Local Life In The 20th Century
Ledbury

1910 - 1919 Tilley & Son Postcards

1910

( --- ) Ledbury Post Office Staff outside St Katherines Almshouses. Vehicles leased from William TILLEY - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( --- ) The Knapp, Ledbury, Birthplace of John Masefield No 2 - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 3592 ) January Captain CLIVE General Election (High Street PEDLINGHAM Shop frontage) - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( ---- ) January Captain CLIVE General Election VOTE FOR CLIVE and speed the plough - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 3594 ) January Captain CLIVE General Election (Top of Church Lane?) - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( ---- ) January Captain CLIVE General Election outside the Market House looking up The Homend - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 3616 ) January Captain CLIVE General Election (High Street) - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 3901 ) Dedication of New Church The Wyche stood on the hillside. - Awaiting photograph TW.

( 3910 ) Dedication of New Church The Wyche large procession. - Awaiting photograph TW.

( 3953 ) April 2 - Hope End Wellington Heath was destroyed by fire.

[Hope End Fire]
( 3955 )

[Hope End Fire]
© Tilley & Son

( 3976 )

[Hope End Fire]
( 3980 ) Awaiting Photograph - Day room, Bay room and the Drawing room.

( 3985 ) April 2 - Hope End was destroyed by fire.

[Hope End Fire]
© Tilley & Son

( 4000 ) Awaiting Photograph.

( 4040 )

[Hope End Fire]
( Numbers unknown)

[Hope End]
© Tilley & Son
[Hope End Fire]
[Hope End Fire]

( 41-- ) 'Little Snow White' April 11 - 14 Entertainment by local amateurs, in aid of Church Hall and Sports Club. Result: Parish Hall 15 guineas. Sports Club £11.

[1910 Snow White]
( 4127 ) July 11 Ledbury Hunt Puppy Show at the kennels - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 4462 ) May Colwall Church Lads' Brigade - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 4527 ) Daw Brothers in Market Street - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 4561 ) Church Fete at the Redlands, Colwall - Awaiting photograph TW.

( 4641 ) Ledbury Hunt Puppy Show when Sir George BULLLOUGH, Captain WARREN and Thomas PEACOCK were joint masters - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 5051 ) North Ledbury Hounds at Bosbury House - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 5098 ) December 26 Boxing Day meet outside Feathers Hotel - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 5528 ) Miss ARROWSMITH schoolteacher Bosbury school with production of' Aladdin' - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( ---- ) Bye Street, Ledbury terrace houses. - Awaiting Photograph TW

( ---- ) Wain Street, Eastnor - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( ---- ) William HARRIS shop, The Homend - Awaiting Tilley Negative Photograph AH.

1911

Tilley's Publish over 500 View Post Cards of Ledbury & District. This includes 100 View cards of the Malverns and 50 Views of Ross. Symonds Yat and Wye Valley.

( 5145 ) Whist Drive February 12 Cricket and Sports Club at the Royal Hall, Ledbury.

[1911 Whist Drive]
© Liz BRACE ( Paul )

( 5660 ) Late - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 5684 ) June Top Cross Three Counties Show Welcome to Ledbury - Awaiting Tilleys negative AH.

( 5689 ) June New Street Three Counties Show - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 5801 ) June Three Counties Show Hereford Bulls awaiting judging - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 5804 ) June Three Counties Show Shire Horses - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( ---- ) June 22 King George V Coronation Festivities Crowds near the Market House - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 5855 ) June 22 Eastnor Park celebrations in front of the bowls pavillion - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 6594 ) Royal Wells Brewery at West Malvern - Awaiting Photograph TW.

1912

( 6823 ) Awaiting photo

( 6837 ) 168 girls pose for their annual photograph, Miss Hooper headmistress - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( ---- ) Worcester Road, Ledbury. Flock of sheep, Masefield Solicitors - Awaiting Photograph TW or AH.

( ---- ) Worcestershire Yeomanry heavy clay annual camp - Awaiting Photograph TW.

1913

(7---) Postcards starting with a 7 are thought to be from this year.

1914

( 9000 ) Awaiting Photograph.

( 9554 ) City of Westminster boy scouts at Catley (July 1914?)- Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 9608 ) Ledbury Territorials muster Opposite Drill Hall, New Street - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 9612 ) Westminster Boy Scouts Band marching High Street - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 9613 ) Troops on the platform at the railway station - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 9616 ) People seeing the troops off from the platform - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 9634 ) Church Lads Brigade ready to travel to Elan Valley - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 9716 ) 17 National Reservists parade opposite Drill Hall, New Street - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( 9915 ) Upper Hall Military Hospital nurses and wounded soldiers - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( ---- ) Home Farm Coddington horse and cart - Awaiting Photograph TW.

1915

( ---- ) M. R LANE and the donkey and cart raising funds for the Red Cross - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( M668 ) Fifteen army lorries parked in High Street - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( M1114 ) Brand Lodge, Red Cross Hospital. - Awaiting photograph TW.

( M1290 ) Farmyard Scene at Stretton Court - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( ----- ) Cadets of the Church Lads Brigade - CLB - Outside the Church Room

[1914 Church Lads Brigade Cadets]
© Andy TAYLOR

1916

( ---- ) April 23 Bosbury local band procession to the church to unveil a tablet to the local heroes - Awaiting Photograph TW.

( ---- ) Empire Day Speeches crowds gather around the flagstaff - Awaiting Tilleys negataive AH.

1917

( ---- ) July 12 Bosbury Church partly destroyed by fire - Awaiting Photograph TW.

‹‹ TILLEY's Postcards


Sources
Tilley's Postcards - From Old Ledbury Facebook Members
1897 - 1980 Tilleys Almanacks - Herefordshire History
TW - Postcard Numbers obtained from The Archive Photographs Series Ledbury Book Compiled by Tim WARD ISBN 0-7524-0387-7
AH - ( Tilley's Collection ) - No photograph to be reproduced or used for commercial gain without permission Alan HOIDA

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