Rowland Brotherhood memoir - page 10
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Object number2019.00010.01.10
TitleRowland Brotherhood memoir - page 10
Creator Rowland Brotherhood (author)
DescriptionTenth page of handwritten memoir written by Rowland Brotherhood, contractor who worked with IK Brunel. Page 10 of 78.
carries on with account of flooding - his family had to get the fire engine out and use buckets to remove water. The maids carried their goods away from the water, and 'the old Butlers gave us so much of their Scotch ale and it went
down like mils (milk?), and when night came some of us could not walk home'. Talks more about his uncle Jack being a good dancer, and that 'he was fond of riding, and would ride the wild colts unbroken on the heath'. He eventually joined the '4th Light Horse'.
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Production date 1881 - approx 1881
Persons keywordBrotherhood, Roland
Object namememoir
Object categorypersonal record
Materialpaper
Techniquehand-written
Dimensions
- height: 277 mm
width: 204 mm
Credit lineDonated by the Lowther family; descendants of Rowland Brotherhood