The Marklew family at Coppice Side Farm in 1907 – a Mills photo. Image kindly donated by David Gee.
Such wonderful notes! Click for a larger version. Image kindly supplied by David Gee.
One enduring subject of very much debate here that continues to receive a lot of attention is the thorny subject of the Marklew family, Marklew’s pond off Coppice Lane, William Roberts and the claim that the farm was one of the last Tommy Shops operating.
Rather than recap the whole, fascinating debate here, it’s best if you just pop over and read the original post and especially the comments here.
In response to that thread, material continues to emerge, and reader David Gee promised to send in an interesting photo he had of the Marklew family, which indeed he has. What an excellent image – and well documented, too.
David wrote:
I have a photograph of the Marklew Family taken in 1907 at Copice Side Farm. On the back is their names and date of birth. Would this be of help ?
Well David, it certainly has and I’m most grateful – the Marklews were a large and notable local family and unlike others, there isn’t too much known about them so to have this image so usefully annotated is wonderful.
Thanks so much!
If you have anything else you’d like to donate, it’s would be hugely appreciated. Posts like these often help those doing genealogical as well as local history research, and frequently spark debate!
If you have anything at all to add – please do. Comment here or mail me – BrownhillsBob at Googlemail dot com. Cheers!
Marklews Pond: unlike the water, the history is opaque and a bit muddy.