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Trade Directory Source |
Occupants of Portland Works |
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White's Directory 1879 |
R.F. Mosley, manufacturer of table cutlery; George Gill, cutlery manufacturer; William H. Green, spring knife manufacturer. |
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Kelly's Directory 1883 |
R. F. Mosley, cutlery manufacturer; John Green & Sons, Spring Knife manufacturers. |
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Kelly's Directory 1888 |
R. F. Mosley, cutlery manufacturer; William Green, spring knife manufacturer; George Gill, spring knife manufacturer. |
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Kelly's Directory 1893 |
R. F. Mosley, cutlery manufacturer; William Green, spring knife manufacturer; George Gill, spring knife manufacturer. |
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Kelly's Directory 1898 |
R. F. Mosley & Co. Ltd., cutlery manufacturer; W. Mammott & Sons, electro-plate manufacturers; George Gill, spring knife manufacturer; John Thomas Johnson & Sons, steam manufacturing joiners. |
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White's Directory 1901 |
R. F. Mosley & Co. Ltd., cutlery manufacturer; W. Mammott & Sons, electro-plate manufacturers; John Thomas Johnson & Sons, steam manufacturing joiners. |
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White's Directory 1905 |
R. F. Mosley & Co. Ltd., silversmiths & cutlery manufacturers; John Thomas Johnson & Sons, steam manufacturing joiners; Ellis Frost, caretaker. |
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White's Directory 1912 |
R. F. Mosley & Co. Ltd., silversmiths & cutlery manufacturers; John Thomas Johnson & Sons, steam manufacturing joiners. |
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White's Directory 1919-1920 |
R. F. Mosley & Co. Ltd., silversmiths & cutlery manufacturers; John Thomas Johnson & Sons, steam manufacturing joiners. |
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Kelly's Directory 1934 |
R. F. Mosley & Co. Ltd., cutlery manufacturer; Clark Company Ltd. (The Alexander Cutlery Works); John Thomas Johnson & Sons, steam manufacturing joiners. |
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Kelly's Directory 1957 |
R. F. Mosley & Co. Ltd., cutlery manufacturer; Allen's Silversmiths (L. Allen proprietor) |
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Kelly's Directory 1970 |
O. Hobson (engineers), general & precision engineers; Hadon Litho Ltd., lithographic offset machine plate manufacturers; Fabricated Products, fabrication in steel; Swales & Hobson, tyre pressure gauge manufacturers; Wardle & Mathews Ltd, pewter-ware manufacturers. |
N.B. This is not a comprehensive list of all occupants of the works, because it only includes those businesses that paid a subscription to be entered into the cited trade directories.
References:
1) Historical Directories 2010 Digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales http://www.historicaldirectories.org