Thanks for the last answer (my boo). Back to my company trivia. Please can I have the origins of JJB sports initials, and Roneo, which I believe is also an acronym. These are all put on my website once discovered, contact me for details.

"The original store was established by JJ Broughton in the early 1900's and was then bought by JJ Braddock and then JJ Bradburn. As these initials were all the same the business was known locally as JJB's. When David Whelan bought the store from John Bradburn he maintained the JJB name."

I got this answer from a JJB Sports website.

Is this a first- someone answering their own question? I just found their website and it's a good one- talk about a coincidence- not only was their owner called JJ Broughton, he was then joined by JJ Braddock and JJ Bradburn, so the company was known as the JJB's for obvious reasons. Once the business was bought in 1976, the name was kept.
I didn't ask what the 6 JJ's stood for, I had to draw the line somewhere!

Thanks again, you managed to answer my next question in 5 minutes. I normally look these things up first but I do usually get answers quicker here, as you have just demonstrated. Are you my guardian angel !?

I could be...my name is Angela.

As regards the name Roneo:

According to Brewer's Dictionary of Names, Roneo is an abbreviation/acronym of Rotary Neostyle. This was originally the name of a make of duplicating machine invented in New York City in the 1890s by Augustus David Klaber, who was formerly an agent for Gestetner.

Well, Angela, I do believe in coincidences and that's 3 now! - two instant replies plus your name. I have a website which includes stuff about this and it's a part of my research work. I'm not sure if we can plug sites so let me know if it's allowed & I'll add it here. Thanks again, and I'm David, by the way.

Thanks, Tom, and how do you get that animation on your reply? It looks a lot like my own tabby sitting here now, Lucy (also on my website). I'm waiting for an answer and if it's OK I'll mention my website which contains 10 years work of searches of initials which I can now share with the world- not possible when I started looking!

Satguru, check out this thread for a good explanation on putting a picture under your name.

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That would be interesting to see satguru -- can you put your site address in your profile so we can see all your hard work?

OK June,
I've just added it to my details, I didn't realise I could do this. It's also here.
I know many of the initials can be found easily, but I added as many as I could, and some were almost impossible to discover, like GdeZ.