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Blacksmiths
'Frank's Recollections 1930-39 Part 7' by Frank Stanford
Recollections concerning Miss Alice Robinson, Frank's first teacher at St Margaret's School, Kingsdown Road. Frank was the son of the Village Blacksmith who lived in Kingsdown Road.
Auctioneer's catalogue for the sale Bockhill Farm and cottages in Kingsdown Road, Reach Road, Station Road etc. 1932
Auction to be held by Messrs. Worsfold & Hayward on 8 September 1932. Details of 12 lots, including Bockhill Farm, and houses in Kingsdown Road. .
Building works at the former blacksmith's workshop, now 37 Kingsdown Road. 1988
Douglas Stanford, Blacksmith with an unidentified man at The Forge, Kingsdown Road. c1930
Douglas Stanford is the gentleman on the right
Douglas Stanford, St Margaret's Blacksmith, Kingsdown Road 1940
Photograph of Douglas Stanford in Local Defence Volunteer (LDV) uniform (later the Home Guard) outside the Repeater Station, Bay Hill in 1940. The blacksmith's workshop was located in Kingsdown Road.
Edith, Frank and Arthur Stanford in Kingsdown Road. 1930
Standing in the doorway are Edith Stanford with sons, Frank Stanford (age 3) and Arthur Stanford (age 7).
Forge House, Kingsdown Road, extension. 2003
Note what appear to be different roof lines for the forge on the first photo.
Wallace Newman Charlie Burden and George Chapman outside The Forge in Kingsdown Road. 1905
A photograph taken in 1905 outside the blacksmith's in Kingsdown Road, with Wallace Newman, Charlie Burden and George Chapman.