Michael_Ingram
gone but not forgotten
I am looking for the address of Fattorini's for 1908 please
I used to work at David Hollander,Electro plate manufacturers in Caroline Street,amongst our products were sporting trophies
and we bought our medalions to put on them from Fattorinis.
found out where our mom worked..the building is the bradford works in barr st hockley but i dont have a number for it will take a look next time i am down that way..
lyn
My Grandfather was chief designer for Fattorinis. He started working for them in Bradford, then moved to Birmingham with them about 1927. He stayed there until he retired in 1952 when he was 80 & died 2 years later.
He designed & engraved the previous FA cup, the 1948 Olympic medals, the mayor of Bradford´s regalia made to replace a stolen set & all the Coronation medals from George 5th to the present Queen.
His name was Will Norman & he was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1872.
I used to go to the Hockley factory back in the early 60’ s to as an apprentice service the lift. It was a fascinating place to wander through and see all the processes and as you say Dickensian conditions.I recently had a reply from the Fattorini company to an enquiry I made. Thomas Fattorini & Sons worked out of no 36 Barr St. as a separate company when the directors bought it from the parent company. Eventually closed and remaining business returned to the Regent St. Company. I think it was the corner building more recently a clothing company . I briefly worked at Barr St. around 1970. Among the products were school badges, Robertsons Golliwogs and very expensive Rolls Royce car badges. Inside the old building was quite Dickensian and some of the industrial practices horrendous. The company seemed to be decent employers though.
Actually there were 2 separate companies, Fattorini and sons in Barr Street and Thomas Fattorini in Regent Street. I worked at Fattorini & Sons in Barr Street from 1956 to around 1961I recently had a reply from the Fattorini company to an enquiry I made. Thomas Fattorini & Sons worked out of no 36 Barr St. as a separate company when the directors bought it from the parent company. Eventually closed and remaining business returned to the Regent St. Company. I think it was the corner building more recently a clothing company . I briefly worked at Barr St. around 1970. Among the products were school badges, Robertsons Golliwogs and very expensive Rolls Royce car badges. Inside the old building was quite Dickensian and some of the industrial practices horrendous. The company seemed to be decent employers though.