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1928 addresses help please.
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ZZzzz | Report | 12 Dec 2013 21:21 |
I would like to know how I can look at an address of that year to see what kind of place it was but don't know how to, could someone help me please? |
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Andysmum | Report | 12 Dec 2013 21:44 |
If the street is still in existence you could try Google Maps and look at Street View. |
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ZZzzz | Report | 12 Dec 2013 22:23 |
Tried that Andysmum, on one I can only see a building but not what it was and the other one is only a map :-( |
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LindainHerriotCountry | Report | 12 Dec 2013 22:29 |
Ancestry have some trade directories and phone books, depending on where it is, but you would really need a name for that. It might be possible to spot the address if it isn't a huge place |
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Karen in the desert | Report | 12 Dec 2013 22:46 |
Not quite sure of your meaning, but perhaps the Electoral Register of that year would help? |
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Elizabeth2469049 | Report | 12 Dec 2013 23:55 |
there is a site called ask.com/pictures- which comes up if you google "images of old addresses" - no idea how good it is but it might be worth trying |
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Andysmum | Report | 13 Dec 2013 16:27 |
It sounds a bit as though the area has been redeveloped. |
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ZZzzz | Report | 13 Dec 2013 19:45 |
Ok here goes. |
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LindainHerriotCountry | Report | 13 Dec 2013 20:32 |
The Maida Vale one should be on Google maps |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 13 Dec 2013 20:55 |
I would guess that Castellain Mansions would be a multi-resident building ................ ie, flats or maisonettes |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 13 Dec 2013 21:06 |
from google ................ |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 13 Dec 2013 21:08 |
and from another ad ................... |
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ZZzzz | Report | 13 Dec 2013 21:09 |
Thank you Linda, that looks likely, they were worth a bob or two in those days, that is where the son was living then. The Mother died at Hamlet Gardens, also worth a bob or two. :-D |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 13 Dec 2013 21:10 |
from Wikipedia |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 13 Dec 2013 21:13 |
This site could give a pretty good idea of what a flat might have looked like back then, as it is said to be "unmodernised" |
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LindainHerriotCountry | Report | 13 Dec 2013 21:15 |
If they were wealthy, they may have had a telephone,some of the phone books are on line, but I would need names to look them up |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 13 Dec 2013 21:17 |
again, looking at Hamlet Gardens, it seems as though they were similar Victorian-style mansion blocks |
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ZZzzz | Report | 13 Dec 2013 21:41 |
Linda I have sent you a PM. :-) |
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ZZzzz | Report | 14 Dec 2013 00:46 |
I would just like to say thank you to Lindainherriotcountry on this board for the great help she has given me in tracking down some of my family. :-) |
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