Tag: Symonds

Charles Clement SYMONDS 1894-1983 | Upper Eastville, Fishponds, Bristol

I found myself looking into the life of Charles Clement SYMONDS after identifying him in a WWI photograph. I wondered what else I could find out, and discovered a Bristol family marked by several tragic events over the years.

The Wittering Court Scandal of 1919 | Daws Heath, Essex

Wittering Court in Daws Heath was used as a private asylum between 1914-1919, until it became the site of a scandal after one of the patients was found dead in her bed.