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Valerie Curry

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ray

ray Report 20 Aug 2011 14:06

Hi, I'm trying to trace a Valerie Curry ( Probably in her 70s). Valerie is a memebr of the the Curry family ( Curry relectrical retailers). Valerie once lived in Theddingworth, Leicestershire and was bridesmaid to Ron's and Betty's wedding. I beleieve Valerie may well have had a hotel in the Shetland Isles at one time and also lived at Larden Hall in Shropshire ( now pulled down)

Thanks

patchem

patchem Report 20 Aug 2011 15:19

Do you know where Valerie was born, and has she married?
Thanks

FAIRTHORN

FAIRTHORN Report 20 Aug 2011 16:31

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currys

Currys was founded in 1884 by Henry Curry (born in Leicester in 1850), when he started to build bicycles full time in a shed at the back of his garden at 40 Painter Street, Leicester, England.
He opened his first shop in 1888 at 271 Belgrave Gate, Leicester.
In 1890 he moved to larger premises at 296 Belgrave Gate, then in 1900 to 285-287 Belgrave Gate. The company was put on a proper financial footing in 1897 when Henry formed a partnership with his sons, calling the company H. Curry & Sons. The business continued to grow and floated on the stock exchange in 1927. By this time the shops sold a wide variety of goods including bicycles, toys, radios and gramophones. Currys pulled out of cycle manufacturing in 1932 when they closed their Leicester factory but continued to retail Hercules bikes (badged as Currys) until the 1960s.


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patchem

patchem Report 20 Aug 2011 16:54

You can search for births for Valerie Curry - not many showing:
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
and you can also look to see who has got her in their trees on here, and try contacting them (possibly including Valerie herself).