| AdminHistory | William and Elizabeth Fairbairns lived at Poplar Terrace, High Street, Poplar where their son William Henry Fairbairns, author was born in 1852. He was baptised at Trinity Congregational Church. His grandfather Robert Fairbairns was originally from County Durham and had a warehouse in Wapping High Street.
The family moved from Poplar to 1 Manor Terrace, Bromley in circa 1855. This adjoined a row of cottages on the site of which was built the Poplar Central Library, Brunswick Road, Bromley. In circa 1864 the family moved again to 5 Springfield, Upper Clapton. In Upper Clapton, the family attended Clapton Chapel, where William Fairbairns later married Kate in 1875. On 17 April 1915, the Fairbairns then moved to Radlett, Hertfordshire living at Marston, Aldenham Avenue in 1929. William Fairbairns then moved to a bungalow on The Ridgway, Enfield.
After attending school on Susanah Street, Fairbairns was enrolled at Stepney Grammar School, which he describes in his recollections as a 'time of utter misery'. William visited Eastbourne, Sussex on holiday in 1874 and revisited many times throughout his life. He worked for Campfield Press from 24 March 1902 - 23 March 1925. |