Peter Finch “My dad wasn’t a rich man but he looked after his pennies. He worked for the two Doctors, Hay and Cotton. He split his week between them, as a gardener for Dr Hay and a groom for Dr Cotton. He only got labourer’s wages, about two pounds a week, but he’d put something ...
Reference: WH0164
This view looking north down the London Road was taken circa 1912 and shows, on the right, the white-painted Corn Store on the corner of Madan Road. In the foreground three Victorian houses are ‘Haldon’ ‘Providence Villa’ and ‘Dettingen’ and beyond the Corn Store, the large house is ‘Fairlight’. This section of London Road was ...
Reference: WH1058
The road with two names 1 When builder Thomas Henry Weller built his showcase terrace as Westbury Terrace there was nothing but a dirt footpath in front of the houses before what became an unruly hedge bordering Farley Nursery. When the Nursery closed the land was purchased by the local Council for social housing between 1925 ...
Reference: WH1070