Alfred Wareham and Bertha Whitbread born in 1864 and 1872 Home village or town, Iwerne Minster, Dorset and Havant, Hampshire
Alfred, Bertha and daughter emily c1907
The family lived at 91 West Street, Havant.
Alfred Wareham was born in Iwerne Minster, Dorset. He was seven years in the army in India.
Alfred's lapel badge
A picture of him here in the Royal Defence Corps.
Alfred worked for the glove making factory, Stent's in Havant. His job was to drive a horse and cart to Southampton dock (Millbrook) and pick up the skins. He stayed overnight in a pub.
Stent's the glove makers: skins are laid out in the fields to dry and bleach in the sun.
The skins were used here to make a variety of gloves, including tiny gloves for children to long evening gloves for the ladies. The animal skins were laid out in a field near the Stent's factory to dry and bleach in the sun.
Workers at Stent's in 1935 using pedal-operated sewing machines to stitch gloves. The family glove making business finally closed in 1960.
The Queen had riding gloves made here. During the Second World War the company manufactured flying suits, mittens and a variety of other leather items for the military
Bertha 1920.
Born in Havant, Hampshire.
It's not clear who her mother was, at the age of 10 she was living with her grandparents.
Her father John Whitbread joined the Royal Navy a year after she was born.
In her later years she was confined to a wheelchair.
