Villan re your grandads pub, I suppose you have tried contactng the local brewery's records perhaps they would have records of employees, local businesses, or the corporation records. Maybe Carl Chinn can help I think you can contact him through the university.I recently began tracing my family history and found that my great great grandad was from a place called Duck End in Essex. And there was me thinking I was a brummie, when I'm really an Essex girl - Ill just fetch me white stiletto's. Good luck.