Yellow front door to No 5 Harley Court, Hereford (Alfred Watkins, pioneer photographer & Antiquarian).
Front door to number 5 Harley Court, the final residence of Alfred Watkins, pioneer Photographer and Antiquarian. Alfred Watkins was born in 1855. He was the thirdof ten children of Charles and Ann Watkins. Watkins father was a prosperous farmer whose ancestors had farmed land for generations in Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, and the adjoining area. He promoted five businesses in Hereford, including the Imperial Flour Mills, Watkins Imperial Brewery and the Imperial Hotel. Alfred Watkins was self-educated. He became a "highly cultured man who knew everything about something, and something about everything." Watkins' first career was as an 'out-rider' for Watkins Brewery and then the Imperial Mills and as a result he became well known in the local countryside. In 1886 Alfred Watkins married Marion Mendam Cross. They had two children; a son Allen and daughter Marion. As a family man, Watkins used to amuse his children with his conjuring tricks and slide shows. The family lived at Sunnyside, Broomy Hill, until 1890 and then moved to the Vineyard Croft, Hampton Park. In 1920, when the children had grown up, Alfred and Marion settled near to the Cathedral at Number 5 Harley Court, where he died in 1935 (see photo).
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