RachaelMRodway
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I am descended from John Barron, the first innkeeper of the Aston Cross Tavern. I understand that there is some connection with the Venetian Blind Manufacturers. Does anybody know about this?
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Barron Venetian Blind Manufacturers Lower Temple Street
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Rachel,
Given that we are dealing with the period 1775-1792 for his tenure, that may be a tall order.
Wrightson's Triennial Directory of Birmingham for 1815 shows this:-
British Liobrary Newspaper Archive shows no mention of this in Birmingham between 1775 amd 1853.
The London Gazette has nearly 5,000 entries for Barron & Co. between these dates, but add the location Birmingham and there are none!
Maurice
Given that we are dealing with the period 1775-1792 for his tenure, that may be a tall order.
Wrightson's Triennial Directory of Birmingham for 1815 shows this:-
British Liobrary Newspaper Archive shows no mention of this in Birmingham between 1775 amd 1853.
The London Gazette has nearly 5,000 entries for Barron & Co. between these dates, but add the location Birmingham and there are none!
Maurice
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RachaelMRodway
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Good point! John Barron (son of the Innkeeper) was born in Birmingham in 1762; his daugher Susanna was married to John Rodway (who I think was an Alderman of Birmingham) in 1800. Anything that may help would be appreciated.
In the 1839 Wrightson's Directory they seem to have combined with another :
Barron and Mills, brass founders, and manufacturers of improved brass rods, gauze wire and transparent window blinds; also factors and merchants,
25, Lower Temple-street, and 72 and 73, Wells-st. Oxford-st. London.
They are not listed in Pigots 1841 directory
By 1839 they are described (see attached , at https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AkEFimYNoxgC&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&dq="Barron+and+Mills"&source=bl&ots=kQAUIPyxsf&sig=ACfU3U0wbS5E_QgE7f7oFCWRKeUjzchAnA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwib5JmC8dbnAhUIQEEAHZXPCeQQ6AEwAnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q="Barron and Mills"&f=false)
as "of London", so maybe the firm moved to London
From: https://s3.amazonaws.com/hpef-digit...+Rehab+Guide-2-History+and+Technology-ocr.pdf :
The spring roller was a recent advance, and because of its extra cost,Loudon felt it suitable for villas only.12 It wasstill so novel in 1844 that Webster and Parkes felt the need to define it for readers:
Spring roller blinds have a wire spring inside a tin roller, which acts so as to tum it, and the blind is raised up by merely pulling a cord: these are much more expensive than the common rollerblind, which has the advantage of greater simplicity, and being less apt to be out of order. 13
According to Loudon, the best spring rollers were made by Barron and Mills.
Barron and Mills, brass founders, and manufacturers of improved brass rods, gauze wire and transparent window blinds; also factors and merchants,
25, Lower Temple-street, and 72 and 73, Wells-st. Oxford-st. London.
They are not listed in Pigots 1841 directory
By 1839 they are described (see attached , at https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AkEFimYNoxgC&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&dq="Barron+and+Mills"&source=bl&ots=kQAUIPyxsf&sig=ACfU3U0wbS5E_QgE7f7oFCWRKeUjzchAnA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwib5JmC8dbnAhUIQEEAHZXPCeQQ6AEwAnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q="Barron and Mills"&f=false)
as "of London", so maybe the firm moved to London
From: https://s3.amazonaws.com/hpef-digit...+Rehab+Guide-2-History+and+Technology-ocr.pdf :
The spring roller was a recent advance, and because of its extra cost,Loudon felt it suitable for villas only.12 It wasstill so novel in 1844 that Webster and Parkes felt the need to define it for readers:
Spring roller blinds have a wire spring inside a tin roller, which acts so as to tum it, and the blind is raised up by merely pulling a cord: these are much more expensive than the common rollerblind, which has the advantage of greater simplicity, and being less apt to be out of order. 13
According to Loudon, the best spring rollers were made by Barron and Mills.
