Bryant and May Liverpool

[Heyesie]

i took it to be the lodge band........the bobbin works was mainly protestant...the copper works was mainly catholic....allan

Good to know thanks
I wonder if my Granddad was in that band
They lived in Stanley st for a while
Before moving up to the Dingle
They married in St Mikes the lodge church
And my Dad was a member of the Garston lodge for years

[garstonite]

all my family were members...there`s a good chance i might know your dad.....my surname is oakes...anyone in garston lodge will know the family....allan

[Heyesie]

all my family were members...there`s a good chance i might know your dad.....my surname is oakes...anyone in garston lodge will know the family....allan

He died many years ago Allan
As you know the band was a girl band
But the men walked at the back and did not wear uniform
My Dad played the accordion

[anniej]

The address on c1881 is 85 Midwood St, Widnes with father working in a soap factory. Looking at the map looks near to Morrisons is in Widnes so definately not Garston end. Children are Thomas (10), Alice (14), Frances (7) and Mary J (3) Coleman. We did find Alice in c1891 working in service in Manchester.
It was really the story of the orphanage and B&M I was trying to find information on.
 

[colliecuts]

The better half worked at B & M in the fifties and remembers an orphanage being mentioned ,,,, still trying to jog her memory .
Al