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Wow what a small world , I am still racking my brain about the third level all the time I worked there I never saw any stairs ,office workshop plaiting was all on the same level .where all the polishing and finishing was done was like an extension with full glass roof like a sunroom we used to...

I think I found it 53 red door not blue the location on the street is perfect only I don't remember it being a three story building but we only worked on the ground level anyway

No lyn I don't remember it being right on the bend but closer to vyse street I had no idea the buildings were still there I thought when we moved out it was for demolition , although it has been revamped it does not look the same the entrance door was on the left and front window on the right...

Yet again mikejee you are spot on , I worked for smiths from about 1968 to 1976 , its hard to pick out the building it was pretty none descript from the front but it was only two levels ,most of the buildings were three or more .

Hi again Lyn yes mikes pictures are fantastic how he had the foresight to take all those pic is a godsend even memories would fade without a nudge from these pictures . what kind of time frame did you work at staintons . Its strange we lived so close and also worked so close to each other were...

Hi Mikejee a lot of these pics are very familiar to me I used to work in hylton street as a jewelry finisher at a firm called r j smith I started there as part time errand boy at fifteen years old , later started full time after leaving school , worked there until moving to Tenby street . Think...

just like to send a thank you to Irene Floyd for putting me in touch with my old neighbor

Hi mother was a perry I wonder if there could be a connection

How great is that finding unknown family .it seems so much more exciting for me living so far away feels lik I have two separate lives .

Don't forget the lead pipes lol yeh we didn't need much in those days life was so much simpler particularly for us kids .

My dad ,every one called him H used to play piano there on weekends they would pass a pint glass around and people would put penny's in , and in the morning there would be a little pile of penny's for each of us kids on the mantel .That was the only money we got back then .This pic really takes...

Dear lyn just an update after coming on this site I am now friends on face book with a old neighbor from cowper street , just amazing what can happen on here thanks for your hard work a t v b

I used to live a few doors down from there towards rodway street from about 61 on there was no bottle making but they did plate glass after they closed or moved we kids were in there sheet glass every wear no bottles

I have been informed by my older sister that it is not Paul Edmonds but Paul Enman not sure of the spelling.

Perfect Lyn

thank you Mikejee already posted with Lyn I wanted to thank personally great work .

wow you guys are fantastic thank you Lyn and mikejee you have cleared up a 60 plus years mystery cant wait to tell my family that's left thanks again .

What about miss fryer not sure if the spelling is right she was my first teacher about 1958

Hi again Lyn did you make a mistake with my name or is there a cowperbill too , I forgot to tell you in the cellar was a big concrete ledge I assume it was for beer kegs it was about two feet tall and about three or four feet in depth . Thanks for the info Lyn you have been working hard by for now .