... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... : 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. ...

... 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 ...

... City Freemen inscribed gold JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN The names of Joseph Chamberlain Philip Henry Muntz Thomas Avery and John Thackray Bunce one tablet caught my eye: and those of Lloyd George Sir Arthur Balfour Austen Neville Chamberlain on the other Facing ...

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

... advertisement that follows that Capel Bond opened the service on the Thursday morning with a Trumpet Concerto? The late Thackray Bunce, in his history of the Festivals, places Mr. Bond in the list of instrumentalists as a trumpeter, but; of course it was ...

... volume of The History of the Corporation of Birmingham. The first two volumes of the history were written by the late J. Thackray Bunce, and the third and fourth volumes by the late C. A. Vince. The fifth volume, on which Mr. Cashmore is now engaged, will ...

... and held in the Town Hall of Birmingham, The speeches as a whole —wrote John fellow-men, and fairly and impartially on the 30th day of October, in the year of Our Thackray Bunce, in his History of the administer the laws. Lord, 1837. Humbly Sheweth ...

... advertisement that follows that Capel Bond opened the service on the Thursday morning with a Trumpet Concerto.' The late Thackray Bunce, in his history of the Festivals, places Mr. Bond in the list of instrumentalists as a tfumpeter, but of course it was ...