Uncle Bob

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Owen Owen
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Robert Gray, known to Mum as Uncle Bob, who's war medals we have from his service in WW1, lived at Rutland Street Bootle. He worked at Bryant & May.
He was found dead in a puddle.


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Owen Owen
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Dan
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Enlarged the photos.
Owen Owen wrote: Sat Oct 23, 2021 2:26 pm Robert Gray, known to Mum as Uncle Bob, who's war medals we have from his service in WW1, lived at Rutland Street Bootle.

He worked at Bryant & May.

He was found dead in a puddle.

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Funeral Notice

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Diamond Match Works Litherland

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Family photo

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Bryant & May medal

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Some additional general history.

Diamond Match Works Liverpool

Following the take over of Collards in February 1895, construction of a new factory at Litherland in North Liverpool began.

June 1896

The new factory opens with J T Maguire as Manager.

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(Note New Brighton Tower in the distance.)

Many of Collard's brands are continued; but a vast range is introduced including customers own brands.

1898

J T Maguire and his four sons leave to form Maguire Miller and Co.

1898

Bookmatch production starts.

Diamond match boxes

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Some history of the Diamond Match Works from Grace's Guide

"To protect its position Bryant and May merged with or took over its rivals.

By 1899 the American match maker, The Diamond Match Company, had bought an existing match factory in the United Kingdom, at Bootle, near

Liverpool, and installed a continuous match making machine that could produce 600,000 matches per hour. Their matches were sold under the

Captain Webb, Puck and Swan Vestas brand names.

1902 Bryant and May was the biggest match-maker in Britain.

1905 Bryant and May could not compete with the Diamond Match Company, so they bought the assets and goodwill of the British Diamond Match

Company; the (American) Diamond Match Company acquired 54.5 percent of the share capital of Bryant and May."
Owen Owen
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Thanks Dan,

Not sure why the photos don't come out the right size. Thanks for the enlargements though and great additional history! Cheers
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Dan
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Another view of the Bryant & May factory and the surrounding area. The photo shows more detail under magnification.

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filsgreen
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Thanks for taking the time to post this stuff, Dan.👍
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Dan
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Cheers Phil.

The last post was from two pages posted on facebook.

There was no reference. The pages were in a booklet held together with a comb-binder.

The only marking was a stamp at the bottom of one page stating "Mount Pleasant Library".

Looks as though it would be a really interesting read.

The other page is below. Mainly covering the courts in Liverpool.

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Had a look at the 1851 OS Map but couldn't find Sandhills House. It must have been demolished by then.
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Dan
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1899 Diamond Match Works, Linacre Road

Engine room

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Peeling room

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Composition department

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Match making room

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Dan
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More of 1899 Diamond Works.

Box making room

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Box making room

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Paper match making

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Wax vesta making

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