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Chauffeur 1911

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Chauffeur 1911
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Sydney Tubb chauffeured for a member of the clergy, the Reverend Dodd.

Sydney worked as a chauffeur up until the start of WWI when he went off to fight – he suffered mustard gas poisoning in the trenches. Sydney returned to work as a chauffeur up until the mid-1920s. He drove all over France as well as in Britain.

Donor number: 0033-017

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Location:
Birmingham, Acocks Green, The Rectory
Categories:
Daily Life
Tags:
1910s 1911 architecture Birmingham building cap car chauffer coat details driver driving Edwardian england first world war gas horn ivy lamp lamp post men motoring outdoor Reminiscence sitting steering THELMA transport trenches uniform vehicle work World War One
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