Gareth Harrison
Gareth
JACOB WINTER'S BUSINESS COLLAPSE
26th September, 1934 was the end of Jacob Winter’s Business Empire when he was forced to sell the contents of his rented mansion at 43 Charlotte Road, Edgbaston to pay The Birmingham Industrial Loan Company Ltd. The amount came to 95 pounds 16 shillings and 6 pence. Items sold included: a Mahogany bedroom suite, a Chesterfield 3 piece suite and Axminster and Wilton carpets.
He had been a very enterprising person even though his command of English was supposed to be very poor and he had never been to school.
Talking about Jacob’s Empire, here is what Paul Winter had to say.
“The business prospered and at one time he had a four storey factory in Birmingham with a flat on the top floor for the family. The two elder half brothers and Joe and Bernard all worked for him before my uncles went their own way. We were one of the first families in the area to have a telephone (about 1922/1923) and a car. The first was a bright yellow Ford T with a chauffeur. In 1926 they acquired a magnificent Arrol Johnson 8 seater tourer and mother prepared sumptuous picnics to take out on trips.” Going on car trips was something Grandma would always enjoy.
26th September, 1934 was the end of Jacob Winter’s Business Empire when he was forced to sell the contents of his rented mansion at 43 Charlotte Road, Edgbaston to pay The Birmingham Industrial Loan Company Ltd. The amount came to 95 pounds 16 shillings and 6 pence. Items sold included: a Mahogany bedroom suite, a Chesterfield 3 piece suite and Axminster and Wilton carpets.
He had been a very enterprising person even though his command of English was supposed to be very poor and he had never been to school.
Talking about Jacob’s Empire, here is what Paul Winter had to say.
“The business prospered and at one time he had a four storey factory in Birmingham with a flat on the top floor for the family. The two elder half brothers and Joe and Bernard all worked for him before my uncles went their own way. We were one of the first families in the area to have a telephone (about 1922/1923) and a car. The first was a bright yellow Ford T with a chauffeur. In 1926 they acquired a magnificent Arrol Johnson 8 seater tourer and mother prepared sumptuous picnics to take out on trips.” Going on car trips was something Grandma would always enjoy.
