Hi Barbara At nottsgen@rootsweb.com you wrote Hi: At the age of 14 my grandmother, Annie Rebecca Parnham was hired as a nursemaid (at a hiring fair in 1894) for a family who lived at a house called Springhead in Bulwell. Does anyone know anything about this house, where it was situated or where I could get a picture of it. I would also like to know the name of the family she worked for. I have a vague recollection of my mother telling me that it was a military family, but I really can't remember. I remember visiting the house when I was very young, (around 1949), but the only thing I can remember is that they had snowdrops in the yard. I wanted to pick them and wasn't allowed to. My grandmother worked there until 1900, the year she was married. Any information would be appreciated. Barbara I am Chairman of the Basford & District Local History Society and editor of the Basford Bystander Community Newspaper - please see web site for more info. http://www.basfordbystander.org.uk http://www.ztanzmith.co.uk If you live in the UK and let me have your postal address I will send you four copies of the Basford Bystander Nos 118 - 119 - 120 - 121. These contain a four part article on the house Springhead and the Charles family who lived there at the time your grand mother was a nursemaid there. I am sure you will find these informative and of great interest to you. In case you don't know - Bulwell used to be a market town just north of Nottingham but nowadays is a suburb of Nottingham. If you do not live in the UK then we will think of some other way of getting the Bystanders to you. Best wishes Stan Chairman Basford & District Local History Society Editor Basford Bystander aka Ztan Zmith. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.9 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2781 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message