I am delighted to say that Bradford Library Local Studies dept have managed to find what I was hoping for in my message last week. In fact they have found a drawing and a photo of the front of the old Yorkshire Bank in Tyrrel St where my grandfather Lawrence CREEDON was born in 1888. The family lived in a basement apartment and I believe g grandmother Rebecca scrubbed the bank steps. As she was pregnant for much of her life there , it must have been tricky. I guess she was out early in the mornings as it was a business man's street with not many women around . Marvelous how a picture can really help to put flesh on the bones in this hobby. I will try the Archives now for any work / pension record of g grandfathers time there. Valerie Nee CREEDON ( I do not use this for my security name )

From: "Valerie Gilbert" <valerie.genlist@btinternet.com> > I am delighted to say that Bradford Library Local Studies dept have > managed to find what I was hoping for in my message last week. In fact > they have found a drawing and a photo of the front of the old > Yorkshire Bank in Tyrrel St where my grandfather Lawrence > CREEDON was born in 1888. The family lived in a basement > apartment and I believe g grandmother Rebecca scrubbed the bank > steps.> Congratulations! I felt sure Bradford Library would come up trumps - they usually do. Valerie Nee CREEDON > ( I do not use this for my security name ) Very wise! As I posted recently, I advise anyone still using their mother's maiden name as a code-word for their bank should ask the bank to change it pronto. I don't think they can refuse to do so if you explain why, i.e. the GRO Birth Indexes on the Internet in several places give the mother's maiden name from the Sep quarter of 1911 onwards. -- Roy Stockdill Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE