So if the OP goes back to the person who gave them the 'two cuttings' and said, "it's a grapevine and a something else but not a currant - any ideas? " perhaps the giver might remember ....
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ha ha it was my son in law think it was given to him by a friend who had it given tothem maybe one is for chopping and I'll give the vine a chance up the frame work that I have up the garage wall to support my wallcloche housing tall plants at the moment but gets the warmth from the bricks and hope it gets enough sunshine .I 'll give it a go anyway Thanks guys
I was given a grape vine by my neighbour. I left it languishing for a season in a scrap of soil in a tiny pot. Thought it was dead last year but stuck it in anyway. It's growing lovely this year about 5ft tall and the leaves are emerging. No idea what to do with it but thought I would see how it goes. It's on a nice sunny bit of the fence.
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So if the OP goes back to the person who gave them the 'two cuttings' and said, "it's a grapevine and a something else but not a currant - any ideas? " perhaps the giver might remember ....
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ha ha it was my son in law
think it was given to him by a friend who had it given to
them
maybe one is for chopping and I'll give the vine a chance up the frame work that I have up the garage wall to support my wallcloche housing tall plants at the moment but gets the warmth from the bricks and hope it gets enough sunshine .I 'll give it a go anyway Thanks guys 
Grape vines can be surprisingly ornamental, some have glorious autumn colour - hopefully with the warmth of the garage wall yours will too
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was given a grape vine by my neighbour. I left it languishing for a season in a scrap of soil in a tiny pot. Thought it was dead last year but stuck it in anyway. It's growing lovely this year about 5ft tall and the leaves are emerging. No idea what to do with it but thought I would see how it goes. It's on a nice sunny bit of the fence.
I'm sure the large one isn't beech, and I don't think it's lime either. Could it be hazel?
No, too shiny for hazel. I wonder about one of the poplar family
In the sticks near Peterborough
I Know the leaves look too big, but the they do look like Birch leaves. Birch seedlings also grow very rapidly which this seems to be doing.
What is interesting is that it appears to have been cut back/pruned in order to produce a bush on a short leg
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Can you do us a few more photos of this one Prinrose.
In the sticks near Peterborough