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10 Gas Road, March

History of 10 Gas Road, March

1939

Henry Stanley [Sam] Prior, b 1892, general labourer,

Ethel M, b 1893,

Charles, b 1919, railway wagon repairer,

Doris M, b 1921, cinema attendant,

Leonard, b 1924, errand boy

In 1911 Henry was at Gas Lane, Wisbech

In 1911 Ethel May was a servant at 4 Clarkson Avenue, Wisbech

My late dad’s family lived at no 10 Gas Road.   The Prior family,  my dad’s parents,  Henry Prior and Ethel May Prior  née Leeder,  moved in in 1916 after they married  went on to have 8 children including one who died age 4.   Grandad had an allotment down by the gas works.   My dad at the start of the 2nd World War said there was a sentry at the top of the street  asking who you were before letting you go to your house.   My grandad’s mum and dad were living at no 14.  George and Mary Anne Prior  née Charity.  a A brother to grandad, lived at no 23, Ernest Prior.    My gran died 1970;   my grandad  in 1975.

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