John
Sydney
Poppitt
(Syd)
was
born
in
Newport,
Shropshire
in
1900
and
died
aged
104
in
Australia.
Following
his
death
in
2004 his autobiography was discovered and the manuscript transcribed.
He
had
always
been
an
avid
writer
and
through
his
detailed
narrative,
he
describes
life
in
the
early 1900s in Newport, Wellington, Stafford and Gnosall where he resided for over 30 years.
In
1923
he
married
Edith
Mildred
Friend
(Millie)
at
St
Lawrence
and
settled
in
the
village
opening
a
shop
and
raising
his
family.
Millie
died
in
1958
and
one
year
later
Syd
moved
to
start
a new life in Australia.
Even
for
those
not
related
to
the
Poppitt
family
this
is
a
truly
fascinating
insight
into
local
social
history of that period.
Click on the link below - enjoy…..
John Sydney Poppitt
With thanks to Michael Poppitt (grandson) and other family members for sharing this story and permission to include this
autobiography.
‘Millie’ & ‘Syd’
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