£20.00
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Additional Information| Product Type | Trade Cards |
|---|---|
| Size | 67mm x 44mm |
| Condition | Good |
| Comments | The card you see is the card you are buying so please check condition carefully. |
| SKU | BOYSMAGCOLSTUDWA0122248-2 |
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W.R. Wilkinson & Co. was established as a Licorice maker in Southgate, Pontefract in 1884. Licorice was brought to the UK at some point in the 14th Century, reputedly either by the Crusaders returning from the middle east, or the Dominican monks who settled in Pontefract Priory at around the same time. Initially used for […]
The very little information I have been able to find about this company, is that J.W. Filshill Ltd was established as a confectionery and preserve maker in 1875 in Gallowgate, Glasgow, being the brainchild of John W. Filshill. A fire in 1897 reduced the factory to rubble, though it was rebuilt on the same site […]
First published in 1922 by E. Hulton & Co. Ltd, Shoe Lane, London, “Boys’ Magazine” ran weekly until 1934 at which point it was incorporated into “Champion”. Further information on the magazine can be found at the most excellent “Comic Book+” site by following this link. During the 1920’s it published several sets of collectors […]
Cope Brothers began life in the Old Post Office Street, Liverpool in 1848. The company was started by brothers Thomas and George Cope. In 1853 the business moved to the Old Church for the Blind in Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool. The company grew quickly, and by the 1880s was employing nearly1,500 people in Liverpool, producing […]
W.R. Wilkinson & Co. was established as a Licorice maker in Southgate, Pontefract in 1884. Licorice was brought to the UK at some point in the 14th Century, reputedly either by the Crusaders returning from the middle east, or the Dominican monks who settled in Pontefract Priory at around the same time. Initially used for […]
The very little information I have been able to find about this company, is that J.W. Filshill Ltd was established as a confectionery and preserve maker in 1875 in Gallowgate, Glasgow, being the brainchild of John W. Filshill. A fire in 1897 reduced the factory to rubble, though it was rebuilt on the same site […]
Henry Overton Wills set up his original “Wills, Watkin & Co” tobacco shop on Castle Street in Bristol along with his then partner, Samuel Watkins. Watkins retired in 1789 at which point the company became simply “Wills & Co”, but was renamed as soon as 1791 when Wills merged with the business of Peter Lilly, […]
Taddy & Co was established by James Taddy in 1784, as a seller of tobacco, snuff and tea operating from Old Swan Lane in London. A year later in 1785 Taddy had moved premises to 109 Fenchurch Street, London, where with new partners, “Taddy, Tomlin and Hatfield” was formed. Following a number of marriages between […]
John Player was born in Saffron Walden in 1839, and moved to Nottingham around 1862 where he worked as a draper’s clerk. Several years later he moved onto run his own business, as an agent of Prentice & Co’s agricultural manures and seeds, running a small shop on Beastmarket Hill in Nottingham. Alongside Prentice & […]
John Player was born in Saffron Walden in 1839, and moved to Nottingham around 1862 where he worked as a draper’s clerk. Several years later he moved onto run his own business, as an agent ofr Prentice & Co’s agricultural manures and seeds, running a small shop on Beastmarket Hill in Nottingham. Alongside Prentice & […]
William Clarke was founded in 1830 at South Main Street in Cork, however by 1870 the manufacturing side of the business had all been transferred to Hare Place, Scotland Road, Liverpool, with only depots remaining in Ireland. Following the formation of the Irish Free State in 1926, the Liverpool based operation was taken over by […]
Cope Brothers began life in the Old Post Office Street, Liverpool in 1848. The company was started by brothers Thomas and George Cope. In 1853 the business moved to the Old Church for the Blind in Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool. The company grew quickly, and by the 1880s was employing nearly1,500 people in Liverpool, producing […]
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