Rowland Brotherhood memoir - page 3
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Object number2019.00010.01.03
TitleRowland Brotherhood memoir - page 3
Creator Rowland Brotherhood (author)
DescriptionThird page of handwritten memoir written by Rowland Brotherhood, contractor who worked with IK Brunel. Page 3 of 78.
Discusses his father, who worked from a young age, including as a servant to Captain Bowls and was there at the taking of Copenhagen. Returned and worked with his father in the nightsoil business. 'At the end of the great Comet year 1811,
he married Charlotte Wilder'. After Waterloo business boomed, as everyone needed cesspits and there were no sewers.
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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: 205 mm
Credit lineDonated by the Lowther family; descendants of Rowland Brotherhood