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Burton & Richardson Mineral Water Company Amble
Here is a photo of the Works Outing for all the staff of the "Soda Pop Company" as Grandma always called it. This photo has always been in my family.
Does anyone recognise the building and it's location? My father wrote the notes on the back. The owner, John Burton is standing in the centre with his arms folded. As Dad noted, two of his sons Ridley and Jack are on the cart. Grandma was the eldest of thirteen. Thanks to help on this forum and reading abound the Wynd this morning and looking at the photo, I did wonder if that was where the photo was taken. However on closer examination of the two pictures, the chimneys are different, which suggests this could be the new premises in Bridge Street. I wonder if this outing could have been to celebrate the opening of the new premises but was it before or after John Burton took over the sole ownership of the business in July 1898. I've no knowledge of who the man standing next to John Burton is or what William James Richardson his original partner looked like. WJR died in Sept 1903. M. |
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I think that is Bridge Street.
See the layout on the 1897 map below. I've put an arrow on the camera view. Knox's Garage was built on this site. If it is the Bridge Street mineral works then the chimneys belong to the buildings shown in the street view photo (Image copyright Google © 2012) |
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That's a lovely photo by the way. Thanks for sharing.
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My pleasure
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Burton and Richardson jug
Very pleased to see the Burton and Richardson bottle and the John Burton one - thank you. If anyone else finds one on the beach then please let me know!
I have a Royal Doulton jug - see photos. Were these well known locally? M |
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What a fantastic jug, I've never seen these before, but then the family didn't live in Amble then. Togston or Warkworth for us.
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Delightful piece of advertising ware. Probably a 'pub jug' for holding water on the bar. You might have seen one of these in all the Amble pubs at the time. The modern equivalents are still there 'Whyte and Mackay Whisky' water jugs for instance. I have a bizarre one advertising Double Diamond, 'works wonders'. |
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Found an intact Bottle in dunes at Saltpans (Whitehouse Sands(
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A very lucky find these days Leslie. well done.
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Great find ... that's on of great grandpa's bottles
Margaret see the private message to you |
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Yes, sorry, I should have said that's the opposite side to the one shown in the Victorian photo. |
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