Michael_Ingram
gone but not forgotten
I found this cutting in an old scrap book my sister just found in a cupbaord. Does anyone remember it of have more information. The caption reads:
'What is probably the oldest and certainly one of the very few factory signs in Birmingham hangs on the office front of a Summer Lane firm of brushmakers. This outsized broom was originally put up in 1856 by the founder of the firm. Apart form occasional replacement of its brass bristles it is still as it was nearly 100 years ago.'
The date would put the cutting early 1950s.
'What is probably the oldest and certainly one of the very few factory signs in Birmingham hangs on the office front of a Summer Lane firm of brushmakers. This outsized broom was originally put up in 1856 by the founder of the firm. Apart form occasional replacement of its brass bristles it is still as it was nearly 100 years ago.'
The date would put the cutting early 1950s.