Cole, Bertie Bertie Cole Betie was born Stamford in the autumn of 1899 and was still at school in 1911. He lived with father Robert (a brewery labourer at Phillips Brewery) and mother Ann at 7 Phillips Yard, the row of cottages rented to Phillips’ Brewery workers. He was the youngest of nine children, one of whom… Read More
Betts, Edward Two families called Betts lived in Duncombs Yard. Charles and Harry were brothers, both born and brought up in St Martin’s parish. Charles (a jobbing gardener) lived at number 2 with his wife Annie and their seven children: Lilian, Ernest, Thomas, Edward, Charles, Ellen and Mabel. Harry (a stonemason on the Burghley estate) lived at… Read More