http://www.thehockleyflyer.info The Magazine for Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter Sat, 19 May 2012 15:26:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.thehockleyflyer.info/?p=4781 http://www.thehockleyflyer.info/?p=4781#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 15:23:27 +0000 admin http://www.thehockleyflyer.info/?p=4781 Valerie Fuller, who sadly passed away recently, started her provisional working life on the other side of the road from the Jewellery Quarter in the wages department of Joseph Lucas. Her first job in the jewellery trade was with the Findings Manufacturer H.A. Light where she became the P.A. to the Managing... 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Here is a photo of the Plaque as it was in situ and a photo of the empty space which greeted us all recently. The plaque was h... Read more..]]> http://www.thehockleyflyer.info/?feed=rss2&p=4714 0 http://www.thehockleyflyer.info/?p=4695 http://www.thehockleyflyer.info/?p=4695#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:13:56 +0000 admin http://www.thehockleyflyer.info/?p=4695 [caption id="attachment_4704" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Customers at the launch listening to Domino’s Chairman Patrick Fuller welcoming them to the company."][/caption] Domino was delighted to welcome over 40 guests from 25 different retail outlets throughout the UK to the launch of its latest, stunning 32-pie... 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