My parents were married at Yardley Parish Church in December 1934. They kept the parish magazine that recorded this. There were 8 pages of adverts. With any luck I will be attaching scans of 4 of them below.
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My parents were married at Yardley Parish Church in December 1934. They kept the parish magazine that recorded this. There were 8 pages of adverts. With any luck I will be attaching scans of 4 of them below.
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The parish magazine that I helped deliver in the late 1950/early 1960s had an insert that no doubt was produced by SPCK, making it some sort of a joint publication. Did that mean that SPCK paid the parish to include its insert, (which would reduce the parish's printing bill)?The magazine is of a particular interest to me as I noticed it was published by SPCK.
Founded 1698 and they are still going strong, I worked for them for 18 years until I retired last year! No longer in Northumberland Avenue though.
The parish magazine that I helped deliver in the late 1950/early 1960s had an insert that no doubt was produced by SPCK, making it some sort of a joint publication. Did that mean that SPCK paid the parish to include its insert, (which would reduce the parish's printing bill)?
Ah! those were the days, all the local businesses crying their wares in the local Parish magazine, nothing fancy about the adverts, in most cases they did what it said in print. I wonder at what age did grandma give up Ovaltine and start on Bengers. They don't sell it at my local supermarket. I remember the name, but what was it, is there a grandma out there who tried it?My parents were married at Yardley Parish Church in December 1934. They kept the parish magazine that recorded this. There were 8 pages of adverts. With any luck I will be attaching scans of 4 of them below.
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Here's a couple of photo's relating to two of your adverts. Shakespeare Bro's & Smith finished up next door to Barclays Bank on Station Rd and were there into the 1960's, John.Here are the other four advert pages from the Yardley Parish Church Magazine for February 1935
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There has been some dicussion of the printers of this magazine. So I had a closer look at it. It is really three seperately printed items. The cover and pages adjacent to the cover are the actual parish magazine printed in Yardley. It is 3 sheets giving 12 sides. Only 4 sides are numbered, 1 to 4. Following page 2 is an SPCK magazine 'The New Day'. This is made up of 8 sheets ie 16 sides numbered 17 to 30 plus 2 sides of adverts that have no number. This was printed in Guildford for the SPCK. The 2 sides of adverts are the less parochial ones given previously with adverts for Bengers and Bovril.
Finally there is 1 sheet (4 sides) 'The Monthly Messenger' of the Birmingham Diocese, printed by Hudson and Son in Livery Street. This is tucked in awkwardly between the last side of the SPCK section and page 3 of the parish section.
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I preferred these. But I gave up well over twenty-five years ago
All three French brands as well as Camel, Lucky Strike and occasionally Sweet Afton. Used to buy them from the kiosk , Findlays?, at Snow Hill station.I loved Gitanes. Smoked them for years.
All three French brands as well as Camel, Lucky Strike and occasionally Sweet Afton. Used to buy them from the kiosk , Findlays?, at Snow Hill station.
Bob
I have followed up the cigarette theme by moving a query to the cigarettes we used to smoke forum.View attachment 135804
For those unfamiliar with the Irish cigarettes, Sweet Afton:
According to this link there is a Peaky Blinders connection.
All three French brands as well as Camel, Lucky Strike and occasionally Sweet Afton. Used to buy them from the kiosk , Findlays?, at Snow Hill station.
Bob