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| Walter Scott Clark (1871-1965) and his wife Edith Mary Clark (nee
Tennant) |
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Apprenticeship of Walter Scott Clark in 1886
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| to John Goodman for seven years as a Book-binding Finisher |
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"He shall not play at cards, dice, tables nor any unlawful
game.
He shall not haunt taverns nor ale-houses, nor absent himself from
his master". |
| (some of us may have made it for seven minutes, but not seven years). |
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PHILLIPS' PAPER TRADE DIRECTORY 1923.
Page 252
Goodman (John) & Sons, 7, Castle Street, Birmingham. |
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| John Goodman & Sons, 7 Castle Street, High Street, Birmingham |
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| Then - Castle Street c.1880 |
Map 1949 |
Now (almost) - Castle Street c.1963 |
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Letters from his father |
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Personal letter
from David Clark,
written at the age of 76,
to his son
Walter Scott Clark
following the death of his
wife, Ann Jackson. |
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A thank-you note written
by David Clark
on his 82nd birthday
to his son Walter expressing
how "all his dutiful children"
had congratulated him on
his birthday. |
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Walter Scott Clark in West Bromwich |
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"Abbotsford"
71 Lodge Road, West Bromwich |
Former Kenrick and Jefferson building, High Street, West Bromwich c.2012 |
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| The original Wesley Methodist Chapel, High Street, West Bromwich c.1955 (demolished and replaced 1972-4). |
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| GENUKI
- West Bromwick |
| Wikipedia
- West Bromwich |
| Sandwell
local history and family history centre |
| National Record of Archives - Kenrick
and Jefferson, printers. |
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Walter Scott Clark called his house in Lodge Road, West Bromwich "Abbotsford".
Abbotsford
House, Melrose in the Scottish Borders was the home
of Sir Walter Scott, the poet and novelist. |
