Image published courtesy of Local Studies, Swindon Central Library.
Ten years ago Mark Sutton was instrumental in seeing the Sanford Street School War Memorial removed to Radnor Street Cemetery Chapel. Swindon Council’s children’s department had moved out of the former school during 2012 and the building was empty and vulnerable, its future hung in the balance – demolition was even being suggested!
Today the building is known as the Swindon Community Hubb and is run by Voluntary Action Swindon, accommodating the Citizens Advice Bureau, Swindon Advocacy Movement and the Swindon Carers Centre among many other local voluntary organisations.
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to attend the unveiling of a portrait of the architect Brightwen Binyon and to listen to Martin Robins, a pupil from 1961-66, talking about his long association with the school.
Guests were also able to join James Moss on a tour of the building, which still includes many original features.
The memorial in the Radnor Street Cemetery Chapel includes the names of several sets of brothers who died in the First World War. Mark knew the history of all of them – how they lived and how they died.
The memorial can be viewed during our guided walks when the chapel is open. Our next walk is on Sunday May 7, meet at the chapel for 2 p.m. For more information visit our Facebook page.
Mark Sutton and the Sanford Street School War Memorial
Portrait of Brightwen Binyon – architect of Sanford Street School
In July 1939, as war became imminent, the Lord Privy Seal’s Office issued a number of Public Information Leaflets. Leaflet No. 2 contained information on ‘Your Gas Mask – How to keep it and How to Use It’ as well as instructions concerning ‘Masking Your Windows’ with the following advice:
In war, one of our great protections against the dangers of air attack after nightfall would be the “black out.” On the outbreak of hostilities all external lights and street lighting would be totally extinguished so as to give hostile aircraft no indication as to their whereabouts. But this will not be fully effective unless you do your part, and see to it that no lighting in the house where you live is visible from the outside. The motto for safety will be “Keep it dark!”
The ‘black out’ was yet another feature of wartime that impacted on everyday life. In the winter of 1940 these difficult conditions and icy winter roads resulted in a road traffic accident and the death of Charles Smart.
Image published courtesy of Local Studies, Swindon Central Library.
Killed in Black-Out
Inquest on Swindon Man
Against the wishes of his niece who thought the roads too treacherous for him, Mr Charles Smart, aged 68, a retired GWR employee, of 44, Curtis Street, Swindon, went out on Tuesday of last week to the Central Club. On his way home he was in the act of crossing the road when he was knocked down by a Corporation ‘bus receiving injuries from which he died in the GWR Medical Fund Hospital on Saturday night.
A verdict of “Accidental death” was returned by the jury at Tuesday’s inquest, conducted by the Wilts Coroner (Mr Harold Dale), and the driver of the ‘bus William John Snell was exonerated.
Mr Smart’s niece, Mrs Dorothy Kate Critchley, with whom he lived, said her uncle enjoyed good health, hearing and eyesight.
Dr Alister McLean said the cause of death was shock following injury to the brain due to a blow on the head.
Reasonable Speed
Walter Fred J. Ockwell, 10, Milton Road, Swindon said that last Tuesday night about 10 o’clock, he was in Curtis Street and just before reaching Whitehead Street he saw a form in the middle of the road. The form was not moving. When about 30 feet away he shouted to the object. A ‘bus came along but the object did not appear to move until the ‘bus was almost on top of it. As the ‘bus swerved to the right the object moved to the left. The ‘bus was almost in the middle of the road, and was being driven at quite a reasonable speed.
When he reached the spot, the driver and passengers were getting out of the ‘bus. The object proved to be a man lying a little to the centre of the road. It appeared as if the ‘bus had pushed the man forward. Witness said that as the man stood in the road he faced the direction from which the bus came.
Private James Lewis Warburton said he saw Smart leave the pavement and walk towards the centre of the road, where he stood still. He thought Smart was going to stop the bus, and he did not see him slip.
Driver’s Swerve
The bus driver, William John Snell, described it as a very dark night, with bad road conditions. When he first saw the figure in the road it was very close to the bus and well into the road. He immediately applied his brakes and swerved to the offside, but, owing to the condition of the road, the bus slipped along a little further, and the nearside headlamp struck the man, who was wearing dark clothing.
Questioned by his solicitor (Mr S.G.G. Humphreys), Snell said that had Smart remained where he was when he first saw him, the swerve would have avoided him.
The Coroner suggested that it might be that Smart found the road so slippery that he was afraid to move.
Sympathy was extended to the relatives by the Coroner, and by Mr Humphreys on behalf of the Corporation and the driver of the bus.
North Wilts Herald, Friday, 9 February, 1940.
Image published courtesy of the Dixon Attwell Collection, Local Studies, Swindon Central Library
Charles Smart 69 years of 44 Curtis Street died at the GW Hospital and was buried in a public grave, plot C149 on February 8, 1940.
In 1924 King George V and Queen Mary made a visit to Swindon and the GWR Works. The town definitely pushed out the boat for the royal visit and there are numerous photographs of them on their tour of the railway factory. This photograph is entitled Swindon Works Veterans Inspected by Their Majesties the King and Queen April 28, 1924. The photograph shows 75 men who had completed 50 years in the railway works. In the back row, second from the right, is Mr Edmund Miller Odey.
Edmund was born in Chiseldon in 1859, one of John and Matilda Odey’s five sons. As a sixteen-year-old Edmund began his 5-year apprenticeship in the Smith’s shop on March 20, 1875. Boys were often employed in the Works at a younger age but could not officially begin their apprenticeship until their 16th birthday. His daily rate of pay was 10d (that’s about 5p today) in the first year rising to 2/6 (about 13p) in his final and fifth year. Edmund worked all his life as a Smith’s striker, a physically demanding job, which he was still doing up to his 65th birthday at the time of the royal visit.
He married in 1892 and he and his wife Mary Ann had 10 children of whom 6 had died by 1911. The family lived at a number of different addresses across Swindon – their first home together was in Radnor Street, then by 1901 they were at 3 John Street, in 1909 they were at 4 John Street and in 1911 they were at 5 John Street. All this suggests to me that they did not own their own home but were renting, probably moving frequently.
Mary Ann died in 1914 and she is also buried here in Radnor Street Cemetery but not with Edmund.
So, where does Edmund lie after all those years of hard graft in the mighty GWR factory? He died in July 1928, not many years after that feted royal visit, and he is buried in grave plot C219 a public grave, once commonly called a pauper’s grave.
I can’t help wondering what kind of life Lizzie Florence Spackman had and whether she had much influence in the decisions made on her behalf. She grew up in a railway family and married a railway man, but could she have anticipated how her life would turn out.
Lizzie was born in 1874, the middle daughter of William and Elizabeth Richards’ three girls. By 1881 Lizzie’s mother had died and the three young sisters were living with their father and two elder half brothers in Carfax Street. In 1898 she married Henry John Spackman, a Boilersmith. He was 25 and she was 23.
Henry and Lizzie lived at various addresses in Rodbourne and Westcott during the early years of their marriage. Their eldest daughter Dorothy was baptised at St. Marks’s Church on December 11, 1899 when the family lived at 22 Ford Street. Their second daughter, Norah Winifred, was baptised at St. Augustine’s on December 3, 1903 when they lived at 6 Bruce Street. Then at sometime around 1909 the family left for India where their third daughter, Marjorie Johanna was born in 1910 in Madras. Lizzie would live in India for the next 17 years until they returned to 13 Summer Street, Rodbourne in 1927.
What an adventure? Or was it a nightmare? Did Lizzie love India or was she homesick for Swindon? Once back in England the family settled down in Chiseldon, where Henry was obviously busy – but what about Lizzie? Did she enjoy her new life in the Wiltshire village or did it seem grey and lacklustre after the vibrancy of India? What was on the Spackman family menu – roast beef and Yorkshire pudding or curry?
There’s a lot about Henry in the following report, which is fair enough I suppose as it is his obituary. But I can’t help wondering what kind of life Lizzie had.
Photograph of the former railway works taken from the cemetery
A Broken Link,
Death at Chiseldon of Mr H.J. Spackman
The funeral of Mr Henry John Spackman, who died at The Gables, Hodson road, on Sunday, took place yesterday.
Mr Spackman, who was 62 years of age, was employed in the Great Western Railway Works, Swindon, as a young man. At the age of 25 he went to Madras as a boiler inspector and at a later date was appointed chief foreman. He remained in India until November, 1927, when he returned to England to go into retirement at Chiseldon.
Mr Spackman who had taken a great interest in the Chiseldon Hospital Carnival and in all forms of sport, played for Swindon Town on the Croft, and he was the possessor of a Wilts Cup medal. He gained this while playing for Trowbridge Town against Swindon. He leaves a widow and three daughters. Two of his daughters are married, they are Mrs C. Woods-Scawen, of Madras, and Mrs B. Lillie, of Shanghai. His other daughter, Miss Nora Spackman, resides with her mother at Chiseldon.
The funeral service at the Parish Church, Chiseldon, was conducted by the Vicar (the Rev. C. Foster Palmer) and the interment was in Radnor Street Cemetery, Swindon.
The family mourners were Mrs Spackman (widow), Miss N. Spackman (daughter), Mrs Webb (sister), Mr W. Spackman (brother), Mrs G. Tucker (niece), and Mrs A. Hunt (cousin).
Others present at the church were Mr. and Mrs H. Howell, Mr Hargreaves, Mr and Mrs H. Hewlett, Mr A. Hewlett, Mr J. Walters, Mr E. Walters, Mr H. Walters, Mr Phillips, Mr C. Frost, Sergt. A. Cook, Mr R. Culverwell, Mr R. Finn, Capt. Johnson, Mr H. Drewitt, sen., Mr H. Drewitt, Mr. C. Goldsmith (representing the 18 Overseas Club) Mr F. Blackford, Mr. Lucas, Mr H. Cavill, Mr F. Horsington, Mr A.A. Jarman, Mr and Mrs B. Davis, Mr C. Dommett, Mr D. Richards, Mr W. Long, Mr and Mrs W. Oakey, Mrs Beamish, Mr Gilbert Whiting, Mrs Dench, Mr Street and Mr A. Green.
The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr John C. Liddiard, of New road, Chiseldon.
This is the last resting place of Fred and Mary Winchcombe who married in 1911 and had a family of six sons and two daughters. Mary died in 1951 and Fred in 1964.
Several years ago their granddaughter, Mary, joined us on one of our walks and kindly sent me the following information about her grandparents.
Fred Winchcombe worked in the GWR and walked in from Chiseldon each day. He and the men he walked in with had the habit of taking a quick pint in the Patriots Arms on the way in, and one day he met up with recruitment men from Kings Troop.
Grandad took the King’s Shilling and joined Kings Troop and was posted to Ireland. He was stationed just outside of Kilkenny and the only watering hole deemed safe for the troops to drink in (he was CofE) was Mastersons Hotel in Kilkenny High Street. This was owned by Mary Morrisey’s uncle, and she worked there. Mary was Roman Catholic.
They met, fell in love and Fred asked her to marry him. Her family were not opposed as long as Fred changed religion. He did, they were married in Holy Rood Church, Swindon.
They started married life in Chiseldon, but as Mary insisted on walking into Swindon every day for Mass, Fred moved them to 10 Union Street, Old Town where they raised their children in a two up two down terraced house with outside toilet and no bathroom.
Mary very much wanted to go back to Ireland to see her own parents and siblings, but both parents died before they ever managed to save enough money for her fare.
The fallen angel with her broken arm and wing would have once been a majestic memorial standing close to the cemetery chapel. Now her predicament symbolises the sorrow of this grave and those buried here.
When Clara Edna Susan Smith married Joseph Llewellyn Chappell in 1895 they had a bright future ahead of them. Joseph, who had begun work as a 15 year old clerk in the GWR in 1884 where he worked for more than ten years, had recently set up in business as a cycle agent. His business would prosper, but sadly not so his personal life.
His wife Clara died in 1908 aged just 35, leaving him a grieving husband with two young sons.
Death of Mrs J.L. Chappell – The many friends of Mr J.L. Chappell, of Fleet Street, and Fernleigh, Park Lane, Swindon, will learn with deep regret of the death, at the early age of 35 years, of Mrs Chappell, and will sympathise with the bereaved husband in the irreparable loss he has sustained. The deceased lady, Mrs Clara Edna (Dot) Chappell, was born at Wootton Bassett 35 years ago, and spent all her early life there until she was married to Mr Chappell 13 years ago. She was the daughter of the late Harry and Edna Smith, who were old and respected inhabitants of Wootton Bassett. Mrs Chappell suffered a long and painful illness, borne with great patience, and she passed peacefully away at noon on Saturday last. Deceased proved herself to be an ideal wife and mother, and was devoted to her home, her husband and her children. She leaves a sorrowing husband, and two sons to mourn her loss. The funeral will take place on Wednesday next. The cortege will leave Fernleigh at 2.45 for St Mark’s Church, and will reach the Cemetery at 3.30 p.m. Will all friends kindly accept this the only intimation.
The Evening Swindon Advertiser, Monday, September 14, 1908.
And then the following year their younger son, Leslie Cyril, died aged 4 years old. He was buried with his mother in grave plot D7A.
Joseph never remarried. At the time of the compilation of the 1939 List he had retired to Bournemouth where he lived at Rosemount, Headswell Crescent with his housekeeper, Emily Mitchell, who had worked for him since those first sad years following Clara’s death.
He died on September 9, 1942. The publication of his will revealed just how successful his business had been and his generosity and affection for Swindon.
Swindon and Bristol Bequests
Mr Joseph Llewellyn Chappell, of 17, Headswell Crescent, Bournemouth, Hants., who died on September 9 last, left £31,551 8s 9d gross, with net personalty £30,318 9s 10d (Duty paid £4,174).
He left, in addition to several personal bequests: £100 each to Swindon Victoria Hospital; Muller’s Orphanage, Bristol; RSPCA, NSPCC, St Dunstans, Baptist Tabernacle, Swindon; Wesleyan Church, Swindon; Primitive Methodist Church, Swindon; the vicar and churchwardens of Christ Church, Swindon (for charitable purposes); and to Harry Haskins, for any purpose he may think fit for City Road Church, Bristol.
If you’ve ever thought Victorian names were boring, all those William and Mary Ann’s, think again. Meet Toxopholite John Douglas Cooke.
Was he the first Toxopholite in the family? Did he pass the name on to subsequent generations? And what did they call him for short?
“Come in Toxopholite, your tea’s ready” is a bit of a mouthful to shout down the street.
Toxopholite and Amy Cooke
The man with such an unusual name had a complicated family background. Family historians suspect he was born illegitimately and that he amplified his details with an elaborate backstory – he would later declare that he was born in India on September 23, 1861.
He was baptised Toxophilite John Penery at St Andrew’s Church, Plymouth on January 4, 1860 when his birthdate was given as September 23, 1859 and his parents named as Edwin and Mary Jane Penery. His mother later married William Butterworth Cooke, an officer in the Royal Artillery, in Plymouth in 1867. Perhaps Toxopholite was never told the truth about his birth and was supplied with this story by his mother.
Toxopholite married Amy Kate Lavallin in 1883 and entered the employment of the GWR as a clerk the following year. By 1891 the family had moved to Swindon where they lived at 28 Havelock Street. They later moved to a house in Maidstone Road and by 1911 they were living at 13 Kent Road. The couple had five children, according to the details they submitted at the time of the 1911 census.
Toxopholite’s last home was 133 Kingshill Road where he died on February 22, 1940. He was buried in grave plot C1042.
The meaning of the name Toxopholite (or Toxophilite) is a student or lover of archery. It is derived from ‘Toxophilus – the schole or partitions of shooting’ a book about longbow archery dedicated to Henry VIII and written by Roger Ascham, a 16th century scholar and tutor to Elizabeth I.
Our Victorian town centre streets are frequently named after the great and the good of Swindon – take Jolliffe Street, for instance. Built in around 1891 this street was named after John William Jolliffe, surveyor and collector for the New Swindon Local Board district.
John William Jolliffe was born in 1838, the son of John, a builder, and his wife Elizabeth. John William grew up, married his wife (another Elizabeth) and spent most of his life living on the Isle of Wight. In 1861 he was living in Newchurch, Ryde, Isle of Wight and described himself on the census of that year as a Master Builder employing 50 men.
At the time of the 1871 census he was living in High Halden in Kent where he was employed as Clerk of Works in Building. He moved to Swindon soon after this to a post as Surveyor of Swindon New Town Local Board. His first job was to oversee the building of the new sewerage works in Even Swindon. He appears to have specialised in the building of sewage treatment plants including work at Gorse Hill and at the time of his sudden death he was working on improvements in the disposal of sewage in the town.
Sudden death of Mr J.W. Jolliffe – Our readers will hear with regret of the almost sudden death of Mr J.W. Jolliffe, for some years surveyor and collector for the Swindon (New Town) Local Board District, which took place on Monday morning last. Although in his 73rd year, Mr Jolliffe was up to the time of his death apparently a hale and hearty man. In fact, all the previous week he was about the town as usual, and attended to his duties up to Saturday evening. On Sunday evening he was seized with spasms round the heart, and appeared to suffer much pain. His son fetched Dr. Howse, who attended, and the pain abated. At 1 a.m., however, the deceased was taken worse, and medical aid was again sought, but this time it was of no avail, Mr Jolliffe breathing his last before 2 a.m.
The deceased came to Swindon some 12 or 14 years ago to superintend the carrying out of the new sewerage works which was executed to convey the sewage of the town to the farm at Even Swindon, having previously been in business at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, as a builder.
When the late Mr W. Read resigned the office of Surveyor the Local Board appointed him their surveyor, collector, and inspector of nuisances. Since then the district has grown rapidly – in fact more than doubled – and some twelve months ago the Board felt that the duties of the office of surveyor were so great that they relieved Mr Jolliffe of his duties as inspector of nuisances.
Recently he has been engaged on many important works. The Gorse Hill Sewerage was carried out from his plans and under his supervision. The whole of the private streets at Even Swindon, at Gorse Hill, and many on the Kingshill Estate have been made by him and since dedicated to the board. At the time of his death he was engaged on the plans for a fresh means of disposal of the sewage at the farm, and also on the plans of the proposed new bridge at the end of Wellington street.
The general regard and esteem in which the deceased was held by his neighbours was evidenced on Thursday at the funeral, which took place at the Swindon Cemetery. In addition to members of the New Town Board there were most of the builders and architects of the town, representatives of the Old Town Board, of the GWR Co’s, permanent way and mechanical engineering staff, of the Gas Company, Canal Company, and many tradesmen, with whom the deceased has been brought into business relation.
The religious portion of the ceremony was conducted by the Rev. Father Eikerling and the choir of the Roman Catholic church, of which deceased was a member. At the cemetery chapel the rev. gentleman delivered an impressive address, extolling the many virtues of the deceased, pointing out the lessons to be learnt from such a life and death. The service was fully choral, and was watched by a large crowd of sympathising friends. The deceased leaves a widow some three or fours years his senior. We hear that A Solemn Requiem will be sung for the soul of the deceased this (Saturday) morning at the Holy Rood Church by the members of the St. Cecilias Society, the deceased having been an honorary member of that society.
The Swindon Advertiser, Saturday, November 29, 1884.
John William Jolliffe was buried on November 27, 1884 in grave plot E8290. His wife Elizabeth died in 1885 and is buried with him.
And if you are wondering about the derivation of the name Sheppard Street; this was named after prosperous landowner John Henry Harding Sheppard who owned great tracts of land in this part of New Swindon. You will also find John, Henry and Harding Streets in this area of town.
And this week I have received another old cemetery photograph taken at the funeral of Ethel Mary Franklin in 1925 – a beautiful display of floral tributes with the cemetery chapel in the background.
Ethel Mary was born in 1882, the seventh child of Henry Smith and his wife Emma. At the time of the 1891 census Henry was living at 12 Sanford Street with his large family. He would soon leave his job in the GWR Works and set up in business as a carpenter and undertaker. By 1901 he was living in Gordon Road where the firm of A.E. Smith had their premises for more than 50 years.
Ethel appears on the census of that year as an 18 year old pupil teacher. By 1911 she was 28 years old and living with her parents, her sister, her nephew and an elderly, widowed aunt, at 1 Clifton Street. Ethel was working as a school teacher at one of the Swindon Board Schools.
On April 26, 1913 she married railway clerk Arthur Henry Franklin at the Wesley Chapel, Faringdon Road. A daughter named Ruth Gertrude, was born in September the following year and a son Eric Sutton in 1919.
Arthur served in the war as a clerk in the Army Corps and returned safely to the family home at Langleigh, Kingshill Road. Ethel, Arthur, Ruth and little Eric settled down for the rest of their lives, but sadly it was not to be a happy ending. Tragedy struck when Ethel was admitted to the Victoria Hospital in 1925. Infection set in when a swab was accidently left inside her during an operation and Ethel died on October 18, 1925. Her funeral took place on October 22 when she was buried in grave plot D189 close to the grave of her parents.
Arthur remarried and when he died in 1954 he was buried with Ethel. Ruth, their daughter who was just 11 years old when her mother died, went on to become a nurse. Their son Eric became first an architect and then served at Dunkirk and Monte Cassino during the Second World War.
This photograph of the floral tributes on Ethel’s grave was sent to me by Steve, who also supplied the Smith family photograph when he attended one of our cemetery walks some years ago.
Responding to my request for old photographs, Broadgreen and Queenstown historian Kevin, sent me one taken following a funeral in Radnor Street cemetery, but discovering whose funeral it was proved difficult.
He writes: This reminded me of an old photo I have that had belonged to my late grandparents. I have no clue who’s grave it is or even the date it was taken as there were no details on it.
Kevin went to a great deal of effort trying to place the grave site using aerial photographs of the cemetery and cemetery maps. The break through came when I was able to tell him the names of those buried in the area he had identified as a possible location.
This is Robert Powell, writes Kevin. He was killed in a motorcycle accident on 16 June 1935. He was good friends with my Grandad Fred Newman and Fred’s brother Harry. Grandad used to talk about Robert when I was younger. Although he was killed in a road accident, grandad was always worried I’d be killed when I was racing speedway.
Unconscious near his blazing machine
Young Swindon man dies in hospital
Robert Powell, a young man of 5, Carr street, Swindon, was found lying unconscious by the side of a blazing motor-cycle at Little Faringdon, on Saturday night.
Dr. Moredon, of Lechlade, ordered his removal to the Fairford Cottage Hospital, where he died yesterday from serious head injuries.
The discovery was made in the Filkins-Lechlade road at Little Faringdon, soon after eight o’clock on Saturday night.
In the absence of any indication of a collision with another vehicle, it is assumed that Mr. Powell’s machine must have skidded, then mounted the grass verge and collided with some tar barrels. The accident occurred at a bend in the road.
Mr Powell, who was a member of Swindon Y.M.C.A., and a keen cricketer, recently obtained work in Coventry.
Powell was employed at the Rolls Royce Works at Coventry, and it was only a week ago that he purchased a motor-bicycle.
He was the sole support of his mother (a widow) and a little brother.
Swindon Advertiser June 17, 1935.
At the inquest his mother said the first time she saw he had a motor-cycle was on Whit-Sunday. The machine was his own. She explained that her son rode it during the Whitsun weekend and returned to Coventry on it. The Coroner asked if her son had any difficulty with the motorbike and she replied that he was not used to the kick start, but otherwise he seemed all right. “I thought the machine was far too heavy for him, but he told me he did not think so. He said it would be all right when he got thoroughly used to it. He also said that he found it far easier to manage than a car,” she told the inquest.
Mr R. Powell, Swindon.
The funeral took place on Saturday of Mr Robert Powell, of 5, Carr Street, Swindon. Mr Powell met with a motor accident at Little Faringdon last Saturday. He was taken to Fairford Cottage Hospital, where he died on Sunday morning. He would have been 24 years of age next month. Mr Powell was well known in Swindon and was a member of the Boys’ Red Triangle Club. He was apprenticed in the GWR Works as a fitter and turner, and at the time of the accident was working for an engineering firm in Coventry. The funeral service was held at St. Mark’s Church, and the interment at Radnor-street cemetery. Rev. T.J. Barrett officiated.
Extracts from Swindon Advertiser June 24, 1935.
Among the many floral tributes shown in the photograph were ones from – ‘his broken-hearted mother and little brother Leslie’ along with others from W.D. and H.O. Wills’ Cricket Club, friends and neighbours from Carr Street, Villet Street and Catherine Street and one from Mr and Mrs Newman (Kevin’s great grandparents) who also kept the Order of Service.
At the time of the complilation of the 1939 List, Lily was living at 14 Farnsby Street and working as a laundress in the GWR. Living with her was her younger son 12 year old Leslie. In 1954 Lily married William Bridgeman. She died four years later. Her funeral took place on January 2, 1958 when she was buried in grave plot C4154 with her eldest son Robert and her first husband, also named Robert.
Kevin’s grandad, Fred Newman, is pictured standing next to Robert Powell in this photograph of the YMCA boys’s football team taken in 1929.
Radnor Street Cemetery 