Hi Ann
Thomas and Eliza actually had 12 children, but the youngest died in infancy. My gran was Mary Ann Pole (b.1875), Walter's sister. She married William Wright who was born in Hinckley Workhouse, and went on to found W.Wright & Son, who were Builders in Loughborough Road in Belgrave - the company went on to build wooden bodies for lorries, vans and cars (and electric vehicles), and later caravans and eventually when my cousins took over, fibreglass boats for inland waterways. Although the business ended in the 70s, the house that my grandfather built is still there (behind a used car sales), and the workshops are still in use, though access is now from the rear. A second identical house that he built in Birstall (when he got fed up with being bothered when he wasn't working) is also still there.
Richard