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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValerieK, post: 2204794, member: 7360&quot;]Thanks Bev, I am on Facebook but hardly ever log in.&nbsp; I&#039;ll have a look at that group and maybe join, sounds like a good idea, the more enthusiasts to call on the better!</p><p><br /></p><p>Great research bluumz, do you own that Worcester directory or did you find it online?&nbsp; Two years of intermittent searching for +Grainger, +Worcester +Tea failed to produce any results for me, and I&#039;ve just failed to find Joseph in the 1841 and 1851 censuses for Worcester, so maybe he lived somewhere else.&nbsp; You&#039;ve solved my mystery in a few minutes!&nbsp; I can access lots of newspapers via FindMyPast, and I have found a few references to Joseph Grainger.&nbsp; He took over the grocery shop in 1835, was made an overseer for the poor in 1840, signed petitions to bring the railway to Worcester and to end hostilities between Britain and Afghanistan and China (bad for business?), signed a pledge to close the shop at 8pm along with lots of other local grocers (how long were they usually staying open?), and tragically lost two small children on successive days in February 1847.&nbsp; Nothing about the plate or tea, though!&nbsp; The plate must be a little later than I thought, probably early Victorian rather than Georgian, but could still have been used to serve passengers on coaches, because the railway didn&#039;t come to Worcester until 1852.</p><p>What are your collecting interests?&nbsp; I collect almost anything which takes my fancy, which is why the boxes of ceramics and books are now starting to pile up in every room.&nbsp; When lockdown really eases I hope to get back to listing on ebay and make a bit of space, but the auctions will reopen too so it will be a balancing act between coming in and going out, with the coming in probably winning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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