With the help of a descendant of the family a potted history of the Evesham dynasty of the Wheatleys’ is now in place and charts some one hundred and fifty years of trade in the bootmaking and footwear retailing in the Evesham area. See more here: Arthur H....
Companies and brandsE B Balmforth Ltd E. Brown & Son (Meltonian) Blyth & Platt Ltd, Watford Capo Polishes Limited Carr & Day & Martin Ltd Caswell & Co Ltd Cherry Blossom & Chiswick Polish Co Chromol Limited John T. Dales Elijah Day &...
Just added, a potted history of Carr & Day & Martin now been added. The earliest and biggest company in the UK to commercially exploit manufactured blacking, it was a monumentally wealthy company in the early 1800’s – and has survived in one form...
The coverage of white cleaners on this website has been expanded with examples from several manufacturers across a century of production. [divider] See more here: Nugget white cleaners Joseph Pickering’s Blanco Wren’s Puwite Cherry Blossom’s Snowene...
A new addition to the website are a couple of pages about Dales’ dubbin, rather curiously made from porpoise oil. There is some historical film footage too about the production of porpoise oil too! [divider] See more here: Dubbin product info here: Dales’...
Information about Propert’s has been updated somewhat with all the information cleaned so far. It’s great to know their 1878 building is not only still standing but in good use still. [divider] See more here: Propert Ltd / Beddow & Sons...
