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Re: warston lane, Hi Pollypops From what I can see after a quick look, Allen Preston can be followed through the census from 1841 to 1861 at 5 Waterloo Street. He was born in about 1798. The 1851 census says he was born in Rotherhithe (the 1861 says Greenwich I think ). His wife was Anne...

Hi Stars, I asked Mom but she didnt remember the sorting office being by the picture house, but I will try and find out where it was.

Re: warston lane, Not to worry rosie, as Brian said it's an unusual name so they may have come from the same tree originally..

Re: warston lane, Forgive me for going off thread but I noticed the Pressdee name...I have a Joseph Presdee in my tree, born Ledbury... there don't appear to have been many of them ...wonder if they were related ?

Stars, I know the GPO Exchange was there, but whether it was a sorting office as well, I don't know...It is in Redfern Road now...I will ask my Mom if she remembers. Lynne

Re: james henry smith Hi whiteheather, familysearch.org has James' father as Elijah Smith and Mary's father as Thomas Evans In 1851 there is a James Henry with father, Elijah and mother, Mary Ann ...also with siblings Sarah Ann, Mary Jane, Charles Edward and Caroline Elizabeth at Brewery...

Hi stars, Those photos were actually taken over the last couple of years. The "eyesore" bit is a development of Apartments, but halfway through the building process, the funds were withdrawn and building ceased. It remained in limbo for a long long time and then recently a firm started taking...