Jim Hardie   524 #13 Posted May 28, 2013 "Son, only a pimp in a Louisiana whore house carries pearl handled revolvers, these are ivory." General George S Patton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
malbeckly   10 #14 Posted August 24, 2019 Only just seen this post... I was brought up at Frecheville and our next-door neighbour was Charles Singleton owner of the pearl button factory at Hackenthorpe. I think they moved away when he retired around the mid-1950's. It could easily have been one of his family who worked there at the 1911 census time. We had jars full of pearl buttons which were sometimes rejects, given to us by Mr Singleton. All our home-made clothes had pearl buttons and mum had several brooches and other small items made from mother-of-pearl. I still have a couple of brooches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
