My grandmother Dorothy Ellen Hodgson was born 1895 and grew up here; her father William Hodgson being gardener for the Bolckows at Marton Hall. She went into service as a maid at Marton Hall and later became a nursemaid. It’s a pleasure to see this photograph as this lodge is now demolished and I had no picture of it though remember it as a museum. There were two Lodges opposite one another. In the census and on her birth certificate it is simply called North Lodge. Perhaps they occupied both (there were rather a lot of them) or perhaps he kept his gardening tools in one of them. Any information people may have would be most welcome. Thank you Madeleine Johnson
My grandmother Dorothy Ellen Hodgson was born 1895 and grew up here; her father William Hodgson being gardener for the Bolckows at Marton Hall. She went into service as a maid at Marton Hall and later became a nursemaid. It’s a pleasure to see this photograph as this lodge is now demolished and I had no picture of it though remember it as a museum. There were two Lodges opposite one another. In the census and on her birth certificate it is simply called North Lodge. Perhaps they occupied both (there were rather a lot of them) or perhaps he kept his gardening tools in one of them. Any information people may have would be most welcome. Thank you Madeleine Johnson