Comments on: button tin treasures

By: susan/robert kirke

susan/robert kirke — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 15:55:55 +0000

Mr kirke was an ancestor of mine. The shop appears to have been an early style department store. If you ever want to sell your ‘button’,i would love to buy it. A real treasure.

By: vintagefrills

vintagefrills — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 23:28:30 +0000

I love buying big tons of buttons at Carnot sales and always find some great little extras. Xxx

By: Hannah Ackroyd

Hannah Ackroyd — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:22:41 +0000

In reply to modflowers. Ooh wow, I live in Cottingham :) It's a nice place :) fascinating to learn that your family is from here too! Thanks for the wonderful info!

By: modflowers

modflowers — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:49:14 +0000

In reply to Hannah Ackroyd. My grandmother was from near Hull. She was born in 1897 and grew up in the village of Cottingham, later living in Hull on Anlaby Road. After a bit of research I found that Maw, Till Kirke & Co used to be a large drapers shop situated in what is now Hull's Register Office. The shop vacated the premises in 1937. Here is a picture of where that little plaque originated:

By: Hannah Ackroyd

Hannah Ackroyd — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:40:50 +0000

In reply to modflowers. Aah I see! When I looked at it the second time I did wonder if that's what it was! So rare to see anything from Hull...it's really interesting!