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Bernardette
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I am trying to find out about a printing works called "Alldays"? It was in Cornwall Street and supposedly printed the "Radio Times"? My great Aunt worked there until she retired, circa 1936. Can anyone help?
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Bernadette
Here is the Kellys entry for 1936:
Allday Limited, colour, offset, lithographers & letterpress printers, 128 & 130 Edmund street & 56,58 & 60 Cornwall street 3. T A "Books ; " T N's Central 1170 & 1171
The first mention of the firm semms to be around 1878 when it is James Lomax Allday, described as “ from Waterlow & Sons, London” (whatever that may mean). It then was described as a law lithographer and specialised in law products and office products rather than books or magazines. They were then at New Edmund St and 37 Waterloo St. By 1880 they had moved to 39 Colmore Row and also did more general printing in addition to the law products. And, in addition to colmore Row, was also at Edmund St. By 1890 He was at Edmund st and Cornwall St. In 1900 it was Allday Ltd and by 1903 they described themselves just as printers, but by 1921 their Telegraph address was”Books”, so by then they had presumably gone away from office type printing to books and/or magazines. The firm was at cornwall St and Edmund St till 1940, but in 1943 and 1944 (bombing ?) were at 12 Vivian Road, Harborne . In 1949 they had moved to 122-137 newhall St where they were still in the last Kellys in 1973
mike
Here is the Kellys entry for 1936:
Allday Limited, colour, offset, lithographers & letterpress printers, 128 & 130 Edmund street & 56,58 & 60 Cornwall street 3. T A "Books ; " T N's Central 1170 & 1171
The first mention of the firm semms to be around 1878 when it is James Lomax Allday, described as “ from Waterlow & Sons, London” (whatever that may mean). It then was described as a law lithographer and specialised in law products and office products rather than books or magazines. They were then at New Edmund St and 37 Waterloo St. By 1880 they had moved to 39 Colmore Row and also did more general printing in addition to the law products. And, in addition to colmore Row, was also at Edmund St. By 1890 He was at Edmund st and Cornwall St. In 1900 it was Allday Ltd and by 1903 they described themselves just as printers, but by 1921 their Telegraph address was”Books”, so by then they had presumably gone away from office type printing to books and/or magazines. The firm was at cornwall St and Edmund St till 1940, but in 1943 and 1944 (bombing ?) were at 12 Vivian Road, Harborne . In 1949 they had moved to 122-137 newhall St where they were still in the last Kellys in 1973
mike
hi mike
cracked it again brilliant ;
i can put my hand on my heart when i say this you have confirmed to us and especialy me
that when that request came in i said to myself its new hall st and i was thinking of cornwall st and how far away it was from new hall street
but i did decide not to say any think because i was rattled by cornwall st
i remember roaming around there in the later years of my teenage years
and seeing that particular sign in the windows stating they do the tv times printed here
and if you walked down passing the asay office on the same side
and walk up the hill the roads bends and once you took that bend i think it was about one hundred yards around that bend where the printers was
i just knew i was right but i thought to myself no let some-one else answer and lets see if i am right . brilliant mike
best wishes astonian ;;;
cracked it again brilliant ;
i can put my hand on my heart when i say this you have confirmed to us and especialy me
that when that request came in i said to myself its new hall st and i was thinking of cornwall st and how far away it was from new hall street
but i did decide not to say any think because i was rattled by cornwall st
i remember roaming around there in the later years of my teenage years
and seeing that particular sign in the windows stating they do the tv times printed here
and if you walked down passing the asay office on the same side
and walk up the hill the roads bends and once you took that bend i think it was about one hundred yards around that bend where the printers was
i just knew i was right but i thought to myself no let some-one else answer and lets see if i am right . brilliant mike
best wishes astonian ;;;