.
One example: I was with my mother and we were taking pictures of her grandfathers home. While we were stopped the current owner came down
to the road asking who we were and why were we photographing his home.
When he learned, we talked for about 20 minutes. We talked about the
Hay fork that my mother remember riding across the barn, and found it
still existed but in the owner's brother's barn.
And/or Luftwaffe action, and urban redevelopment (lots in 1960s).
http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/ has a lot of pictures from around
1921 - not necessarily straight-down, but at about 45 degree angle, so
you can often see the buildings. Covers quite a lot of the UK. I was
able to find Turner street in (Shieldfield,) Newcastle for a cousin, by comparing old maps with one of the pictures thereon.
On 20/02/2022 14:53, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:[]
And/or Luftwaffe action, and urban redevelopment (lots in 1960s).
http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/ has a lot of pictures from
around
1921 - not necessarily straight-down, but at about 45 degree angle, so
you can often see the buildings. Covers quite a lot of the UK. I was
One of my Great Grandfather's sisters lived in a small cottage in[]
Bolton, she had seven or eight children there, all illegitimate and
It cannot have been very salubrious because there was bleachworks near[]
There is just the footprint now (*) but I wanted to see a picture, I
thought that if it had been old and picturesque then surely someone(Local museum/history society maybe? Though I fear Britain probably has
must have drawn, painted or photographed it. But could not find one >anywhere.
Eventually I looked on Britain from Above and found a series of aerial >photographs of the bleachworks which showed also the cottage.
(Local museum/history society maybe? Though I fear Britain probably has
too many such cottages for them all to have been painted!)
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