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In 1857, Alfred and Emma Jones opened a footwear shop in Bayswater, London. Jones was a pioneer in the installation of electric lighting in retail premises. Nine of their eleven sons became apprentices and subsequently store owners, trading as A. Jones and sons. A company innovation was the supply of ready made shoes in three widths.
In December 1900, noting the decline in shipbuilding in the Mersey area, it was said that Laird Brothers Ltd and John Jones and Sons were the only 2 remaining firms who are in any sense producers of new shipping. During 1900 Messrs John Jones & Sons (of Liverpool and Tranmere) had produced 13 small vessels with an aggregate tonnage of 2802 tons ...
1835 John Coulthard & Son, Gateshead, Became R. Coulthard and Company in 1853. 1836 Nasmyth, Gaskell & Company, Patricroft Became James Nasmyth in 1850. 1837 Henry Stothert and Company, Bristol, Became Stothert, Slaughter and Company in 1841. 1837 Jones, Turner and Evans, Newton-le-Willows became Jones & Potts in 1844.
Henry Willis & Sons Ltd; (1845–present) – variously, London, Petersfield and Liverpool Wood Pipe Organ Builders (1966–present) – Huddersfield [ 91 ] Defunct
David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones was born on 3 November 1961, in Clarence House, London, the son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. He was baptised on 19 December 1961 in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace.
George Cohen, Sons and Company was a scrap metal merchant with offices in Commercial Road, London.The company was founded by George Henry Cohen (d.1890) [1] as Messrs. George Cohen & Co. in 1834 [2] and changed its name to George Cohen, Sons and Co. in 1883 on the appointment of Michael Cohen, son of the founder. [3]
The shop is named after Peter Rees Jones (1842–1905), the son of a Carmarthenshire hat manufacturer. After serving an apprenticeship with a draper in Cardigan, Jones moved to London and established a small shop in Marylebone Lane. He then moved to central London, and in 1877, he moved to 4–6 King's Road, the current site of the store. The ...
The firm of James Powell and Sons, also known as Whitefriars Glass, were London-based English glassmakers, leadlighters and stained-glass window manufacturers. As Whitefriars Glass, the company existed from the 17th century, but became well known as a result of the 19th-century Gothic Revival and the demand for stained glass windows.