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Hotchkiss, Mayo and Meek

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Hotchkiss, Mayo and Meek of Hill Cross Works, Coventry

Edmund Mayo, John Meek and Richard Hotchkiss

1894 Exhibited cycles at the Antwerp Exhibition.[1]

1896/7 Directory: Listed under cycles. More details.[2]

1896 November. Advertisement for a 'smart young man' for cycle manufacturer's office. Quick at shorthand and a good typist. Knowledge of French preferred. Apply Hill Cross Works. (no company name).[3]

1897 July. Advertisement for a Junior Clerk. Hotchkiss, Mayo and Meek, Hill Cross Works, Coventry.[4]

1897 Became the Coventry Eagle Cycle Co; Harris Cycle Co continued business at the Hill Cross Works.


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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1894/05/24 p431
  2. Peck's Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1896-97: Cycles
  3. Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 06 November 1896
  4. Coventry Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 07 July 1897