Forum: Trade Enquiries

I am researching Walter Baker photographer, I have a picture of MY GT GT Grandmother, I don't know the year it was taken but on the it is ' Walter...

I am most interested in all aspects of the history of telecommunications in the Birmingham area. Everything from semaphore, telegraph, telex,...

Does anyone have any information regarding the old firm of Fischers; they sold watch and clock parts. As a child I visited the shop on a Saturday...

When i was young no one had cameras. They all had portraits done at Jeromes ect. If they could afford them What happened to any archives of this...

while sorting through the rubbish in our cellar I found a stone jar with the company name of Faulkener Brothers Runcorn road Moseley 1924 does...

Hi guys please excse me i am not to sure its the cencus look up thread or the trade section on this one ...

Hi guys i am researching the orinional old biscuit factory in birmingham aroud the 1925 era ; For some...

Following lived and worked in the jewellery quarter and surrounding area of central Birmingham: St Pauls St Martin, St Philip:- Samuel Underwood...

Hi All, I have a Charles HARRIS confectioner in my tree. Charles was living at 30 John St in Birmingham in 1841 and 7 South St Kidderminster in...

hi guys; i hope you will excuse me on this being in this slot i surpose this is a dual purpose of a question i am...

I am told that some past relatives of mine invented 'The Thor hammer'. It is a hammer made of hide that did not damage the item being beaten or...

Hi, I am chasing moonbeams, or at least a company called Henry Moon and Sons who were clockmakers from around 1850 to 1920 at Banbury St then Suffolk...

Hi I am new to the site and this is my first post.:) Does anyone have any information about a second hand clothing shop in Digbeth that was called G...

Can someone please be so kind as to look up the Hudson Cycle Company and also the Calthorpe Motor Company please and let me know where it was in...

Was there such an occupation as "Shoeing smith" in 1890? Was this a Blacksmith by any chance? This is profession given on marriage cert but can't...

I was wondering if anyone had any information about my great-great grandad who moved here from Germany and set up a sausage skin making business at...