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Thanks for that! I've bought it. Now its finding the time to read it. At least its on my phone and not on the teetering pile on my bedside table!

This was posted quite a while ago, the link no longer works. I'd love to read it.

I know this rd well Its Tysoe. I don't know a Gordon But will ask around. Edit - Road title now amended. Thanks Emma.

Wow! Thanks for that. Lovely picture and some really interesting info.

This is defiantly them. Sid James (not 'The' Sid James) was my nans Father, he and his brother married my great grandma and her sister. My Nan and her cousin were 'granny reared' and very close. I'd love to know more about Sid James, I suspect there's some sort of family scandal here. They...

My Nan had a Benton and Stones China tankard. My auntie has it now. I don't know where it came from.

Right I've had a look at my tree and The Rose that seems to fit is Rose Turton. She married Alfred Henry Ingram in 1885 (he was the first of her 3 husbands. The last husband was 20 odd years her junior and younger than her eldest children.) Alfred appeared on the census as a licenced...

We had Ingrams on the other side of the family. I'll have a look through my family tree on the census in this era and see if they had any shops.

Ellen Mears ne Pugh. The Shop. Not sure if it was on Park Lane. Also a photo of my Nan Thelma James (wilkinson)

Thank you. After delving into the family tree I'm regretting all the photos that were cleared out after she passed away. Nobody knew who a lot of the people in them were.:worried:

Thanks. I will upload it if I cant get the scanner to work. I have a couple of group photos of children too, may be from burlington street school, or a street party.

Hello. This is my first post. I've really enjoyed reading through this thread. My Nan Thelma James lived with her grandparents (The Mears) From the late 1920s They lived at the back of 150 Park lane. I shouldve listened to my Nan better because I'm sure she said they had a shop a sort of...