
1 Woodbine Cottage, Shrewley, birthplace of George Beardsmore. The house was in the Cogbill family (George's wife) from at least 1891.

2 George Beardsmore and his aunt Aggie Cogbill outside Woodbine Cottage in Ludlows Lane

3 George Beardsmore and his aunt Aggie Cogbill outside Woodbine Cottage

4 Old Mills at Shrewley

5 History of Old Mills at Shrewley

6 History of Old Mills at Shrewley

7 Adam Ludlow, Wheelwright and Undertaker in Shrewley

8 Adam Ludlow, Wheelwright and Undertaker in Shrewley

9 Old Forge at Hatton, blacksmith is George Williams

10 Wheelwrights at Ludlow's yard, Shrewley

11 Funeral Bier from Hatton

12 Workers in Ludlow's yard - making coffins?

13 Harry Ludlow, Undertaker at Shrewley

14 "Sambo" the horse who used to pull the hearse for Ludlows Undertakers

15 George Beardsmore's confirmation 1939

16 Memorial stone for George Cogbill and Emma (nee Emily Price). Edith Cogbill's parents. Edith married George Beardsmore in Jun 1919. The two children are assumed to be George Beardsmore (b Sept 1922) and his sister Emmie.

17 George Beardsmore

18 George Beardsmore in the RAF c1942

19 George Beardsmore in the RAF c1942

20 George Beardsmore in the RAF, Oct 1942