Hi, I was looking through your site to see if I could find photos or mention of members of my family. Both my grandfather and father worked all their working lives at Spon Lane. Both their names was Robert Lyall. I believe my grandfather worked on the rolling mills, whilst my father, Bob, worked in many departments including the lighthouse (where he met my mother, Joan) laterly he worked in the fiesta dept.

Comment by David Lyall — June 13, 2008 @ 1:30 pm

hi my nan and grandad called janet and ray they used to work there and oh at school im doing a project on chances glss

Comment by toni — November 14, 2009 @ 11:52 am

So far I’ve only skimmed through the site, but I haven’t found an address. Can you say where the factory was established? I think I had forebears working here in the 1850s, but need an address to help in family research. Thanks, Rita

Comment by Rita March — May 20, 2010 @ 1:44 pm

hi there, I was wondering if you had any information or even a picture of my late grandfather who was a glass blower at chances. His name was Joshua Povey but everyone called him John.
Hope someone can help
many thanks
Lisa

Comment by Lisa Ball — July 28, 2010 @ 8:13 pm