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hi maggieuk how interesting about your family working in ley hill int he 1920's. do you have any ancedotes of the at time? Len cops i used to work in chocolate and put in Bindler and aasted plants myself but not at kunzles.. nice to read your account. i suppose the bottom line is if we want...

GWR thansk for that how interesting that means the house was built in the 1920's or earlier. i wonder if it was bulit by kunzles or somone else owned it before them? graham

gg nothing wrong with a breadmaker. well done you. the old bakers would make their dough late at night. put a board over the top of the dough trough and go to sleep on it. when the dough rose it would tip the board, and baker, off onto the floor. he could then get started on his bakingas by that...

len thats already been posted on this thread back in june. however if you want to know a bit more go to https://www.folhpark.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ where info is posted on christians life

Do you remember in the 80's when there was a fashion for instant bakers on the high street. i ran one in erdington for 12mths. great fun. great bread we used to bake at the back of the shop. Then supermarkets started putting them in store and that was the end of decent bread for most people...

i have found about more about the kunzle family and a lot about the business but i am struggling to find anything on ley hill house northfield where christian is alleged to have lived. i can find that they llived in edgbaston but little else. any help appreciatated...

lloyd thanks for this very interesting. John George Kunzle birth registered 4th quarter 1903 (ref 6d 138) Edward Kunzle birth registered 4th quarter 1905 (ref 6d 42) Margaret Kunzle, both birth and death registered 2nd quarter 1907 (refs 6d 143 and 6d 94)

lloyd interesting but i thought christian kunzle the founder, came to england and worked at the houses of parliament in the 1920's. Am i wrong in that thought?

Jan cant help on kunzles trips i 'm afarid but i am trying to find out more about the family(not related to the showboats) and especilly ley hill house where they lived. Do you have any information? I have posted before but to no avail...... does anyone have any history on the house or...

i used to work at the RHM bakery at garretts green back in1978. is that the same factory?

Christian Kunzle - Confectioner and philanthropist On the front of the Abbey National Bank, Broad Street, Five Ways still searching for info on his work in parliament.

thanks all. alf how interesting. Do you know why the Kunzel family left birmingham or indeed when? thanks kencops and geegee

thats interesting that they were taken to switzerland..wow that must have been some journey in those days. how long ago was that? cheers graham

THANKS ALF i had missed that connection..cheers.

thanks alf very interesting. just tempts you to ask more doesnt it.there seems to be more about the cakes than the family on the web. thanks again

i am trying to find a bit out about the Kunzel family. where they lived and what they did. i know they owned the cake business. but i also believe they were philantropists. That they built ley hill house northifeld, landscaped the grounds ,and thern gave the park to the city when they left the...