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WHISTLE AND CALLS

A topic devoted to recording information regarding those firms who manufactured whistles and calls.

If you are a whistle collector, then please share your knowledge here.

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SAMPSON MORDAN & Co.

41-43, City Road and 72, Cheapside, London


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S.M & Co - London - 1920

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A. DE COURCY & Co.

Thunderer Whistle Works, Frankfort Street, later, Whistle Works, Orphanage Road, Erdington, Birmingham


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A. De Courcy & Co. - Birmingham - 1907

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A. De Courcy & Co. - Birmingham - 1912

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A. De Courcy & Co. - Birmingham - 1933

Alfred Edward de Courcy was formerly a foreman with J. Hudson & Co., having started with that firm in 1883. He started business on his own account in 1888.

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LEVI & SALAMAN

143, Newhall Street, Birmingham


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L & S - Birmingham - 1891

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J. HUDSON & Co. - J. HUDSON & Co. (WHISTLES) Ltd.

11-13, later, The Metropolitan Whistle Works, 244, Barr Street, Hockley, Birmingham


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J. Hudson & Co. - Birmingham - 1905

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J. Hudson & Co. - Birmingham - 1922

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J. Hudson & Co. - Birmingham - 1922

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J. Hudson & Co. (Whistles) Ltd. - Birmingham - 1979

'ACME' - 'THUNDERER' - 'CITY' - 'METROPOLITAN'

Established in the 1870s by Joseph Hudson (1848–1930) and his brother James Hudson (1850–1889). Still in business today and the world's largest manufacturer of whistles and calls.

See: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=14729&p=82416&hilit=hudson#p82416

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JOSEPH ADELMAN

78,Lancaster Avenue, Fennel Street, and 31, Withy Grove, Manchester


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J·A - Birmingham - 1894

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WHITTEN, GODDING & Co. - THE WHITTEN-GODDING CYCLE Co.

Providence, Rhode Island


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Whitten, Godding & Co. - Providence, R.I. - 1889

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Whitten, Godding & Co. - Providence, R.I. - 1889

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Whitten-Godding Cycle Co. - Providence, R.I. - 1892

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UNKNOWN

Birmingham?


A sterling silver whistle with worn marks, assayed at Birmingham in 1892:

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??Ld - Birmingham - 1892

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S. AULD - SAMUEL AULD & Co.

240 & 248, Gallowgate, Glasgow


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Samuel Auld & Co. - Glasgow - 1892


An advertisement from J.Hudson & Co. following their acquisition of S. Auld - S. Auld & Co.:

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J. Hudson & Co. - Birmingham - 1908

'IMPROVED CALL/Rd.No./143091/S. AULD/MAKER/GLASGOW'

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ADOLPH FRANKAU & Co. - LOUIS BLUMFELD

121-123, Queen Victoria Street, London


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L·B (Louis Blumfeld) - London - 1884

See: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=30091&p=168668&hil ... ld#p168668

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AMERICAN PIN Co.

Waterbury, Connecticut


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American Pin Co. - Waterbury, Conn. - 1891

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REED & BARTON

Taunton, Massachusetts

A sterling silver whistle by Reed & Barton, from 1972, resembling a bouquet of flowers:

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Reed & Barton - Taunton, Mass. - 1972

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Schneider's - Kingston, N.Y. - 1973

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RENNIE & ALLSON MANUFACTURING Co.

725, Filbert Street, Philadelphia


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Rennie & Allson Mfg. Co. - Philadelphia - 1886

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COLEN HEWER CHESHIRE

Northampton Street, Birmingham


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C.C - Birmingham - 1891

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T.W. BOYD & SON

27, Notre Dame Street West, Montreal


A page from the 1918 catalogue of the retailer T.W. Boyd & Son of Montreal:

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T.W. Boyd & Son - Montreal - 1918

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SAMPSON MORDAN & Co.

41-43, City Road and 72, Cheapside, London


A 9ct. whistle by Sampson Mordan & Co., assayed at London in 1902:

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S.M & Co - London - 1902

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OSBORNE & SON

Borough Works, New Street, Birmingham


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Osborne & Son - Birmingham - 1889

'THE BOROUGH WHISTLE'

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H.V. PITHEY & Co.

26, Great Pulteney Street, Soho, London


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H.V.P & Co - Birmingham - 1909

The business of Harold Vyvyan Pithey.

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ARMY AND NAVY STORES, Ltd.

London

Examples from the Army and Navy Stores, Ltd. catalogue of 1939:

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Army and Navy Stores Ltd. - London - 1939

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ADIE & LOVEKIN Ltd.

Frederick Street, Birmingham


A whistle by Adie & Lovekin Ltd., assayed at Birmingham in 1905:


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A&LLd - Birmingham - 1905

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