Another Boss for your interest !!    Here's what a possible descendant had to say !!  I can remember Mr. Johnny Boss he worked at Alcan -    John Boss Description John Boss settled in Grimsbury when he married, his children at local schools, he was later a school governor. Has had various jobs, was Labour local councillor 1974-1991, serving on Planning, Environment and Health committees. Talks about the history of Grimsbury, an ancient settlement separate from Banbury. Life in the past: the swimming place in the river, thatched cottages outside the Manor gates, shops and bakehouses that have disappeared, the yards where poorer people lived, the Midland Tar Distillers works (in Banbury from 1920's) at which his father worked, the absorption of chemicals eventually leading to his death from cancer. In the past Banbury was owned by lawyers and bankers. On the whole the town has changed for the better - otherwise it would have died.   Shall we discuss !   Oh er  !! --- On Fri, 8/1/10, Carol Burgess <carolaburgess@googlemail.com> wrote: From: Carol Burgess <carolaburgess@googlemail.com> Subject: [BAN] Thomas Ward Boss To: eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, 8 January, 2010, 16:50 Hi Happy new year to everyone.  I have been told that there is a picture/photo of Thomas Ward Boss hanging in the Banbury Library.  Can anyone confirm this.  The gentleman al] Thomas Ward Bossthough not in my direct line is in my family tree I have been told all about him and that he was prominent in Banbury life during the 1800s.  I have a not terribly good photo of a Tom Boss which was emailed to me by a lady who I correspond with on ancestry.co.uk. I wonder if this is the same Thomas Ward Boss. Best wishes to all Carol. Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message