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  1. ChrisWright

    Great Hampton Row

    Thanks for sharing this map Lyn. My great aunt and uncle lived in Court 14 on Great Hampton Row from 1922 to 1938. I hadn't realised it was in Hockley which I have visited many times in recent years. I assume there is nothing left of the courts now?
  2. ChrisWright

    Little King Street Hockley

    It looks as though they have a new factory at 62 Albion Street now.
  3. ChrisWright

    Little King Street Hockley

    Just found this. The company still exists! Saunders & Shepherd were silversmiths and jewellers based in London trading from 1869 to the present day. Their claim to fame is the invention of the self-closing bracelet in 1889. The firm was started by Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders (senior) and...
  4. ChrisWright

    Little King Street Hockley

    Thanks so much. I haven’t got access to the 1921 census yet. I will see what I can find about Shepherd and Saunders (or similar). In the end he had to leave the jewellery trade and went to work in the car industry.
  5. ChrisWright

    Little King Street Hockley

    Hi I'm new to the forum. My great uncle Tom Scott lived at No. 68 Little King Street in the 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses. In 1901 there were 2 parents and 8 children in the house! By 1911 he was 20 and a silversmith. I'd love to know where he worked and if there's any trace of it left - I will...
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