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Clifton Suspension Bridge |
- Dorothy Ada Bailey b. 1912 D Quarter in BRISTOL Vol 06A Page 8
- Stanley Thomas Bailey b. 1914 S Quarter in BRISTOL Vol 06A Page 7
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Clifton Suspension Bridge |
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South Beach, Weston-super-Mare cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Ian Capper - geograph.org.uk/p/6392467 South Beach at Weston-super-Mare with Birnbeck Pier |
Arthur Wilton Day (b. 29 Dec 1879 in Chipping Ongar, Essex), son of Arthur Stephen Day and Mary Ann Ray, married Louisa Jane James (b. 31 Jan 1880 in Highbridge, Somerset), daughter of Joseph James and Emily Young, at St Stephen's church, Villa Street, Walworth, in the 4th quarter of 1900. The former St Stephen's Anglican church, was a large church (allegedly seating 2000), built c. 1866 (architect H Jarvis) and demolished c. 1956.
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Ebner Street, Wandsworth cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Derek Harper geograph.org.uk/p/3069437 |
In 1911, still at the same address at 23, Ebner Street, Wandsworth, we find Arthur W Day (31) Gas Fitter, Louisa J Day (31), Cecil A Day (24) Clerk Columbia Phono Corp - Arthur's brother - and his sister, Daisy R Heckman (30) described as "Married Deserted 7 Yrs".
If Arthur and Louisa had any children, it hasn't [yet] been possible to determine.
By 1921, it appears they were living in Bristol and Arthur Wilton Day died, aged 58, in 1938, in Bristol.
In 1939, Louisa Jane Day, widowed, was a Paid Companion, living in the household of Charles and Julia Burnett at 141 Richmond Road, Bristol.
Louisa Jane Day returned to her Somerset roots in her retirement, it seems, as she died, aged 79, in 1959, in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset.
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Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Verity Cridland, CC BY 2.0 |
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Stoke Canon Post Office & Stores cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Bill Boaden - geograph.org.uk/p/4054054 |
In 1915 the village of Stoke Canon, just north of Exeter, was the centre of a bitter strike. [...] Workers were in dispute over a pay claim and recognition of the National Union of Printing and Paper Workers. Charles Tremlett, Managing Director of the Stoke Canon Paper Mill, responded by sacking the workers and evicting them from their tied cottages. With nowhere else to go, the union bought the families tents and they were forced to camp in a local field. The strikers won widespread support from around the area. The village schoolteachers took up the cause and funds were raised to support the families.
Among the strikers (pictured here) were John Bridle and family, who lived at The Square. The Bridle family must have moved on, as there's a note on George Henry's school record, dated 15 Oct 1915, which says "Left the Place".
In 1939, John Bridle, Incapacitated and Alice, were at 17 Philip Street, Bristol.
John L Bridle died in 1956, aged 77; Alice Bridle in 1964, aged 83.
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Bridge and Uplowman church cc-by-sa/2.0 - © David Smith - geograph.org.uk/p/4097757 |
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Seckerleigh Farm cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Derek Harper - geograph.org.uk/p/1767262 |
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Pylle Hill Crescent cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Thomas Nugent - geograph.org.uk/p/2566288 |
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