Jack Wyer was not really a Stamford boy although he had Stamford connections. His father was a butcher in Nottingham and 16 year old Jack’s occupation was also butcher in 1911. Jack and his sister Elsie, may just have been visiting their aunt and uncle (Mary & Alfred Illingworth) at the time of the census… Read More


Sydney Joseph Tanner – 10 Broad Street Sydney Tanner was born in Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire in 1899 but grew up at 10 Broad Street where his family had 4 rooms presumably above the premises of Hart & Son Seed Merchants. His father, Joseph, was a gardener and in 1911 his older brother Arthur (21 years)… Read More


Frederick Rupert Tinkler – 32 Broad Street In 1906 Frederick Rupert’s father, a building contractor and accountant, died leaving only a few hundred pounds and his wife a widow with 3 young children. Catherine was 12 years , Frederick 11 years and Eileen 7 years old. Frederick was attending the Endowed School on St Peter’s… Read More


Brian and Kenneth, two brothers  were the children of Arthur William Ludlow and Mary Ann Martha Alderman who married in 1894. Kenneth was born in 1895 and Brian in 1900. Their father was an accountant for a timber merchant, he  then set up on his own as a corn and flour dealer. They lived in… Read More


The two boys were the children of Arthur William Ludlow and Mary Ann Martha Alderman who married in 1894. Kenneth was born in 1895 and Brian in 1900. Their father was an accountant for a timber merchant, he  then set up on his own as a corn and flour dealer. They lived in Adelaide Street… Read More


Arthur Henry Joseph Hollis – The Stag & Pheasant, 14 Broad Street Arthur Hollis grew up at the Stag & Pheasant public house where his father, Arthur Samwells Hollis was the licensee for about 20 years. There were 4 children in the family and Arthur born in 1898 was the youngest with 3 older sisters.… Read More


Edwin Drake Edinborough – 31 Broad Street William Edinborough and Emma Drake married in Stamford in 1886 and lived for a number of years at 8 Chapel Yard off North Street. William worked as a County Court Bailiff and furniture restorer. In 1911 they had 5 children, all living with them at 31 Broad Street.… Read More


Charles Raymond Cook – 34 Broad Street Charles Raymond Cook was born in Stamford in 1897. He had a younger brother Redvers born in 1900 and 5 older siblings, all of them born in Stamford. His father John Horn Cook was a builder and contractor. In 1911, 5 of the children were living with their… Read More