GEDCOM Note

<p>According to Bill (Arthur William Towler) Arthur Edwin left Alice Petrov & Ellen Towler and went to Bournemouth with Bill and Mable Skates when Bill was about 3.</p><p><p>Arthur Edwin's half-brothers cut him out of the family business when their father died. Arthur Edwin was penniless and began to sell newspapers outside the family boiler maker business to embarrass his half-brothers. He had a friend break into the factory and steal back his own tools, then left for Australia. On the was his taxi broke down in the Blackwall tunnel, so he missed his sailing. His tools were already on board, Whilst the taxi was being repaired the driver was heard to say it was the easiest pound he had ever earned as Rossetta (an older half-sister) had paid him to break down. Later tey learnt that the shipsank with all hands! In 1908 he landed in Freemantle Australia having worked his passage as a carpenter. He and a friend intended to make and sell wooden toys in their own shop, Arthur Edwin returnedto England to buy toys, met and married Alice Petrov and never returned to Australia.</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Moved to Bournemouth 1921 from Lewisham, a guest house in Queen's Road Westbourne and lived at 2 Upper Terrace Bth.</p></p><p><p>Other addresses include:</p></p><p><p>2 Roberts Rd Pokesdown, house destroyed by fire</p></p><p><p>Harewood Rd Boscombe 1925</p></p><p><p>Coombe gardens</p></p><p><p>Abinger Rd Boscombe 1926</p></p><p><p>Spurgeon Rd</p></p><p><p>Nortoft Rd Charminster 1927 running coaches/day trips</p></p><p><p>Coombe Gardens</p></p><p><p>Seafield Rd</p></p><p><p>49 Covena RdSouthbourne 1930</p></p><p><p>51 Covena Rd 1930</p></p><p><p>6 Atherston Rd Southbourrne 1932 self-employed joiner</p></p><p><p>"Woodgrange" 1693 Wimborne Rd Kinson Oct 1935, making beach huts</p></p><p><p>1649? Wimborne Rd Kinson 1935</p></p><p><p>20 Oswald rd. Moordown 1938. Started Southern Manufacturing Co with WG Smith and another man, Pine Road Winton.</p></p><p><p>25 western Ave 1939. Factory busy until start of war, all men called up leaving Arthur on his own. His son Jack (Raymond John) was sent to Southampton as a jig and toolmaker. Lyndsay, Roland and Arthur worked at Drakes Ltd inBth making ammo boxes. Arthur got himself fired (for smoking) and returned to his own factory. Worked for the MOD at Hurn spray painting plane parts at his factory. Meanwhile he made and sold pegs from dismantled butter boxes.</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Whilst at Woodgrange he "received" stolen wood from Fred Surley, stolen from Sherry & Haycocks. Both men were caught and sent to prison for 28 days.</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>At this time (1939) Joan is in service, Jotce is working in a laundry and Gwen misses school frequently having to stay at home and hlep out.</p></p><p></p>