Sarah Edwards with her children"

1900

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Sarah Edwards with her children.

Flossie died of the spanish flu in 1919 aged 29, leaving four children who were brought up by their grandparents. When she was about ten, she was walking with her brother, William Edwards, aged 7 or 8, to school at Saint Matthew's from their home at Ivy Cottage, Brunswick Road. They were passing Lane End Brickworks where hand grenades were used to loosen the clay. One had fallen into the road and she picked it up. Edward realised the situation and grabbed it from her. It exploded and he lost his hand. He worked as a postman in Penyffordd. He and his wife ran the post office there. If you look closely, you will see his prosthetic hand.

George, the eldest son, was in Ireland at the time this was taken with his father, Thomas, and grandfather, Edward Jones, building chimneys and kilns.

Tommy, Len and Phyllis were born later.

The baby, Edward, was to become chairman of Buckley Urban District Council.

The photo was taken before the family left for Ireland, where Sarah's husband built kilns. They returned because of the Irish riots, returning on the same ship that the statue of Gladstone came back on after it was vandalised in Phoenix Park, Dublin.

Author: Hewit, Lelia

Sarah Edwards with her children"

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