russ the webmaster

Hi, I'm russ the webmaster and I look after the Timpson Archive. Here you will find bits and bobs from the company and family archives.

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This is a postcard of Bridge Street in Worksop from the early 50’s . The shop with the carpets hung outside is now Max Spielmann the shop on the right of that was ourTimpson Shoes store and the one next to that is our Shoe Repair shop which is managed by Kelvin! @JamesTCobbler

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Well this is my first cyantype print taken from a negative print from around 1911 of William Timpson! It will darken over the next 24 hours or so while it dries @JamesTCobbler

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Here is a piece from The Timpsonian magazine from July 1952 written by Mr Will

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Well Richard Dodd’s family from the 1550’s is taking shape but who was his son in law John Wygfall married to ? You solve one problem and up pops another two or three 😂

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Right here we go again! @JamesTCobbler I do love a good rummage!

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I love it when you go to meet someone about family tree stuff and they give you a book about the place Alex Timpson’s family originate from! Mind Peter if that’s his real name was a bit of a mystery…. And weird even by my standards 🫣

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@JayneMoobs That’s fab, thanks

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@JayneMoobs Thanks Jayne!

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Here we have two shots of store 154 in Barrow in Furness from 1967 and 1947 as you can see on the 1967 shot Woolworths appeared. The store was at 151 Dalton Road. @JayneMoobs

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@JayneMoobs Of course you can

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This is shop number 153 from 1953, I worked in the repair shop around the corner with Paul Dooley in the 1980's. The shop was on 32 Collage Street, Rotherham

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This is shop number 152 from 1946, The shop was at 43 Cape Hill, Smethwick, Birmingham

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This is shop number 107 from 1938, The shop was at 176 High Street, Aston, Birmingham

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Well I’ve arrived at the SOG!

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Well off to London Town to visit the National Archives and the Society of Genealogists to try and find some answers and also learn a few tips! #TimpsonArchive #FamilyTree

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Well it’s amazing what you find on eBay @JamesTCobbler #TimpsonArchive

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Right on the train off to Warrington and then onto a village called Croft to pickup something that’s 120 years old for the Timpson Archive!

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It’s amazing what you find on the T’interweb, these are from April 23rd 1964 and were stamped three days after I was born! #TimpsonArchive @JamesTCobbler

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Well a bit off track but here is some of my daughter Lily’s artwork, perfect for the people of Manchester @JamesTCobbler @joolspayne

https://t.co/875Q8ay5W6

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Had a fantastic surprise when Barry got in touch about his Mursell family tree and then sent me info on 11 generations that is perfectly fact checked. In return I’ve sent him copies of a few books we published in the 1950’s to help him in his quest @JamesTCobbler #TimpsonArchive