Hi Debs_JJ
!! My Great-Grandparents lived at 19 Thorpe St from approx 1855 - 1880 !!
Ralph Charlesworth was a Brass Founder & his wife, Sarah Ann Bate, was a Nurse.
1851 Census records them living with Grandma Bate in Edmund St.
1861 & 1871 Census records their stay at that address. In April 1880 they Emigrated to South Africa. I have the Ships Log of their arrival.
They took 8 children to SA, ranging from ages 22 down to 3 years old (my Granddad).
My Family & I are the first of their descendants to "Immigrate" back to England.
What I would particulary apprecite is :
1) Any photographs of 19 Thorpe St. We have no photos of the GG-Grandparents at all.I f you have any of the property I will gladly pay for copies.
Perhaps you could recommend a published History work that may picture the area for me ?
2) Ralph was a Brass Founder / Dresser. What Foundry would he have worked at living in Thorpe St ?
I have written & recorded a folk song called "Annie Dear".....a saga of their emigration. This can be played/downloaded from
https://www.theufr.com (songs tab).
Regards
Chris Charlesworth
3) What Hospital would Sarah have been employed at living in Thorpe St.