Tony said: As I recall, Percy was from Huddersfield and received one farthing [remember! - them with robin on them!!] for each catseye the DoT installed in UK roads. He lived a reclusive but rich life near Huddersfield after that.
In fact Percy Shaw was born in Boothtown Mansion, Halifax. I remember passing his house, many times, on the Queensbury Road from Halifax to Bradford. Article in the Halifax Courier http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=39556 John nb Charlotte Rose [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
