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John Walsh-Walsh's Soho and Vesta Glass Works, deserves the greatest respect. It gave the Stourbridge glass manufacturers a run for their money and some of my ancestors worked there so it holds a place in my heart. I posted this potted history a few days ago on this board: 1816 William...

I have an update on the Woodward bookmakers of Aston. I have improved the genealogy and with the assistance of my son have found a period photograph. The four Woodward bookmaker brothers of Aston and Witton were: Charles George Woodward b 1898, married Florence Evelyn Johnson Sydney Thomas...

Hi Reelpro, I am on the case with some of my fraternity of glass afficianados. I have to admit that currently I am stumped. Percival Vickers in Manchester comes to mind - just because of the "P", but that doesn't feel right. They wouldn't use a Stafford knot either. Regards Jason

Sorry that should have said triangle, circle or diamond. There are bottle manufacturers all over the world who have used "P" as their emblem. Not just UK, but Spain, Turkey and Russia to mention a few!

A huge range of possibilities. I might be able to help you narrow that down: Is the "P" surrounded by a triangle, a diamond or a triangle? If none of the above, when viewed normally, is the "P" the right way round or is it a reversed mirror image? Jason

Hi Reelpro, Now you are getting to the nub of it. A sauce manufacturer would never dream of building their own glassworks, demanding enormous capital. Even Schweppes didn't make their own bottles - they initially purchased them from the Dial Glassworks in Audnam, Stourbridge. However, before you...

Pedrocut, you are of course correct about the county boundary. However, my research leads me to believe that none of the Birmingham glass manufacturers had any particular interest in bottle making. I have listed those of which I am aware in case anybody has a contrary view. However, I still...

Emma Jane Pryse is on Familysearch.org complete with a photograph at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MRHG-71Y

Mike, Excellent find with the sauce manufacturer. I would be cautious about assuming that the glassworks was a Birmingham one. I suggest it is more likely that a Staffordshire glass manufacturer would use the Stafford knot as their emblem than a Birmingham one. As I explained in an earlier post...

I also remember a very pleasant cafe in Needless Alley, but a bit later, probably about 1962 to 1967. My mother used to take me there while she hauled me around Birmingham on her shopping trips. I can't recall its name but if anybody has any ideas to suggest I am sure I would recognise its name...

I think that might well be the corner of Medina Road and Havelock Road, Tyseley. The architecture certainly looks familiar. But if it is, the contemporary title of "Medina Road, Hall Green" isn't right. If it is Medina Road, that is in Tyseley, not Hall Green. I am going to send this to my...

My pleasure. Just for another bit of trans-Atlantic interest, the Jackson glassmaking family of Tutbury, Staffordshire are related to General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863) of American civil war fame. Nothing to do with Birmingham I know, but I couldn't help throwing it into the...

Hi Mike, That is definitely the Stafford knot (more commonly known as the Staffordshire knot), so my guess would be the glassworks in Ludgate Street, Tutbury, Staffordshire. It had been run since 1720 by the Jackson family making bottles for the Burton-on-Trent brewery trade. It was rebuilt and...

Hi Paul, I know this is a bit further up the road in Tyseley, but in my memory that stretch of the Warwick Road from Tyseley to Greet is merged in one. I love this photo: horse-drawn vehicles and manure in the road, gas lamps, the tram lines and overhead cables. My grandfather lived at 519...

Mike, That is fantastically helpful, thank you, just what I was looking for.

I am looking for help please. One of my ancestors Carey Burton (1802-1878) was a shopkeeper at 45 Barn Street, Birmingham from at least 1841 until her death in 1878. She never married, nor did her sister Jemima Burton (b1808) who lived with her and presumably worked in the shop with her. This is...

Sospiri, I have ordered a dozen certificates attacking the challenge from every angle. I hope it turns out to be a worthwhile investment. Thank you for informing me that the facility existed, I wouldn't have known otherwise. BTW, I am making hay while the sun shines and downloads from National...

Janice, thank you, this is a very sound and plausible suggestion. It coincides nicely with my next line of research that I am commencing today. I now testing out a hypothesis that Mary Ann Lees was not born as Mary Ann Lees but became Mary Anne Lees. There are two ways this could come about...

Sospiri, Thank you for that suggestion. I have just listed out all the certificates I need to obtain and will order them all today.

Hi MWS, You have latched onto one of my mysteries very quickly. The original marriage cert that I shared earlier was given to me my my late uncle, so I have no doubt whatsoever that it is my family. As far as I can make out William Burton and his wife Mary Ann, nee Lees had the following...