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 nostr:npub178h85fgemmdfrtwxq5uehw985m0ve7akcm60z9y5z845dd4hw5ds6rhyhr Every time I dig into this stuff, I discover something new. 

>In 1840 William Grimble of Albany Street, London, a gin distiller  by trade, decided to embark on producing vinegar from spirit left over from his distillery. He went into partnership with another distiller, Sir Felix Booth, 

> Ivor Forbes Malcolmson, joined in 1898. Ivor would become head of the business a few years later.

My middle name 'Ivor', my dad's and my son's middle name 'Forbes'.

https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/5056aadf-0d1f-3b44-9266-d9e7fe016f65