On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 17:40:36 -0000, Colin Salter <colin.salter@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Thanks! I tried to reproduce the view from Wickham Court for the article; > but the allotments in front of the Court are private and in the way, and > anyway the terraces of Frome Lodge are sadly overgrown now and the view > lost. But you can still identify one of the tall conifers at the back of > the postcard view, across Park Road from the Lodge. I have the Bygone > Frenchay & Stapleton book as well as my own unposted copy of the card. > It's surprising to see it still in print in 1930, when I read elsewhere > that the view dates from 1905 - not exactly a major tourist view, I > would have thought. Hi Colin and Listers, Thinking about it, people collected all kinds of postcards during the Golden Age of Postcard Collecting in the early 20th century. A postcard, dating from Edwardian times, may well have been put unused in an album and then brought out and postally used in 1930 or even later. Each village, during this Golden Age, could have had a number of postcard views taken of its street scenes, churches, chapels, schools, shops, mills, large houses, beauty spots and so on. Some list members may be interested in this page on Postcard History: http://www.postcard.co.uk/postcard_history.php Josephine

Hi, I always heard from family that my great grandmother was Welsh, but as I research, I see that she was born in Bristol. Is it just that people self-identify with their heritage? I see that Wales is very close I've been wondering where to ask this question and am so glad to have found this list. I can give details later but just wanted to post this more general question. Sandy Sheldon Gianni Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY, USA

Hi Sandy Welcome to a very friendly and helpful list! I can't answer your question fully but I know that in the early 20th century I had a couple of family members that crossed from Bristol/Bath to work in the Welsh mines. Correspondingly some families probably moved from South Wales to the West of England; I imagine that finding work was the imperative. Other listers will know far more than me about these 'migrations'I expect..... Regards Karen > From: slgianni@newkenmore.com > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 22:31:44 -0500 > Subject: [B&S] newbie here > > Hi, I always heard from family that my great grandmother was Welsh, but as I > research, I see that she was born in Bristol. Is it just that people > self-identify with their heritage? I see that Wales is very close I've > been wondering where to ask this question and am so glad to have found this > list. I can give details later but just wanted to post this more general > question. > > Sandy Sheldon Gianni > Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY, USA > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Sandy There is generally a grain of truth in family stories but its not always accurate You will probably find that a more distant relation (g.g.grandmother or before) was from Wales My mother always maintained that her grandfather came from Hamburg, not so as her grandfather and his father were born in Streatham Surrey There are other family members who married men of German extraction and its possible one of those was confused with her grandfather, or its further back still Why not post your details and lets see if we can find the link with you Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 07/01/2014 03:31, Sandy Gianni wrote: > Hi, I always heard from family that my great grandmother was Welsh, but as I > research, I see that she was born in Bristol. Is it just that people > self-identify with their heritage? I see that Wales is very close I've > been wondering where to ask this question and am so glad to have found this > list. I can give details later but just wanted to post this more general > question. > > Sandy Sheldon Gianni > Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY, USA

Family stories tend to get distorted over the years so are usually not 100% correct. I would guess that just about every Bristol family tree has some branch that moved to South Wales either permanently of for a few years. It is common to see Bristol families in the later census with some children born in S Wales indicating that they only spent some years in Wales. Although Coal was the main reason for the migration it wasn't just coal miners who moved to Wales so lots of other trades to support the miners and their families also migrated. Its not far by boat across the Severn then in 1880 the long rail journey via Gloucester was shortened by the Severn rail bridge then in the late 1880s shortened even more by the Severn Tunnel. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Gianni Sent: 07 January 2014 03:32 To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: [B&S] newbie here Hi, I always heard from family that my great grandmother was Welsh, but as I research, I see that she was born in Bristol. Is it just that people self-identify with their heritage? I see that Wales is very close I've been wondering where to ask this question and am so glad to have found this list. I can give details later but just wanted to post this more general question. Sandy Sheldon Gianni Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY, USA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message