1910

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

Year: 1910
Polling District: Hillsborough
Number: QF 107
Name: Thomas Harold
Abode: 13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield
Qualification: Freehold Ground Rent, pro-ducing £19 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley
Qualifying Property: Burrowlee road and Broughton road

(ancestry.co.uk)

By the census of 1911, the Thomas' family also have another property - The Cottage, in Derwent, Sheffield. broomgrove lodge is still the main residence for the family though.

1911

The 1911 census shows that on Sunday 2nd of April - the night of the census return - Harold's sister-in-law, Annie G Algar, mother-in-law, Eliza Algar and Emma Rayner (unknown) are the only members of the family in residence. Harold and Kate are at their Derbyshire residence - The Cottage in Derwent Village, along with domestic servants Florence Ethel Cummins and Mathea Emma Verkrman. All the domestic servants at Broomgrove Lodge have changed since the last census, and now consist of Dora Westerman (cook), Lillian M Cummins (parlour maid) and Edith Tew (housemaid).

Also ...

No 7 Broomgrove Road (Holme Bank) is still occupied by Elizabeth Harwood (and still "living by private means") as well as two domestics servants.
No 9 Broomgrove Road is the home of coal merchant Charles Burnby, his wife Annie and their children Matthew, Mary, Marguerite and Irene as well as two domestic servants.
No 9 Broomgrove Road (lodge) is not shown on the census.
No 11 Broomgrove Road (Broomgrove House) is still the home of the Marsh's, however, none of the family are at home on the night of the census. Instead, four domestic staff are in residence.
No 23 Broomgrove Road has changed ownership again - now the Dixon's are in residence. William Henry (Director of a Steel Works) his wife Harriett and son Maurice are joined by three domestic servants.
No 25 Broomgrove Road also has a new family - the Stevenson's. Widow Emma is joined by her son Thomas and daughter-in-law Blanche.
No 27 Broomgrove Road, not wanting to be left out, also has new occupiers - the Lloyd's. Chemical Engineer Edward, his wife Hilda and son's Edward, Garnet and John Dale. Only one domestic servant this time though.

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

Year: 1911
Polling Districts: Hillsborough / Sharrow
Numbers: QG 99 / QV 384
Name: Thomas Harold
Abode: 13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield
Qualification: Freehold Ground Rent, pro-ducing £19 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley
Qualifying Property: Burrowlee road and Broughton road

(ancestry.co.uk)

Whites Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham 1911 again lists Harold as "Barrister-in-law & Recorder of Hull" and shows that his place of work is Bank Chambers, now 7 Bank Street, Sheffield. His home is listed as 13 Broomgrove Road.

http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic/249-old-maps-of-sheffield/

in may, Harold, annie and cook - dora westerman - attend the grand bazaar at derwent church school. the proceeds of the day were presented to the school, and Harold performed the opening ceremony.

The Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald publication of Saturday 13th May reported:

"A grand bazaar was held in, and in aid of, Derwent Church Schools, on Saturday. The opening ceremony was performed by Mr Harold Thomas, K.C. (Recorder of Hull). The stall-holders were Mrs Harold Thomas, Miss Algar, Miss A. Wharton, Mrs W. Rouse, Miss Dora Westerman, Miss Martha Westerman, Miss Fisher, Miss Florry Cummins, Miss Gussio Evans, and Miss Emily Thorpe. Mr David Thorpe and Mr Luther Walker acted as stewards. The proceeds for the day amounted to £42."

1912

Time for more domestic staff to be found ...

Sheffield Daily Telegraph's publication of Saturday 1st June, 1912 carried the following notification:

DOMESTIC SERVANTS WANTED

"GENERAL, about 22 years, good references required. - 13 Broomgrove rd."

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

Year: 1912
Polling District: Sharrow
Number: QZ 367
Name: Thomas Harold
Abode: 13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield
Qualification: Freehold Ground Rent, pro-ducing £19 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley
Qualifying Property: Burrowlee road and Broughton road

(ancestry.co.uk)

1913

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

Year: 1913
Polling District: Sharrow
Number: RA 359
Name: Thomas Harold
Abode: 13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield
Qualification: Freehold Ground Rent, pro-ducing £19 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley
Qualifying Property: Burrowlee road and Broughton road

(ancestry.co.uk)

1914

... AND EVEN MORE!

Sheffield Daily Telegraph's publication of Tuesday 27th January, 1914 carried the following notification:

DOMESTIC SERVANTS WANTED

"HOUSEMAID, young, tall, Wanted. - Apply Mrs. Thomas, 13, Broomgrove rd."

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

Year: 1914
Polling Districts: Hillsborough / Sharrow
Numbers: QR 31 / RG 352
Name: Thomas Harold
Abode: 13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield
Qualification: Freehold Ground Rent, pro-ducing £19 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley
Qualifying Property: Burrowlee road and Broughton road e

(ancestry.co.uk)

Saturday 24th October, 1914, saw Sheffield Daily Telegraph's publication listing the requirement:

SITUATIONS WANTED

"YOUNG WOMAN, 30, seeks Situation as Sweing or Useful-maid, light house-work, neat and thorough ; wage 5s. weekly; good references ; height 4ft. 5in. - Apply M. S., 13, Broomgrove rd, Sheffield"

1915

The Sheffield Daily Telegraph's publications of Friday 15th and Saturday 16th January, 1915 carried the following:

DOMESTIC SERVANTS WANTED

"WORKING HOUSEKEEPER Wanted for the country.-Apply, before 11 or after 6, Mrs. Thomas, 13, Broomgrove rd, Sheffield."

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

Year: 1915
Polling District: Hillsborough
Number: QR 29
Name: Thomas Harold
Abode: 13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield
Qualification: Freehold Ground Rent, pro-ducing £19 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley
Qualifying Property: Burrowlee road and Broughton road

(ancestry.co.uk)

1916

The Institute of Civil Engineers Members List published on the 1st of July lists Arthur Blake Davies of Broomgrove Lodge, Broomgrove Road, Sheffield as being a Student admitted to the Institution of Civil Engineers on 24th March 1914.

(ancestry.co.uk)

The Police Gazette's publication of Tuesday 18th April, 1916, carried the following:

ABSENTEES under the MILITARY SERVICE ACT

"No. NAME Number Age Trade LAST KNOW ADDRESS Place
1486 Siggs, Walter 610 21 Engineering Labourer 13, Broomgrove Rd., Sheffield Sheffield"

Debrett's 1916 publication - House of Commons and The Judicial Bench - carried the listing:

H. THOMAS (Hull).

Harold THOMAS, second son of the late Henry Thomas F.R.C.S., of Sheffield ; b. March 26th, 1874 ; ed. at Rossall Sch.; Bar. Lincoln's Inn 1874 ; goes N.-E. Circuit ; is Chm. of Sheffield United Conservative Asso., Trustee of various Charitable Institutions, and a Member of many Friendly and other Sos, for encouragement of thrift amongst working classes of Sheffield and neighbourhood ; unsuccessfully contested Yorkshire, W. Riding, S. Part, Holmfirth Div. (L) 1892, and Yorkshire, W. Riding, S. Part, Colne Valley Div. 1895 ; appointed first Recorder of Rotherham May 1901, and Recorder of Hull April 1904.

Residences - Broomgrove Lodge, Sheffield ; The Cottage, Derwent, Derbyshire.

The Sheffield Evening Telegraph of 7th September 1916 reported:

Offences by Boys.

"Charged with stealing a quantity of apples from the garden of Mr. Harold Thomas, of 13, Broomgrove Road, a 15-year-old boy was bound over to be of good behaviour for twelve months."

1917

Sad news for everyone in the Thomas household. Whilst at The Cottage, derwent, Harold passes away on March 26th - aged 71. His death is reported in a number of publications, including the hull daily mail.

The 27th of March 1917 edition of The Hull Daily Mail carried the following announcement:

"We regret to announce the death of Mr Harold Thomas, of The Cottage, Derwent, and Broomgrove Lodge, Sheffield, Recorder of Hull, which took place on Monday in Derwent. Mr Thomas was in his 71st year. Called to the Bar in 1874, it was not long before Mr Thomas made for himself a prominent position in the various courts in Yorkshire, and particularily at the West Riding Assizes of Leeds. He was for a long period one of the Treasury counsel of the North-Eastern circuit and was at various times engaged in some of the most important trials and civil actions heard by the judges at Leeds. In 1901 Mr Thomas was appointed the first Recorder of Rotherham. He also filled the office of Deputy-Recorder at Leeds and Sheffield, and on many occasions occupied the position of deputy County Court judge at Hull and Sheffield. In 1904 he was appointed Recorder of Hull, and that position he held up to the time of his death. He occupied for many years chambers in Bank-street, Sheffield , and devoted a large amount of his spare time to public work in this city, where he was held in the highest esteem. In Holmfirth and the Colne Valley divisions Mr Thomas contested seats for the Conservative Party, but on each occasion he was defeated, and the valuable work which he would have done in Parliament was lost to those constituencies.
Mr Thomas was a member of the Board of Management of the Deakin Institution, and a trustee of the Withers Pension Fund. During the last few years Mr Thomas had not taken quite so active a part in local affairs, but his interest in the city and its welfare was marked up to the end. - Sheffield Telegraph"

The Sheffield Independent on the same day reported:

"MR. HAROLD THOMAS.
DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN SHEFFIELD CONSERVATIVE.

A prominent figure in Conservative circles in the Central Division of Sheffield has been removed by the death of Mr. Harold Thomas, which occurred yesterday at his Derwent residence, The Cottage, in his 71st year. As Recorder of Hull and prior to that first Recorder or Rotherham, he was a well-known member of the Bar, and at various times acted as Deputy County Court Judge at Hull and Sheffield. In 1886 he was appointed Treasury counsel in Mint prosecutions at the York Assizes and west Riding Quarter Sessions, and seven years later became one of the Treasury counsel in prosecutions generally on the North-Eastern Circuit, and was engaged in many important cases. He occupied chambers in Sheffield, where he also had a residence, Broomgrove Lodge, and was very popular with everyone he met in social and political life because of his invariable bonhomie."

The Sheffield Independent's publication on the 28th of March 1917 read:

"THOMAS. - At Derwent, on March 26th of "The Cottage," Derwent, and Broomgrove Lodge, Sheffield, Harold Thomas, Recorder of Hull, in his 71st year. Funeral at Eclesall Church, on Thursday, at noon. No flowers, by request.

The Sheffield Daily Telegraph also reported on the same day:

"LATE MR. HAROLD THOMAS.

The funeral of the late Mr. Harold Thomas, who died on Monday at his residence at Derwent, will take place at noon to-morrow at Ecclesall. The cortege will leave Broomgrove Lodge at half-past eleven."

The morning of Thursday the 29th of March and the day of the funeral arrives. today is another sad day at Broomgrove lodge.

Friday the 30th March 1917, and the Sheffield Daily Telegraph reports:

“LATE MR HAROLD THOMAS.

Notable Gathering at Interment at
Ecclesall Churchyard.

The funeral of the late Mr. Harold Thomas, one of the stalwarts of the Conservative Party in Sheffield, and Recorder of Hull, took mplace yesterday morning from his residence, Broom-grove Lodge, Sheffield.
The chief mourners were Mrs. Thomas (widow), Miss Thomas (sister), Miss Algar, Mr. Davies, and Mr. C. E. Vickers.
Amongst those attending in All Saints’ Church, Ecclesall, where prior to the internment a service was conducted by the Rev. Canon T. Houghton and the Rev. W. E. Rouse, Vicar of Derwent, were Mr. H. B. Sandford, representing the Deakin Institution and the Withers Pensions Fund; Mr. C. E. Vickers (Clerk to the Town Trust), representing the Town Trustees, of which Mr. Thomas was a member (Alderman W. H. Brittain, the Town Collector, would have been present but for the inclemency of the weather) ; Alderman W. C. Fenton and Mr. A. E . Jameson, representing the Central Division Conservative Association (the latter also representing Mr. James F. Hope, M.P., whose important Parliamentary duties prevented him from being present); and Mr. S. F. Walling. Apologies were received from Alderman Charles F. Bennet, who was away in Nottingham on Corporation business connected with the Derwent Valley Water Board ; Alderman Catell and Councillor G. E. Stembridge. Councillor Ernest Wilson represented the Sheffield Conservative Association ; Mr. C. J. Preston Attercliffe Division Conservative Association; and others included Messrs S. Whiteley, W. E. Grey, and Mr. F. G . Cornhill, representing De-Furnival Preceptory Knights Templar, the Provincial Grand Lodge of west Yorks, the Royal Brunswick Lodge 296, and the Red Cross of Constantine; Mr. R. H. Dunbar, Mr. R. P. Fisher, Mr. J. E. Royston, Mr. Albert Green, Messrs. H. I. Morris, Samuel Gill, G. E. Powell, H. Pursehouse, A. B. Davies.
Carriages were sent by Lady Franklin and Lady Wilson.
Among those who were prevented by other engagements from attending was Mr. Joseph Binney, Clerk of the Peace and County Court Registrar.”

The Hull Daily Mail of Saturday 31st March 1917 reported:

"We regret to announce the death of Mr Harold Thomas, of The Cottage, Derwent, and Broomgrove Lodge, Sheffield, Recorder of Hull, which took place on Monday at Derwent. Mr Thomas was in his 71st year. Called to the Bar in 1874, it was not long before Mr Thomas made for himself a prominent position in the various courts in Yorkshire, and particularly at the West Riding Assizes at Leeds. He was for a long period one of the Treasury counsel on the North-Eastern circuit and was at various times engaged in some of the most important trials and civil actions heard by the judges at Leeds. In 1901 Mr Thomas was appointed as the first Recorder of Rotherham. He also filled the office of Deputy-Recorder at Leeds and Sheffield, and on may occasions occupied the position of deputy County Court judge at Hull and Sheffield. In 1904 he was appointed the Recorder of Hull, and that position he held up to the time of his death. He occupied for many years chambers in Bank-street, Sheffield, and devoted a large amount of his spare time to public work in this city, where he was held in the highest esteem. In Holmfirth and the Colne Valley divisions Mr Thomas contested seats for the Conservative Party, but on each occasion he was defeated, and the valuable work which he would have done in Parliament was lost to those constituencies.
Mr Thomas was a member of the Board of Management of the Deakin Institution, and a trustee of the Withers Pension Fund. During the last few years Mt Thomas had not taken quite so active a part in local affairs, but his interests in the city and its welfare was marked up to the end. - "Sheffield Telegraph.""

The Hull Daily Mail published the following on 3rd May:

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Askew) presided at the meeting of the Hull City Council-this afternoon. A letter was read from Mrs Harold Thomas, thanking the Council for their sympathy in her bereavement.

The London Gazette of 8th May 1917 reported:

Re HAROLD THOMAS, Esq., Deceased.

Pursuant to the Act of Parliament of the 22nd and 23rd Viet., c. 35.

NOTICE is hereby given, that all creditors and other persons having any debts, claims or demands against the estate of Harold Thomas, late of Broomgrove Lodge, Broomgrove-road, in the city of Sheffield, and of "The Cottage," Derwent, in the counlty of Derby, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, Recorder of Kingston-upon-Hull, deceased (who died on the 26th day of March, 1917, and whose will is in course of being proved by Kate Gemina Thomas and Christopher Barber, the executors therein named), are hereby required to send in the particulars of their debts, claims or demands to us, the undersigned, the Solicitors for the said executors, on or before the 16th day of June, 1917, after which date the said executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased amongst the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and demands of which they shall then have had notice; and they will not be liable for the assets of the said deceased, or any part thereof, so distributed, to any person or persons of whose debts, claims or demands they shall not then have had notice.—Dated this 4th day of May, 1917.

RODGERS and CO., 30, Bank-street, Sheffield, Solicitors for the said Executors.

The National Probate Calendar later reported:

THOMAS Harold of Sheffield and of The Cottage Derwent Derbyshire died 26 March 1917 at The Cottage Probate London 3 July to Kate Gemima Thomas widow and Christopher Barber stock and share broker. Effects £ 54979 4s.

(ancestry.co.uk)

1918

Sheffield Daily Telegraph's publication on Monday 24th June, 1918, had the following article:

"The Wostenholm Hall having been taken over by the military authorities, it has been necessary for the various organisations for social service in connection with the Sheffield Cathedral to seek new quarters. Premises have been secured in Paradise Square, for the purpose of a boys’ and girls’ club, which is to be opened on Thursday next. In aid of the club funds a garden party and American tea was held on Saturday at Broomgrove Lodge, lent by Miss Algar (hon. treasurer of the club) and Mrs. Thomas. The Misses Cattell and friends gave a concert, and a similar entertainment was arranged by Mrs. Nicholls."

1919

Sheffield Daily Telegraph's publications of Thursday 17th and Saturday 19th April, 1919, carried the following notification:

APPRENTICES AND BOYS WANTED

"YOUTH Wanted, to assist in garden.-Apply Gardener, 13, Broomgrove rd."

The White's Sheffield District Directory of 1919 has a listing of:

Mrs Harold THOMAS, Abode: 13 Broomgrove Road

1900's

1920's