Comments

Thank you Carol - I have forwarded this to Phil Nicholls.  I see from our transcriptions that he was buried at Worle on Christmas Eve - what a  sad Christmas for that family.  You can make contact with Phil Nicholls directly by using this email address 

I live in Yeovil now, so was not at the talk and don't know who was mentioned, but I have a photograph of my uncle, Frederick George Bennett, which was taken by J E Ballantyne, Regent Street, Weston-super-Mare, I would think about 1910, if this fills in any gaps. My uncle was killed in 1910 following a kick to the head by a horse.  He was 20 and was to have been married in a few days. This is a studio portrait and the print number is 6316.

Thanks you for your comments Eddie.  Meadow Villas had some very interesting residents over the years.  In 1881 Henry BUTT, who later became the first Mayor of Weston in 1937 was lodging at No 7.  Francis Henry HORSTMANN (known as Henry HORSTMANN) was living at No 9 the same year.  He came from a family of Watch & Clock Makers who came from Germany and settled in Bath.  Read more about the HORSTMANN Gear Co  It's so easy to get side tracked!!

You can see on the other side of Burlington Street the gardens of Meadow Villas. My great grandfather, Alexander Pike, lived at number 6, with his wife, his brother and wife, and his widowed mother when they first moved to WsM. They later moved to Rose Lawn in Walliscote Grove Road, having bought it from Hans Fowler Price no less. Rose Lawn has most recently been the home of the Citizens Advice Bureau, and now sadly is empty and looking quite sad