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Title: Swansea
Post by: cacasmum on Monday 15 November 10 15:46 GMT (UK)

 Can anyone help my grandmother Josephine Monica Donovan left Ireland to work in Swansea exact date not known but she was  living there in 1913.
She worked as a housemaid in St Helens Road Swansea would anyone know if this street still exsist.

Cheers

Title: Re: Swansea
Post by: bevbee on Monday 15 November 10 15:48 GMT (UK)

Yes, St Helen's Road still exists. Check it out on Google maps.

Title: Re: Swansea
Post by: bernard_lewis on Monday 15 November 10 17:10 GMT (UK)

Some of the houses on that road are quite imposing; some of the well to do of 19th century Swansea lived in them!

Bernard

Title: Re: Swansea
Post by: cacasmum on Monday 15 November 10 18:06 GMT (UK)

Thanks to you both