Rowland Brotherhood memoir - page 5
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Object number2019.00010.01.05
TitleRowland Brotherhood memoir - page 5
Creator Rowland Brotherhood (author)
DescriptionFifth page of handwritten memoir written by Rowland Brotherhood, contractor who worked with IK Brunel. Page 5 of 78.
Talks about seeing 'Hancocks Steam carriage on the common roads, it ran over my fathers fat pig for
which he received three pounds. I saw George the thirds funeral'. Went to local Dames school, but left aged 9 1/4 'at the end of December in the year 1821'. Talks about Grandfather, Father, and Uncle Jack Brotherhood playing jokes. Ends on 'felling timber for Lord Waldegrave at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham'.
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Production date 1881 - approx 1881
Persons keywordBrotherhood, Roland
Object namememoir
Object categorypersonal record
Materialpaper
Techniquehand-written
Dimensions
- height: 279 mm
width: 204 mm
Credit lineDonated by the Lowther family; descendants of Rowland Brotherhood