Why Dean => Toxteth Lancashire ? (Photo Gallery)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 18:02 (3921 days ago) @ tonyburgham

Hi Tony,
thanks for your reply. "Oil cake pressman" intrigues me (I'm an overcurious engineer), do you know what that was ?. Searching tinternet tells me that people can bake "oil cakes" using olive oil etc, but I wonder if the industrial description on this site is closer the mark, altho probably not wrt fish canning !??
http://www.intheirwords.ca/english/canning_herring_cooking.html
Tredworth historically had many mills (maize oil?) so perhaps Henry was at one of those ??
http://www.bartonandtredworth.org.uk/page_id__200_path__0p2p.aspx

In fact this seems a much more likely employer to me, wotyereckon ?
http://www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk/gloucester/warehouses/fosterbrosmill.htm

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I'm even more intrigued by them moving quite a distance upto Toxteth Park around 1910, yes I noticed that placename during my browsing, maybe it was your Henry.
It stuck in my mind because, for no obviously-apparent reason, my greatgrandad moved his family there from the Forest in time for the 1901 Census, but had all returned bar one son by the 1911 (maybe not coincidence that when that 1911 "solicitor's clerk" returned 20 years later he was consider very welltodo, even had "the first car in the village"). During my researches trying to find a link I've found a few others in Toxteth with Forest links which seemed odd to me, I assume someone in the Forest was promoting the area for work etc, I'd love to learn more if anyone knows please ??.

Thanks again Jeff

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http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/ToxtethPark/#Description
http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/toxteth

ps oops, just saw your ps wrt oil mills !