Guarlford History Group

In Memory of John Henry Tandy - killed in the Great War

This photograph by HT Baker, of Pound Bank Studio, Malvern was taken on the day of John Tandy's wedding to Mary  Drew. Mary was the youngest daughter of Henry and Emily Drew, and the wedding group is posed in front of the Drew's home, Barber's Hill Cottage which still stands at the top of Bellar's Lane. The bride's parents are seated at the front of the picture and the bride's twin sister Martha is on her left.

Henry Drew, born in Gloucestershire about 1831, was a plasterer who married Emily Lowe of Malvern in 1854.

After her marriage Emily helped by her daughters ran a local laundry business.

When their daughter Fanny died Henry and Emily took in their grandson Les, and later when their son-in-law John was killed they assisted their daughter Mary and her young sons. A good example of how local families supported each other.

The picture below by JH Fox & Co of Worcester was taken about 1900. It shows Henry Drew in a pony and trap with his grandson Les, who was to become a painter and decorator.

The last picture, by the well known Malvern photographer CD Walton, shows Henry and Emily Drew, in their eighties, celebrating their 60th (Diamond) wedding anniversary in 1914.