Alf or Alfie or Alfred Davidge was Market Lavington born and bred. He was born in 1894 to parents Edwin and Mary Jane. Mary Jane was a local girl. Edwin had come to Market Lavington to work at the brickworks. Edwin and Mary Jane lived at Broadway with a family that increased in size quite rapidly. In 1891 they had two children and by 1911 they had had ten offspring of which eight were still alive with six living at home.
Amongst them was Alfred, aged 16 who worked as a shop assistant.
Alfred’s sister took our photo and captioned the back of it.
A photo of Alf (Davidge) taken in 1921 at Clyffe Hall
Now there’s a model for captions. It has who, where and when although if you want to quibble then she should have added the surname. Evidently Alf’s sister was employed at Clyffe Hall by the Warringtons.
And here is the photo.
A very debonair looking Alf Davidge of Market Lavington
Alf is looking very debonair. In fact he would have fitted in well with the picture of Lord Warrington we showed just a few days ago.
We believe Alfred was still living with his parents when the 1926 electoral roll was drawn up and then we lose touch with him.
His death was recorded in the Devizes district in 1985.
We know there are people out there who can tell us more about Alf. Do get in touch.
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