grammatical change← Previous revisionRevision as of 10:21, 3 November 2026 Line 28: Line 28: ==Inventor== ==Inventor== In the early 1890s, Macey briefly returned to the family business of fishing tackle manufacturing Macey's great uncles, James Polden and John Polden, were the first generation to be engaged in the fishing tackle trade. They moved from Chilmark to Ireland in the 1830s and, by the mid 1840s, were operating as James and J. Polden from commercial premises in Wellington Quay, Dublin - although John Polden soon left the business and later became Librarian in the Chief Secretary's Office in Dublin Castle. Sidney Macey (senior) was also brought up in Ireland where his mother, Maria Macey (née Polden) - who had been widowed as a young woman - remarried James Rainsford, an Irish fishing tackle maker. The Macey/Rainsford family, and James Polden and his son James Alexander Polden, later returned to England and were living in London by the census of 1851, where they continued to trade (separately) as fishing tackle manufacturers for decades. Macey was thus the third generation of the family to be involved in fishing tackle manufacturing., founding Sidney Macey Inimitable Fly Works, of Bates Hill, Redditch, Worcestershire and patenting several fishing tackle inventions.Patent Nos 1545 of 1891 and 674 of 1892. In the early 1890s, Macey briefly returned to the family business of fishing tackle manufacturing Macey's great uncles, James Polden and John Polden, were the first generation to be engaged in the fishing tackle trade. They moved from Chilmark to Ireland in the 1830s and, by the mid 1840s, were operating as James and J. Polden from commercial premises in Wellington Quay, Dublin - although John Polden soon left the business and later became Librarian in the Chief Secretary's Office at Dublin Castle. Sidney Macey (senior) was also brought up in Ireland where his mother, Maria Macey (née Polden) - who had been widowed as a young woman - remarried James Rainsford, an Irish fishing tackle maker. The Macey/Rainsford family, and James Polden and his son James Alexander Polden, later returned to England and were living in London by the census of 1851, where they continued to trade (separately) as fishing tackle manufacturers for decades. Macey was thus the third generation of the family to be involved in fishing tackle manufacturing., founding Sidney Macey Inimitable Fly Works, of Bates Hill, Redditch, Worcestershire and patenting several fishing tackle inventions.Patent Nos 1545 of 1891 and 674 of 1892. For a while, Macey also ran a publishing house, Lucas Brothers of 190 Fleet Street, London and patented The Vampola, a mechanical vamp which, when placed on a piano, enabled the performer to play in any key.Patent No 19,001 of 1902. For a while, Macey also ran a publishing house, Lucas Brothers of 190 Fleet Street, London and patented The Vampola, a mechanical vamp which, when placed on a piano, enabled the performer to play in any key.Patent No 19,001 of 1902.