Firms Working in Wales in the 19th and 20th Centuries

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ROBERT GRIFFITH OWEN

Greenwich House, Llanrwst


COUNTY COURT JUDGEMENTS

Owen, Robt. Griffith, Greenwich House, Llanrwst, jeweller, £10 2s. 4d. April 14th 1916.


Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 15th June 1916

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HARRY JACKLYN

5, High Street, Abercarn


COUNTY COURT JUDGEMENTS

JACKLYN, HARRY, 5, High Street, Abercarn, jeweller, £11 14s. 0d. December 7, 1914.

Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 1st February 1915

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THOMAS' PATENT UTILITIES MANFG. Co.

23, Bendrick Road, Barry



Thomas' Patent Utilities Manfg. Co. - Barry - 1926

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ANTHONY GRIESHABER

50, Victoria Road, Ebbw Vale


Bill of Sale

Grieshaber, Anthony, 50, Victoria Road, Ebbw Vale, jeweller. Filed August 17, 1914. In favour of Bertha Grieshaber (daughter). Deed of gift.

Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 1st September 1914

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M. COHEN

Commercial Road, Tredegar


COUNTY COURT JUDGMENTS

Cohen, M., 33, Commercial Road, Tredegar, jeweller, £15 19s 1d. November 24, 1914.

Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 15th January 1915

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J. TAYLOR

Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay


COUNTY COURT JUDGMENTS

Taylor, J., Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay, jeweller, £11 4s. November 19, 1914.

Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 15th January 1915

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SOLOMON CLARKE

126, Miskin Road, Trealaw


COUNTY COURT JUDGMENTS

Solomon Clarke, 126, Miskin Road, Trealaw, jeweller, £18 9s 8d. December 1, 1914.

Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 15th January 1915

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WILLIAM OWEN NEWINGTON

Greenwich House, Ammanford


COUNTY COURT JUDGEMENTS

Newington, Wm. Owen, Greenwich ho, Ammanford, jeweller, £13 10s 4d. December, 1914.

Source: The Jeweller and Metalworker - 1st February 1915

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XAVIER GANZ

231, High Street, Swansea



X. Ganz - Swansea - Sales-box detail

Established in 1854.

See: viewtopic.php?p=105445

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BULLOCK

Swansea


A Swansea jeweler named Bullock has just received by mail a six cent stamp with six cents interest postmarked Nottingham. The covering letter states that when at Swansea five years ago the writer submitted to temptation and took a silver three-penny piece from the jeweler’s shop. The stamps enclosed covered the value of the silver piece, with five years’ interest.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th April 1927

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WILLIAM HENRY MILLS

25, Rosser Street, and 2, Old Market Street, Neath


BANKRUPTCIES

MILLS, William Henry, Jeweler, 25, Rosser-street, and 2, Old Market-street, Neath, has been adjudicated ; and the first meeting has been held. The public examination is fixed for February 6th, at 11.30, at the Town Hall, Neath.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st February 1894

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HENRY PHILLIPSON WESTGARTH

Main Street, Pembroke


Bankruptcies

Westgarth, Henry Phillipson, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Main-street, Pembroke. Receiving Order and Adjudication : December 9th.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 2nd January 1893

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HENRY BLACKBEARD

Cardiff


Illegally Pawning Watches Left to Repair

Henry Blackbeard, of Cardiff, has been sentenced to one month's imprisonment for illegally pawning four watches left with him for repair. When apprehended at Torquay he expressed his sorrow, and said it was through drink, but that he left Cardiff with the object of going home to get the money to redeem the watches.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 2nd January 1893

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JOHN HALL

.....Morgan Arcade, various addresses, 24, 31, 32, 35, later 22-24, Cardiff

.......Tool Dealer, Cutler,

Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire & S Wales, 1895. Part 2 South Wales Court & Trade Directories
.....Tool Dealers
Hall John, 28 Castle Arcade, Cardiff

6 years later John Hall had moved and was also listed in the "Cutlers" section of the Cardiff directory. Probably he was "made elsewhere" cutlery retailing.

Cardiff Directory, 1901
Hall John, tool dealer, 24 Morgan Arcade
......Cutlers.
Hall John, 24 Morgan arcade



South Wales & Monmouthshire Directory, 1907
......Cutlers
Hall J, 35 Morgan Arcade
......Toolmakers
Hall J, 24 Morgan Arcade

Cardiff Directory, 1911
Hall John, tool dealer, 24 & 31 Morgan Arcade
......Cutlers.
Hall John 24 & 32 Morgan Arcade

Trades' Directory of Wales (North and South), 1918.
......Cutlers
Hall. John. 24 Morgan Arcade

John Hall's name was subsequently carried forward by a very large multicentred Toolmaker/Dealer concern John Hall Tools Ltd. who also may have dealt in cutlery, but still with a Morgan Arcade address.



Not maybe not the cutting edge of the trade but suppling silver plated cutlery to many.

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