Rowland Brotherhood memoir - page 7
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Object number2019.00010.01.07
TitleRowland Brotherhood memoir - page 7
Creator Rowland Brotherhood (author)
DescriptionSeventh page of handwritten memoir written by Rowland Brotherhood, contractor who worked with IK Brunel. Page 7 of 78.
An account of a story relating to 'Uncle Jack' Brotherhood and a bull in a meadow in front of the Duke of Northumberlands Sion House, on the Thames between the Brentford and Isleworth. There is a 'sunk fence or Ha-Ha' which uncle Jack had to use to try to escape the angry Bull - 'my Father who had just come down a tree with his clambers which had spikes inside of the middle of the foot, he stood on the top of the wall until Bill came along with his back a little below, he jumped onto his back and drove his spikes into the Bulls sides which so startled him that he lift uncle Jack...'
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Production date 1881 - approx 1881
Persons keywordBrotherhood, Roland
Object namememoir
Object categorypersonal record
Materialpaper
Techniquehand-written
Dimensions
- height: 278 mm
width: 204 mm
Credit lineDonated by the Lowther family; descendants of Rowland Brotherhood