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Annie Marie GILMORE - b. 1878 in Great Warley, Essex / d. 1960 in Stratford, London
Stepping back in time when your Annie was just a child
on William Street, many of the folks were railway workers.
When the widow Mary HEARD finished her "9 to 5" job as a
waiting room attendant, I wonder if she ever had a chat
with the Shoreditch peddler Francis PEPPER or the other
peddling Pepper a few blocks away.
Did they chat about the railway workers
such as David JAY (engine driver),
George BARTON (railway guard), or Scott & Hanley,
the railroad coach builders.
Did they take time to say hello
to the widow Julia PHILLIPS, Mrs Elizabeth GILMORE,
and Mrs Elizabeth BARTON from Marylebone, London.
We can only guess, but I wonder if Daniel Gilmore worked
alongside William Street neighbour Joseph DIGBY.
And the young children of West Ham's William street
such as Annie Gilmore, Emma Sibley and Edith Wyatt,
as the years flashed along like the railway trains
did they happen to communicate with each other and
stay in touch. The Cooper children, Annie and Frank likely
lived across the street from Edith, Annie, David and Elizabeth Gilmore.
How many years did they sit along side each other
on any given sunday afternoon on a park bench or
playground not far from where the steam engines roared.
Funny thing, someone mentioned the Nunn name. at one
time Charles & Mary NUNN also lived on William street.
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