Marwood Brown was born in Keinton Mandeville (1924). At the age of fourteen he attended the Strode Continuation School in Street, where the pupils went to school for half a day, and worked in Clark’s or Morland’s shoe factories for the other half. Marwood’s father was a shoemaker in Keinton Mandeville, taking over the family business, which was started by Marwood’s grandfather in the 1900s.
Somerset Voices: Marwood Brown
January 12, 2009 at 4:00 am (Biography, History, Podcast)
Tags: Brown, Keinton Mandeville, Street
