Hi folks, In my continuing pursuit of Manchester's Victorian glass makers and glass manufacturers, I have found that John DERBYSHIRE, one owner of the company which made the now-collectable Derbyshire pressed glass, was living in Moss Side from about 1873 to about 1878. It was an interesting address: "Ebenezer House, Alexandra Road, Moss Side" My question is, was Moss Side a 'posh' area at that time, or perhaps it had a few large old merchants' houses? John, as a glass manufacturer who was doing well, might be expected to live in quite a good house, but the puzzle is the area. It is in the opposite direction I would expect him to go. He grew up in Hulme and had recently opened a new glassworks in Salford on Regent Road, and his relatives were concentrated in Hulme, Stretford and Salford. It would be quite a distance for him to travel across the town to get to the Salford works, wouldn't it? There must have been a good reason for him to choose Moss Side. Can anyone tell me more, or even locate the address (Mike?!?). Does the house appear on the 1849 OS maps Mike? Perhaps the house (with that interesting name) was owned by a religious denomination and as a lay preacher he was renting it, or maybe he was there for the sake of his children's schooling.... Any thoughts would be much appreciated! Sally in Yorkshire