My grandad Charles William Gravett was born in 15 Tidy Street in the mid 1800's. I am writing about my family's past in the Gravett family history, a bit at a time as featured in the 'People' section on this site. It's slow going as there are bits of diaries and scraps of paper everywhere, but it will get done, as I think it would be a shame to lose all this glance into the past.

My Great Grandmother, Mercy Mary Avis Haffenden, was born in 39 Tidy Street in February 1861 to a single Mother, also called Mercy Haffenden. 39 Tidy Street was the home of Mercy's sister, Martha and her husband Felix Guy. In July 1909 Mercy's niece, Beatrice Maud Kent, daughter of her sister Ellen, was married from this house.

My Grandad was called Herbert Stanley Slaughter and he was born in Tidy Street, I think around number 44 or 46.
I did have a look at his family history years ago, which is where I came across his address. His family were grocers at one point. Is there a street directory available? He was born in 1897 (this is purely from memory mind, so I could be a bit out!).

My nan and grandad, Sylvia and Patrick Timblin, bought no. 40 Tidy Street in the early fifties, and my nan sold it in 2001. I lived there myself with my nan from 1995 untill she sold the place; I have lots of very fond memories of this house. I also remember that every couple of years they would change the one way system round there, just to confuse us all I expect.