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Rob,

Just read thro the HH thread again - re a photo of your gt grandfather -  he was a GWR Platelayer - have u looked at GWR staff mags - the main GWR staff museum is Steam at Swindon. But before Covid I spent several happy days at the National Rail Museum of York looking thro their copies of the GWR magazine - they were on open shelves then(but maybe check now). Armed with dates of joining/marriage etc etc I did make some interesting finds for my relation. Also there were a variety of GWR clubs/societies to which Harry might have belonged and where photos might have been taken. (NB no name indexes - so can be a slog - but I went thro all the mags and found it interesting - with always a hope of "hitting pay dirt". I mention York - fairly easy train journey from Liverpool  ? - if and when they run !? 

The trams would have had a tremendous effect on the livelihood of the Cabbies when they were introduced at Easter 1902.

There is a facility to add an image to the Research Forum but if you state the date of the Mercury with the article to which you refer, people will be able to see it on film in Weston Library or if they have a subscription on the British Newspaper Archive or Findmypast.  This extract from an account of activities at Whitson 1902 shows the effect of the trams on the cabs.

It is so satisfying to work out how you connect to a DNA match - especially one which is a tad convoluted, like this one!

I have a Creed Family Tree going back to Richard 1730.  If I can be of assistance to anyone, please let me know

My sister is married to Derek Creed of West Pennard.

Ann

Pat

The chap in the circle in the middle looks very much like No. 9 of the 1927 committee. Looking at the ages of those committee members named over the years I have started to believe that this could be Albert Joseph Champion. He died just 3 days after the Harvest Home in 1931 - so could this be a sort of "In Memoriam" photo?

I'll leave it to Kate to identify the Osmonds in the bottom part of the photo (I'm sure that there is at least one)

There must be many members who have ancestors who lived outside our area.  Why not try posting a query relating to Draycott or Cannington.  My first thought is "Strawberries" when I think of Draycott! But I have GOODALL and CASELEY from Draycott in my family tree.  I also have GULLIFORD, SHORNEY and TAMBLING from Cannington.  What names are you interested in?