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J. W. Evans Silver Factory

Went on Heritage Open Day last year and the grandson showed us around. I think I posted some pictures on here.....well worth a visit anyway.
Ah...found a couple of the photos.
 
Nice pic of the stamp battery there Charlie. Yes everybody do try and get a visit in this year.

Graham
 
we will be trying to get there too.

Would'nt it be great if there was such a thing as staff information too.
Sure I am not the only one who had a relative as a silversmith.

Derek
 
Definitely - it would mean very little without the people involved. I know that the complete archive (including Payroll etc) is being cared for by either the museum service or the university. In time, they ought to be accessible in some form.

Graham
 
Graham it's so good to know not only the building and contents are being saved but also documents like the payroll. I hope many visit and the project becomes a big success.
 
Looking good!

I've been watching this one for a couple of years. I'm so glad that it's been left as it was when the last guys there downed tools. I much prefer to see places as they were worked, than all tarted up.
Thanks for the link Wendy!

Neil
 
nice pic here of j w evans in its earlier days...dated 1895...i would presume that mr evans the grandson would have this pic..:)
 
thanks wend..i have posted this one before under the jewellery quarte picsr thread i started but thought it would be nice on here too...it could be that the grand looking man and women on the steps are ancestors of mr evans the grandson...:)

lyn
 
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hi all...although the front has changed a bit i stood looking at j w evans building today and imagined all those workers standing outside in 1895...:)
 
Isn't that fantastic to see those 2 photos side by side? It's good to see the company was so successful they expanded into #54 too. I shall be adding this to my list of 'must see places'. Viv.
 
viv i shall be going when they open up to the public...cant wait for this time warp...:)
 
Does anyone know if they have opened yet, I can't seem to find any up-dates on line.

Colin
 
Watched this on iPlayer. Excellent programme. Interesting that the Evans factory has been restored only to the state it would have been when it closed. So you get a good feel for working conditions, tools used, building environment etc. A nice insight which challenges how museums present the past. Well worth watching the whole programme. Viv.
 
Great news - J W Evans great niece was in today searching for his grave - It's in WL by the top of the recently uncovered path on the Lodge side of the catacomb wall!

Was at a function earlier this evening where we were able to inform Nick Hill of English Heritage, who manages J W Evans.

They can redirect visitors to the cemetery and we can put him on the tour and direct visitors to them!

PS Sawe Kay Alexander and thanked her for arranging last weeks TV interview with Joan Cummins - She thought it went off well and was pleased to support us!

pics to follow
 
thats great bri..sort of you scratch my back and i scratch yours..:D

enjoy the book launch tomorrow:)
 
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