This article was originally published in the December 2006 edition of Soul Search, the journal of The Sole Society

I have just recently become interested in my past family and thought you might like to include a photograph of my Grandfather John Silver Saul in his shop in Middlesbrough and my grandmother Hannah Saul at age 18 yrs.

I believe that they moved from Barrow In Furness to Middlesbrough. I hope these will help someone to complete their family tree . I am Keith Rayner, Son of Margaret Rayner (nee Saul) who had brothers Thomas, William, and Charles, plus sisters Florence and Hilda to my knowledge, and was married to James Henry Rayner of Stockton on Tees. 

Grandad (Silver) Saul in the shop at Boundary Road, Middlesbrough and Grandma Silver Saul aged 18

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