Grouts Silk Factory Information Request

By Alison1 Frosdick

If anyone has any information regarding grouts silk factory and the houses which were on this site which was based on the current Great Yarmouth Sainsbury's site and its history please could you contact me, I am in the process of writing a book on my grandmother's life she is 101 and a half and was born at factory house and remembers as a small child going to feed the silk worms.
Any information would be great gratefully received thank you for your help.

This page was added by Alison1 Frosdick on 11/12/2011.

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My Mother worked at Grouts (I don't know how long for) before she married my father.  Her name was at that time Gladys Pigden and lived in Row 109.  Her married name was Farrow, she past away age 89 2 years ago.  They left Yarmouth in 1950 to go to Australia with me.  I now live in California, for the last 42+ years they did also.  Like to know how the book comes along. Tony Farrow

By Tony Farrow
On 09/01/2012

Several generations of my family worked at the silk factory, probably from around the 1830s, my Gtx4 grandfather was a nightwatchman and his wife a cleaner, various others are listed a silk factory workers. They all lived in Factory Yard until one became a shoemaker and eventually moved to Lancaster Square.

By Alan Jordan
On 23/01/2012

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