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Greenock marriage location
« on: Wednesday 11 April 18 10:50 BST (UK) »
Can anyone help with the location of this marriage plase. So far I have that it was in a cafe in Greenock!

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Re: Greenock marriage location
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 11 April 18 11:10 BST (UK) »
That's really difficult. I think I would contact SP and ask them for a better image. They are very good about such things.

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Re: Greenock marriage location
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 11 April 18 11:24 BST (UK) »
Yikes.........could be Hamilton Street  - can't decipher the name of the cafe  ???

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Re: Greenock marriage location
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 11 April 18 11:29 BST (UK) »
after several glances -   Fielders Cafe  ???

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Re: Greenock marriage location
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 11 April 18 11:30 BST (UK) »
I think it might be Yielders Cafe.

Snip from the Greenock Telegraph of 1898
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Re: Greenock marriage location
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 11 April 18 11:32 BST (UK) »
Agreed ...

Yielder's Cafe, 41 Hamilton St - W Lawson, proprietor

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Re: Greenock marriage location
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 11 April 18 11:32 BST (UK) »
"We search for information, but the burden of proof is always with the thread owner"

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Re: Greenock marriage location
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 11 April 18 11:33 BST (UK) »
I just modified my posting to include a newspaper snip  :)
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Re: Greenock marriage location
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 11 April 18 11:58 BST (UK) »
Thank you all  :D :D

But, was it usual for marriages ro be carried out in a cafe?
Anderson - Leics., Yorks.; Attwood - Worcs., Staffs.,  Salop; Baylis - Worcs.; Beach/Bache - Worcs., Staffs., Salop; Bills - Devon, Worcs.<br />Dovey - Worcs., Staff., Salop; Gill - Worcs.; Hampton - Worcs., Staffs.; Hancox/Hancocks - Worcs., Staffs.<br />Hill - Worcs., Staffs., Salop; Sherwood - Worcs., Staffs.; Stonyer - Worcs., Staff., Salop, Essex<br />Woodall - Worcs., Staffs.; Potter - Essex.