Edward William TATTERSALL

1893 – 1987 · Hazelwood, 1 Hazelwood Road, Hale, Cheshire

Father: William TATTERSALL · Mother: Edith POTTS

👶 Birth	13 Nov 1893	Hazelwood, 1 Hazelwood Road, Hale, Cheshire 📍 ⓘMarriage Civil Registration Index 📎 View
🏠 Lived	1901 (8)	Melbrook, 10 Cambridge Road, Hale, Cheshire 📍 ⓘ1901 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Second Boer War · Death of Queen Victoria — Edward VII accedes
🏠 Lived	1911 (18)	Melbrook, 10 Cambridge Road, Hale, Cheshire 📍 📎 View 🏛️ National Insurance Act
🏠 Lived	1914 (21)	Melbrook, 10 Cambridge Road, Hale, Cheshire 📍 🏛️ First World War
💼 Occupation	bef 1937	Photographer Brodick, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire 📍 ⓘJamie Guest From Jamie Guest: Prior to 1937 was photographer in Brodick, Isle of Arran and later in Wembley. He moved to St Albans after his marriage. He was always a freelance photographer but worked a lot for the Methodist Times and also for the Methodist Recorder where he was in all but name a staff photographer. He also suppled photos to many other papers on Fleet Street. From John Singleton (john@towerhamlets.org): Edward or 'Tats' as he was more familiarly known was well known to a few of us still … Show more
🏠 Lived	1939 (46)	Charlden, Adelaide Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire 📍 📎 View 🏛️ Second World War
💼 Occupation	1939 (46)	Press Photographer St. Albans, Hertfordshire 📍
💒 Marriage	24 Mar 1942 (49)	Marta FLUBACHER Keswick, Cumbria 📍 ⓘMarriage Civil Registration Index Met and married at Keswick
🏠 Lived	1987 (94)	39 King Harry Lane, St. Albans, Hertfordshire 📍 with Marta FLUBACHER ⓘDeath Certificate This house was built for them.
💼 Occupation	1987 (94)	Retired Photo Journalist ⓘDeath Certificate
✝️ Death	13 May 1987 (94)	39 King Harry Lane, St. Albans, Hertfordshire 📍 Bronchopneumonia ⓘDeath Certificate 📎 View Informant: Martha Tattersall widow of deceased, present at death.
🕊️ Funeral	20 May 1987 (94)	Herts Advertiser. Friday, May 22; 1987 Photo veteran RETIRED freelance photo-journalist Mr Edward Tattersall died at home last week. Mr Tattersall, 93, of King Harry Lane, St Albans, worked up until two years before his death and his work appeared in many national newspapers, magazines and calendars. Mr Tattersall's photographic career began after he was rejected by the forces on health grounds when World War One broke out. A life-long Methodist, he also worked for the Methodist Recorder, w… Show more
🔥 Cremation	20 May 1987 (94)	West Herts Crematorium, High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire 📍 ⓘCremation Records 📎 View Aged 93. Ashes scattered in an unmarked area with no memorial. Records Tel: 01923 673285 Description: No. 86938. His ashes were scattered on W20 "Bluebell Wood"
⚖️ Probate	14 Sep 1987 (94)	Oxford, Oxfordshire 📍 Effects £44,309 📎 View

Notes

No children. No trace of death in The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald.

Information from Jamie Guest:

I spent some of yesterday (18/8/2004) with my Aunt Nancie Longbottom and have been able to obtain some information about your great great Uncle William.

Great Aunt Edith was as you know married to him and Nancie knew her well. They lived in some style at Bowdon with a car and Chauffer which was something in the first world war era. However all was not rosy, he was reputed to have a fondness for… No children. No trace of death in The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald.

Information from Jamie Guest:

I spent some of yesterday (18/8/2004) with my Aunt Nancie Longbottom and have been able to obtain some information about your great great Uncle William.

Great Aunt Edith was as you know married to him and Nancie knew her well. They lived in some style at Bowdon with a car and Chauffer which was something in the first world war era. However all was not rosy, he was reputed to have a fondness for drink and would dissapear for days at a time. Apparently he was quite a drunk and used to go with other women. When Ted was young he slept with a stick by his bed in order to defend his mother if his father came home drunk and started beating her. When he died Edith found herself in quite a bit of debt and the only way out of it was to sell the Bowdon house. The proceeds were used to buy a house in Brodick on the Isle of Arran where Ted supported them both by working as the islands photographer. He became well known and very well liked. In fact the museum on Arran would like some of his pictures. Brodick was a holiday destination for the family from the 1880's. Edith moved there with Ted and lived there until moving to Wembley whilst Ted ran a photographic buisness.

During this time Ted established links with several Fleet Street Papers and in fact was a regular contributor to the Times, Telegraph and the Methodist Recorder.

Sometime in the 1930's they decided to move to London so that Ted could actually work on Fleet Street and they sold the house in Brodick and bought a house in Wembley. Edith died in 1937 and Ted continued working.

Sometime during the war he went on a walking holiday to Keswick where four of his Aunts (Thirza, Sarah, Jessie and Annie (My grandmother) lived. While there he met Marta and a friend (Another nurse) who were staying nearby in a hostel, also on a walking holiday. They fell in love and a wedding was arranged quickly. Due to wartime shortages none of my great aunts, or my aunt could buy new clothes as they had used all their clothing coupons to get clothes for my father who was home on furlough from missionary work in west africa. Grandma apparently made my father some pyjamas from parachute material.

The wedding was in Keswick possibly in 1941 and Marta stayed with my grandmother before the cermony. After they were married they moved to digs above a butchers shop in St Albans before buying the house in King Harry Lane. (The Wembley House may well have been let and then sold to finance King Harry Lane). Show more

Documents & photographs

📎 PhotoTattersall Edward William 📎 PhotoTattersall William with Edward [Original] 📎 PhotoTattersall Edward William (bottom middle) in Arran 📎 PhotoTattersall William with Edward & Annie & Edith Potts [Enhanced] 📎 PhotoTattersall Edward William Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal 📎 DocumentPotts Edith & Tattersall Edward William Departure from Brodick Arran 📎 DocumentTattersall Edward William Brodick Photos Taken & News Articles

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