Old Photos of the Forest of Dean - Broadwell, Berry Hill, Coalway, Clearwell and district

Road Roller in the Forest

Courtesy of: Albert Weager
Albert wrote (April 2008): "My great grandfather Samuel Ellis is the man with the brush. He was born in English Bicknor in about 1848. At the time of the photo, likely to be Edwardian years, he would have been living in Broadwell. He married Emma Brown of Broadwell"
On Roller: 1 , 2.
Standing on road: 1 , 2 Samuel Ellis, 3, 4.
We know that the photo was taken somewhere in the Forest of Dean.

Thanks also to Ivor Ellis.

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