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Gloucestershire / Re: Bristol - munitions factory 1940's
« on: Sunday 04 January 09 17:09 GMT (UK)  »
...and Rolls Royce made munitions at their Patchway plant. Bristol Aeroplane Company were based at Filton (now BAE), and expanded massively in WW2, but I don't know whether they diversified into weaponry.

That's about all my Googling will produce! Of course, a lot of firms diversified in WW2, eg furniture manufacturers making Mosquito fuselages, but soon after peace came they reverted to their old roles, thus locating records of their wartime activities is hard (could Whitehead/Gardener have been the manager's name, rather than the firm's?)

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Gloucestershire / Re: Bristol - munitions factory 1940's
« on: Sunday 04 January 09 16:41 GMT (UK)  »
Strachan & Henshaw, a paper-bag manufacturer in the Whitehall area of Bristol, turned over to munitions during WW1. In 1940, the works turned over to war production again, which included armaments (they're still there, as Weir Strachan Henshaw, and still undertake defence engineering).
Maybe they're not the place you are seeking, but it's a start...Steve

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Sussex / Re: William Mark BRUNTON lived Brighton 1811
« on: Thursday 20 November 08 21:31 GMT (UK)  »
Many thanks to everyone for yr suggestions - contacted Theresa via GenesReunited, she's hit the same brick wall! Have written to Sussex FHS, to ask they look up microfiche record....fingers crossed

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Sussex / Re: William Mark BRUNTON lived Brighton 1811
« on: Monday 17 November 08 22:01 GMT (UK)  »
Roy, many thanks. Charles Frederick was my g/g grandfather. I've managed to do everyone descending from William Mark, but am stuck at him. The Ancestry website shows his marriage to Mary 1811, but only the 'general' record - that said, it gives the parish name and film no. Now, I'm quite new to all this - would there be a way of accessing that record without having to travel to Brighton? (pathetic question I know!).
There are still a few Bruntons in Sussex, 'my' lot moved to Lambeth in 1880's, thence Mitcham.

Many thanks, Steve

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Bedfordshire / Re: Charles GREEN of Thurleigh
« on: Monday 17 November 08 10:49 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks everyone for yr responses (and sorry for hijacking somebody else's thread!!!) - am now in touch with David directly. Steve

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Sussex / William Mark BRUNTON lived Brighton 1811
« on: Sunday 16 November 08 21:00 GMT (UK)  »
William married Mary White (b. Brighton 1792) in Brighton, 1811 (only Mary features in the 1841 census, suggesting William deceased by then). Can anybody advise names his parents/place+date birth? (I've found Wm Brunton b1789 Westminster, but no evidence to link).

Many thanks, Steve   

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Bedfordshire / Re: Charles GREEN of Thurleigh
« on: Sunday 16 November 08 20:48 GMT (UK)  »
David
Am messaging you on this thread as it's your most recent activity (I can't work out how to send a personal msg!!)...on another thread, you mentioned you have researched the Legates of Henlow back to C17th - would you consider letting me have a copy?
Many thanks, Steve

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