Mulliners

[Eric Gibson]

My recollection of the Renown is that they had inadequate thickness of metal around the steering box which needed reinforcing because the box tore out of its mounting., Repaired three of them back in the day.

 

[Heartland]

The carriage building works on the Corner of Gas Street and Broad Street was engaged in the repair and manufacture of horse drawn carriages. The company was first registered as a private limited company in 1895 with H H Mulliner and W G Mulliner and A Du Cross as directors.
W.G Mulliner was associated with a patent for an improved vehicle lamp in a patent in 1895
Is there a record of where these lamps were made?

 

[mikejee]

Guess the Mulliners here were related to the Leamington firm, which manufactured carriages in Leamington previously. Many adverts mentioning their products

 

[RRJ]

Were they the Mulliners of Mulliner Park Ward?

 

[Pedrocut]

There is a thread named Mulliners as shown below, and an interesting post 7 by Radiorails concerning 3 Mulliners.

In the 1890 and 1900 Kelly’s HH Mulliners is situated at 300/1 Broad Street and on the corners Broad Street and Gas Street…

https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/mulliners.44766/

 

[Pedrocut]

In 1888 a coach painter’s labourer was required by HH Mulliner at 10, Gas Street.

In the 1900 Kelly’s Mulliners Ltd, coach builders, were at 31, Gas Street.

 

[Pedrocut]

Carriage Insurance by HH Mulliner November 1885.

 

[mikejee]

Here is an advert from the 1888 Kellys




The advert in post 37 states "late findlaters".
The 1884 Kellys has this entry:
Findlater Williaim;(excrs-.of), coach builder; works,10 & 11 Gas street; showrooms, 300 & 301 Broad street,
So presumably Mulliners bought out the firm of the deceased William Findlater. They had been at Gas Street since the early 1850s, originally as Barlow, Findlater & Keatley

 

[mikejee]

I have merged the two Mulliner threads

 

[Pedrocut]

The OS Map published 1890 shows the Coach Works and so it does not look like it reached the corner of Broad Street.

 

[mikejee]

Yes. then buildings on Broad st running along the side of the coach works were 259-264, none of which seem to be connected

 

[Heartland]

Herbert Hall Mulliner was born in Leamington Warwickshire.

 

[mikejee]

In the 1880 Kellys, 29 Dale St is the home of Henry Mulliner (who is listed on the earlier page to that previously shown), and Henry Mulliner, coach builders are in Leamington at 164 The Parade and 76 Bedford St . By 1888, in Kellys, the firm has disappeared from Leamington, though Henry Mulliner is still listed as living at 29 Dale St.

 

[Marinamumof5]

Hello everybody,
I’ve only just found this site and am feeling very moved by it all. I’m Marina Mulliner (great grand daughter of Arthur F Mulliner). In answer to some members questions: all the Mulliners mentioned here were all related. My father is 84 and knows a lot about our family history. Sadly…there were large quantities of Mulliner blueprints and designs (done mainly by HH Mulliner, whom I believe was by far the most talented and accomplished of the brothers/cousins) of all sorts of aircraft and vehicles which got thrown out by (we suspect) my grandmother (wife of Arthur R Mulliner).
If anybody has any specific questions I’d be happy to ask my Dad on your behalf?
Warmest greetings to you all,
Marina

 

[Heartland]

The factory shopping they had built on the Canal Side of Gas Street were the subject of a redevelopment plan for student accommodation which may be still ongoing has anybody heard of the decision?