... problems, however, and some form of organised government became imperative half a century later. Of Birmingham in 1769 John Thackray Bunce wrote : The streets were narrow and irregular; the pavements were wretchedly imperfect; there was no drainage —even ...

... e portrait was known to have been in existence in 1893, for letter from the then editor of ‘‘The Birmingham Post,” John Thackray Bunce, says that it was in Pile possession of a member of the Caldicott family, whose grandfather was in 1860 editor of “The ...

... most honoured names in Birmingham attached to resolutions ail through the years from 1860 1870, such as John Henry Chamberlain, John Thackray Bunce, William Harris, and Sam Timmins, all of whom after every ballot expressed disappointment with the amount ...

... conferred 14 October, 1892; died IT February, 1894. George Dixon, conferred January, 1898: died 24 January, 18t>8. John Thackray Bunce, conferred 29 March, 1899; died June, 1899. Lord Roberts, conferred 18 July, 1903. Lawley Parker, conferred 26 July ...

... were then found at the junction of what Is now High-street and Unionstreet. One the outstanding men of Birmingham, Mr. John Thackray Bunce, became connected with the Gazette about this period. It was he who first introduced leaderettes, notes and queries ...

... have come to Birmingham University, are Jesse Codings, whose library included works on economics and agriculture, and John Thackray Bunce, avlio had a library on English literature and fine art. Books the library does not possess it can bori’ow under a national ...

... group of children. The orphanage is just over seventy years old. Its foundation is described in a biography of Mason by John Thackray Bunce, his friend and one-time editor of The Birmingham Post.” Mason, the poor boy of Kidderminster, had at the age of eight ...

... Library, but fl\(.-'y will remember with gratitude | dates from the reign of Victoria, and it is out the labours of John Thackray Bunce and the 'of keeping with the spirit of to-day. ...

... Delane of The Times,” C. P. Scott of the “Manchester Guardian,” and (one may fitly add, though Mr. Hudson does not) John Thackray Bunce, the great Victorian editor of this newspaper. Such men raised the British Press to a place of powerful and honourable ...

... : When Conferred. Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain. M.P. Philip Henry Muni!, J.P. Thomas Avery, J.P. George Dixon, M.P. John Thackray Bunce, J.P. Field-Marshal the Rt. Hon. Earl Roberts Edward Lawley Parker, J.P. Rt. Hon. Jesse Col- • lings, M.P. Rt. Hon. ...

... the hunger for news of the Crimean War increased the demand for the Birmingham Gazette to such an extent that in 1856 John Thackray Bunce, who was then the editor, had to have the paper printed by steam. The repeal of the advertisement and paper taxes in ...

... born of a Quaker family, and came to Birimingliam about years ago. His , wife was a Miss Maria Dunce, sister of Mr. John Thackray Bunce, tile Birmingham journalist and historian. They had seven sons and one daughter, all born In the same house in Birmingham ...