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Travelling People / Re: Solomon and Edward Elliott - Fairground showmen
« on: Wednesday 15 September 10 00:23 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Solomon and Eliza are my great grandparents . My mother was Adelaide Elliott the daughter of Beatrice Elliott who was the daughter of Solomon and Eliza. I am 61 and Solomon had died before I was born but I clearly remember my g.grandmother Eliza who was known to me as "granny".She died in the 1960's when she was about 92 , I think. When I knew her she was in her mid-late eighties to early nineties and was living with Beatrice her daughter and Bob Braine my mum's stepfather. They were living in a house in Judge Heath Lane Hayes .I am guessing that the travelling stopped when Solomon died.
She was tiny and dressed in layers upon layers of long black dresses in what I assume to be the Victorian style. She had a permanent rag as a bandage over one eye ( which had been lost chopping wood). She took snuff and always had a yellowing handkerchief in her hand or the pocket of her black pinny. I cannot remember her saying much, (although my brother had memories of her telling him ghost stories when he was very young ) she just seemed to move silently around the house on invisible legs. She was VERY scarey ! I have a photograph of Solomon but none of her. I guess we did not consider her photogenic at the time. Shame !
The boxing booth was used in an early Hitchcock film called "The Ring" . I have it on dvd and video. I also have a book with a "still" from the film. Sharon
Solomon and Eliza are my great grandparents . My mother was Adelaide Elliott the daughter of Beatrice Elliott who was the daughter of Solomon and Eliza. I am 61 and Solomon had died before I was born but I clearly remember my g.grandmother Eliza who was known to me as "granny".She died in the 1960's when she was about 92 , I think. When I knew her she was in her mid-late eighties to early nineties and was living with Beatrice her daughter and Bob Braine my mum's stepfather. They were living in a house in Judge Heath Lane Hayes .I am guessing that the travelling stopped when Solomon died.
She was tiny and dressed in layers upon layers of long black dresses in what I assume to be the Victorian style. She had a permanent rag as a bandage over one eye ( which had been lost chopping wood). She took snuff and always had a yellowing handkerchief in her hand or the pocket of her black pinny. I cannot remember her saying much, (although my brother had memories of her telling him ghost stories when he was very young ) she just seemed to move silently around the house on invisible legs. She was VERY scarey ! I have a photograph of Solomon but none of her. I guess we did not consider her photogenic at the time. Shame !
The boxing booth was used in an early Hitchcock film called "The Ring" . I have it on dvd and video. I also have a book with a "still" from the film. Sharon
.Beatrice was my grandmother on my mother's side. I could probably scan the certificate and email it but might be more reliable if I photocopied it and posted it to you as I have your address.