Kirby, Beard and Co
of Birmingham, 12. Telephone: Birmingham Calthorp 3171. Cables: "Kirby Birmingham". Also at Arundel House, Cornwall Gardens, London, SW7 and at Redditch, Worcs.
1881 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, George Beard and Robert Davis Price, carrying on business as Pin and Needle Manufacturers, under the style or firm of Kirby, Beard, and Co., at No. 115, Newgate-street, London, and Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, was this day dissolved by mutual consent. The said Robert Davis Price retires and the business will in future be carried on by the said George Beard, under the style or firm of Kirby, Beard, and Co...'[1]
1896/7 Directory: Advertiser. More detail. [2]
1947 British Industries Fair Advert (in pictures) for: Best Brass Pins; Kirby Grips; Hair Curlers; Invisible Hair Pins; Standard Hair Pins; Needles; Rustless Safety Pins; Rustless Brass Pins; Commenda Safety Pins. (Fancy Goods Section - Olympia, 1st Floor, Stand No. F.1908) [3]
1951 Patent - An improved container for pins, needles or other small articles. [4]
1953 Patent - Improvements in and relating to safety pins. [5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:29 April 1881 Issue:24967 Page:2072
- ↑ Peck's Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1896-97: Advertisers
- ↑ 1947 British Industries Fair Advert 297; and p157
- ↑ [1] Wikipatents
- ↑ [2] Wikipatents