[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by Merry

I have some 'antique' hooks and eyes made by the De Long Hook and Eye Co and they say "Rust? Never!!" on the card. S....maybe you are related to them instead!!!

No Merry.

Family legend has it that the slogan came about because of the marriage of Newey and Rust.

Absolute poppycock, he was a butler and then a railway worker and she was a servant before marriage.

Nothing to do with hooks and eyes and anything else in that line. His father was a tailor that's the closest it comes to it. My Newey line has no connection whatsoever to the hook and eye firm. Newey is a very common name in the Birmingham area.