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Tricia_2
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"Family link to our past, bridge to our future"
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Re Terry's:
Found this on Amazon:
Redditch Remembered
DVD ~ Allan Foxall
'Synopsis:
Until about 1900, although Redditch was internationally renowned for needle making and the associated fishing tackle industry, it was still a small country town. Then it spawned famous companies such as Herbert Terry & Sons spring makers and the Royal Enfield Cycle and Motor Cycle Company.'
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Redditch-Remembered-Allan-Foxall/dp/1859835368
There is one for sale on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Redditch-Remembered-local-history-DVD_W0QQitemZ160124336151QQcmdZViewItem
Anglepoise
Anglepoise is a truly iconic British lamp and we are so proud to have this lamp featured on our site. The story of how the lamp was created is fascinating.
Herbert Terry, the founder of Herbert Terry & Sons began a winding spring business in a terraced house in Redditch in the early 1900s which very quickly progressed to Terry acquiring its first premises. In 1932 George Carwardine, an automotive engineer by trade, began developing a light which involved the balancing of an incandescent light bulb in three planes of movement.
http://www.icone.co.uk/anglepoise
And this:
Roberts, John A. (Compiled by) - Spring Design and Calculations. Redditch: Herbert Terry & Sons, 9th. edn. 1958,
http://www.savonabooks.free-online.co.uk/cat53pt28.htm
Also on ebay "Herbert Terry & Sons, Redditch, England" Anglepoise lamps:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-Anglepoise-Wall-Lamp-Herbert-Terry-light_W0QQitemZ220119130105QQihZ012QQcategoryZ1405QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-HERBERT-TERRY-ANGLEPOISE-LAMP_W0QQitemZ260125218418QQcmdZViewItem
'Herbert Terry the founder of the spring business started winding springs at home, a terraced house in Peakman Street, Redditch, later moving to a workshop 400 yards away. His son Charles introduced hose clips and the Terry bicycle saddle and it was he who signed the contract with George Carwardine, who originated from Bath.'
http://www.glias.org.uk/news/219news.html
'If you are unable to purchase a hand brake you may easily make one as shown in the sketches. Bowden cables are used for the foot brake, the accelerator, and clutch. The gear change, of course, must be a rod, and a guide plate should be attached to the side member as shown in one of the sketches. The. rear suspension springs may conveniently consist of very strong motor-cycle front-fork springs, although Messrs. Herbert Terry & Sons, of Redditch, are supplying special springs for the job. '
http://www.bright.org.uk/pageF5.htm
'Established in 1855, Herbert Terry & Sons had a long record of industrial
achievement in the field of springs and industrial fasteners, where the
Terry name became known and respected on a worldwide basis.
Today, Terry operates from a modern industrial base in Redditch offering a
comprehensive range of products for use in industry, hardware, sanitary,
automotive, marine and domestic environments. Terry, since October
1999, is part of the Swedish ABA group of companies an internationally
leading firm in the fields of hose and pipe clamps and connectors. '
http://www.abagroup.com/upload/pdf/Terry%20050919.pdf
Also mentioned here:
http://www.designmuseum.org/design/anglepoise
http://www.kettererkunst.com/bio/george-carwardine-1887.shtml
http://www.george-carwardine.com/index.shtml
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4024609.html
Peakman Street:
http://uk.local.yahoo.com/Worcestershire/Redditch/Public_Houses/1097558002-e-33035.html
http://www.ne-worcs.ac.uk/index.php?tb=0&pg=1
http://www.redditchveggies.makessense.co.uk/locations/1196.html
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Neal(e) Ropier Jeynes/Jeens Harris Colley Dyer~Glos Beckford/Grafton/Ashton B'ham
Hampton Doyle~ Swansea Merthyr/Dowlais Pontypridd
Maldoon~Pontypridd Frome
Davies~ Merthyr Tydfil
Llewellyn~S.Wales
Keefe, O'Keefe,Mountain Ash Pontypridd, PA
Svombo Swambo Swanbo etc ~Greece Hydra; Cork/Queenstown; Glam~Cardiff Pontypridd
Barry~Cork Queenstown; Glam
Thornton~Yorks Baildon; Glam Swansea, Merthyr
Jones~Carmarthen Llanboidy
Sarjant Cole~B'ham Leamington Worcester
Hiley/Tirebuck/Mason Bha
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Yegvard
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Hi Gig,
Check out Redditch library, on the Green by St. Stephen's Church. Plenty of local history books, including some of postcards/photographs.
Whilst you're there ask to the "Redditch and District Needle Maker's Almanac", sort of directory. I think from about 1886 to 1936.
Get a Street Map of Redditch, before you go. Place is covered in roundabouts, very easy to come out in the wrong place. If they were involved in needles at all, visit The Forge Mill Museum.
Good luck
Mike
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HANDS, MIL(L)WARD, COTTERIL, CLULEE, IZOD, HASSALL, TODD, STRATTON, JAKEMAN, JENNINGS, MOLE, ALLCOCK north Worcestershire
WATERS, Thurzo, Sutherland> Bishopswearmouth, Durham
GARDNER, Solihull; TOLLEY Birmingham, Warkickshire
HUMPHRIES, Meifod, Montgomeryshire>Bilston, Staffordshire> Manchester & Texas and Kansas, USA
JAKENS, BIRD, CRAPPER Bury, HIGGINBOTHAM, HORRIDGE, Lancashire
LEO, Galway/Tipperary, Ireland
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gig
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hi mike
thank you for your reply and advice
i went to the library on the green on my last visit and searched the old copies of the redditch advetiser i hit gold there as i found two obituarys for my gg gramas brothers killed in ww1 one of which finally confirmed id got the right man after quite a few years of searching,i will certainly look at the needle makers almanac as they were needle manufacters.
 ive found out about the roundabouts in redditch in person
on my 2nd trip i got completly lost ,going round and round finally
losing my temper and pulling in to b,q carpark after regaining my sanity i asked a man who was loading his car ,if he knew were the old cemetry was and could i walk it from here ,
he said follow me in your car and ill drive past it for you
which he did ,i would never have found it other wise
ive always found people in redditch extremly friendly and helpful
another time i asked a cleaner in the church were the other cemetry was , she said its a good ten minute walk ,give me a minute to finish an ill drive you down, amazing,
ive not come across the forge mill before ,looks very interesting
thank you for your help and advice mike
best regards gig
ps does your cotterils have any links in studley
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Cottrill/cotterill warwickshire/worcestershire/redditch
williams foleshill/ warwickshire/derbyshire
fletcher farnsfield/nottinghamshire/derbyshire
kinder / derbyshire
Vardy /derbyshire
ball /derbyshire/nottinghamshire
dooley /derbyshire
littlewood/nottinghamshire/derbyshire/canada
mortimer/ ireland kildare
Hill derbyshire/nottinghamshire
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Yegvard
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Hi Gig,
Sorry don't know where COTTERILs are from? Possibly Upton
Mike
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HANDS, MIL(L)WARD, COTTERIL, CLULEE, IZOD, HASSALL, TODD, STRATTON, JAKEMAN, JENNINGS, MOLE, ALLCOCK north Worcestershire
WATERS, Thurzo, Sutherland> Bishopswearmouth, Durham
GARDNER, Solihull; TOLLEY Birmingham, Warkickshire
HUMPHRIES, Meifod, Montgomeryshire>Bilston, Staffordshire> Manchester & Texas and Kansas, USA
JAKENS, BIRD, CRAPPER Bury, HIGGINBOTHAM, HORRIDGE, Lancashire
LEO, Galway/Tipperary, Ireland
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