Information Related To Groves & Whitnall...

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1 - Excerpt From The Book Climbing The Bookshelves, By Baroness Shirley Williams, Her Aunt Was Married To Henry Leigh Groves.

2 - Speeches Made To Parliament By James Grimble Groves MP, Member Of Parliament For Salford South Announced His Retirement Prior To The 1900 General Election.

3 - A Newspaper Clipping Taken From The Times Newspaper Announcing The Shares Of Groves & Whitnall, 6th March 1899

4 - Holehird Estate, Windermere, Was Home To The Groves Family From 1897 To 1945,  The Estate Was Given To The People Of Windermere In 1939.

5 - The 2002 Interview In The Telegraph Newspaper With Paul Dermody, Chief Executive Of De Vere Hotels, Trainee Accountant Groves & Whitnall In 1963.

6 - A Few Snippets Taken From Newspaper Archives Showing Wills And Bequests Of Members Of The Groves Family.

7 - A list of employees of Groves & Whitnall Limited who were marked for "Long Service" of over 30 years by Keith Grimble Groves, Chairman, in the company's Golden Jubilee year of 1949, Includes office staff, Brewery Employees & Globe Works.

8 - Albert Pierrepoint, Groves & Whitnall's Most Notorious Licensee, He Was Also England's Most Famous Hangman.

9 - Alliott Verdon Roe, The English Aviation Pioneer And His Connection To Groves & Whitnall And The Groves Family.

10 - A Brief History Of Thomas Greenall & Family, Greenalls Family Business Eventually Acquired Groves & Whitnall In 1961, Closing It In 1971.

11 - Chek Whyte, The Man Who Fell In Love With Salford After Filming The Secret Millionaire And Put A New Roof On The Salford Lads Club.