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Any ideas what a colourer electroplater was in 1881 - get the electroplate bit, but could you colour it?
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Mandy ,
It Was And Still Is Called An Anodiser
And The Electro Plater Is Turning Metal Colours
Was In Them Days Mainly Nickle Plate And Silver Plate
And Copper Color Base On Metal ,but Now They Do A Variety Of Colours
In Vats Of Acids And Electro.s Electric Currants Surching Power Going Through The Vats With Anodies Hanging On Copper Or Brass Rods In The Vats Of Acid
All The Best Astonian ,;;;
Ps,
I Havent Forgotton Your Question On The Hintons
I,ll Get Back To You Over The Week End ,
It Was And Still Is Called An Anodiser
And The Electro Plater Is Turning Metal Colours
Was In Them Days Mainly Nickle Plate And Silver Plate
And Copper Color Base On Metal ,but Now They Do A Variety Of Colours
In Vats Of Acids And Electro.s Electric Currants Surching Power Going Through The Vats With Anodies Hanging On Copper Or Brass Rods In The Vats Of Acid
All The Best Astonian ,;;;
Ps,
I Havent Forgotton Your Question On The Hintons
I,ll Get Back To You Over The Week End ,
M
mand
Guest
Thanks again Astonian, by the way this was Ellen Hintons job in 1881.
HI MANDY
Many Thanks For Your QUICK Reply
I Was Very Well Pleased With That Answer Regarding Ellen Hinton Was A
Electro Plater , Because I Myself Coming ThroughThe Genes Of An Hinton ,
My Grand mother Bertha Victoria Hinton And HER Father William ,
And My Mother The Only Child To Bertha , Must Have Strong Genes And The Family Trait Of Hinton In Her , Because I MYSELF Are By PROFFESSION Are
Hi Mandy
Hope You Are Well And Thanks For Your QUICK Reply On The Thread As My Mother Was bred By An Hinton filly ,[ her Mother An Hinton ,]
I Was My Self WAre An Electro Plater / Anodiser By Proffession
Which I Must Have Inherited From The Hintons [ Its Amazing I THINK ,]
I Have Worked Alot Of Companys Around The Old Jewelery Quarter In
Years Gone Bye Thanks For That Info ;
I Will Dig Out My PROFILE oN William Over The Week End And I Will Be In Touch AS IHave Said Thanks AGAIN Mandy ,
ASTONIAN ,;;;
Many Thanks For Your QUICK Reply
I Was Very Well Pleased With That Answer Regarding Ellen Hinton Was A
Electro Plater , Because I Myself Coming ThroughThe Genes Of An Hinton ,
My Grand mother Bertha Victoria Hinton And HER Father William ,
And My Mother The Only Child To Bertha , Must Have Strong Genes And The Family Trait Of Hinton In Her , Because I MYSELF Are By PROFFESSION Are
Hi Mandy
Hope You Are Well And Thanks For Your QUICK Reply On The Thread As My Mother Was bred By An Hinton filly ,[ her Mother An Hinton ,]
I Was My Self WAre An Electro Plater / Anodiser By Proffession
Which I Must Have Inherited From The Hintons [ Its Amazing I THINK ,]
I Have Worked Alot Of Companys Around The Old Jewelery Quarter In
Years Gone Bye Thanks For That Info ;
I Will Dig Out My PROFILE oN William Over The Week End And I Will Be In Touch AS IHave Said Thanks AGAIN Mandy ,
ASTONIAN ,;;;
I used to work in the office of a Electro plating factory in Caroline Street.
I used to have to take the wages round and I can still smell the plating shop.
The women wore rubber boots,long rubber aprons and long heavy rubber gloves,and worked in awful conditions.
I used to have to take the wages round and I can still smell the plating shop.
The women wore rubber boots,long rubber aprons and long heavy rubber gloves,and worked in awful conditions.
HI THERE Alberta ,
Do You Know That There Is Every chance That You May Have Handed Me AFew Pennies For My Blood Sweat And Tears
In That Business , And I Think I May HaveWorked In That Place
I Worked The Circuit All Around That Area Straight Away Caroline Street Came Flooding Back To Me As I Was An Electro Plater / Anodiser Which
Is More Technical ThanThe Plating , You Have To Get Right The First ,
The Colour , The WomenAre The Wireers UpAnd We Call Them The Jiggers
Wiring Componets On So Special Jiggs So The Componets ,Don,t Fall IntoThe Vats When They Are Bubbling In The Acid, The Anodiser Is More Specialist Than The Niclkle Plate Or Copper / Broze Plating And There Is The
Barrell Plating If I AmRight You Was Working As I Would Have Called It The Posh Place Around There On The Corner Compared To The Rest Of The Broken Down So Caslled Work Shops Operating Around THERE ,Building Was Dangerous And The Electrics Was Very Dodgy And Dangerous , Conditions
Was Terrible ,No Health And Safety In Those Days The Employers Got Away
With Murder I Worked All Those Platers For Years Around The Jewlery QAURTER, Then I Moved Down To THE Digbeth Qaurter
To Work For A Guy In Trent Street ,Doing The Anodising
For A Guy And a FIRM Called Devlins
Then One Friday Lunch Time The Police And The Tax Fraud Officiers Turned UP The So Called Devlin Management Fled Out The Back Door And ALL Of
Us Was Qeustioned About The Company And ASkedAbout Mr Devlin ,
Apparently He Was From Redditch And He Used To Travel To B,ham
By Bus And They Had Been Trying To Catch Him For A Couple Of Years
All The So Called Tax He,d Been Stopping Us The Tax Dep; At Union St B,HAMM pAYED uS bACK hansomly .
And Yes I Do Recall Most Pf The NamrdPlaters And Anodiseing Companys
Around The Area ,Of Hockley And The Jewerly Area
I Only LIVED Down The Bottom Of Warstone Lane By Spring hill
Cor; Those Were The Days Used Buy My Pork Scratghing From Stoddards AT tHE Bottom Best Wishes ASTONIAN ,''
Do You Know That There Is Every chance That You May Have Handed Me AFew Pennies For My Blood Sweat And Tears
In That Business , And I Think I May HaveWorked In That Place
I Worked The Circuit All Around That Area Straight Away Caroline Street Came Flooding Back To Me As I Was An Electro Plater / Anodiser Which
Is More Technical ThanThe Plating , You Have To Get Right The First ,
The Colour , The WomenAre The Wireers UpAnd We Call Them The Jiggers
Wiring Componets On So Special Jiggs So The Componets ,Don,t Fall IntoThe Vats When They Are Bubbling In The Acid, The Anodiser Is More Specialist Than The Niclkle Plate Or Copper / Broze Plating And There Is The
Barrell Plating If I AmRight You Was Working As I Would Have Called It The Posh Place Around There On The Corner Compared To The Rest Of The Broken Down So Caslled Work Shops Operating Around THERE ,Building Was Dangerous And The Electrics Was Very Dodgy And Dangerous , Conditions
Was Terrible ,No Health And Safety In Those Days The Employers Got Away
With Murder I Worked All Those Platers For Years Around The Jewlery QAURTER, Then I Moved Down To THE Digbeth Qaurter
To Work For A Guy In Trent Street ,Doing The Anodising
For A Guy And a FIRM Called Devlins
Then One Friday Lunch Time The Police And The Tax Fraud Officiers Turned UP The So Called Devlin Management Fled Out The Back Door And ALL Of
Us Was Qeustioned About The Company And ASkedAbout Mr Devlin ,
Apparently He Was From Redditch And He Used To Travel To B,ham
By Bus And They Had Been Trying To Catch Him For A Couple Of Years
All The So Called Tax He,d Been Stopping Us The Tax Dep; At Union St B,HAMM pAYED uS bACK hansomly .
And Yes I Do Recall Most Pf The NamrdPlaters And Anodiseing Companys
Around The Area ,Of Hockley And The Jewerly Area
I Only LIVED Down The Bottom Of Warstone Lane By Spring hill
Cor; Those Were The Days Used Buy My Pork Scratghing From Stoddards AT tHE Bottom Best Wishes ASTONIAN ,''
Charlie
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
I worked for Lustre Finish Anodising in Camden Drive for a couple of years in the sixties, it was part of the Britachrome Group, run by the Wharrads. The parent company was Folkes Engineering. There was just myself in the office, working with the boss (John Wharrad) and every time I had to go into the factory that was another pair of tights gone! The acid would splash up over the plank walkways and burn great holes in 'em. I remember Jimmy McGinn, who lived in King Edwards Road, he was the foreman and a great character.
I used to help with the jigging-up if it was quiet in the office - but they did kit me out with wellies and rubber gloves then. Those enormous vats of acid....no sign of 'elf 'n safety men!
The site of the factory now is derelict and covered in impenetrable weeds (and rats I expect).
I used to help with the jigging-up if it was quiet in the office - but they did kit me out with wellies and rubber gloves then. Those enormous vats of acid....no sign of 'elf 'n safety men!
The site of the factory now is derelict and covered in impenetrable weeds (and rats I expect).
HI ALBERTA ,
How Are You On This Glorius Sun Shining Day ,?,
As I Thought And I Imagined YouWould Have Worked For The Poshest
Electro And Anodising Building Around The Area,
Unfortuneately I Did,t Get To Work There It Was,t A Place That Advertised Quite Often For Vaccancies For Electro Platers Nor Anodisers,
They Must Have Good Conditions To Work In And Reasonal Pay
Compaped To Most Of The Area With Most Of The One Band Empoyers
Where The Electrics Was Highly Doddgy And You Could Actual Speak To The Passing Public As YouAre Operating On The Vats , And With The Rain Blowin
Through The Brick Work With Big Gapeing Holes Has If We,ve Just Been Bombed COr ,Blimey You Was Lucky ,
Best Wishes AStonian ,;;;
How Are You On This Glorius Sun Shining Day ,?,
As I Thought And I Imagined YouWould Have Worked For The Poshest
Electro And Anodising Building Around The Area,
Unfortuneately I Did,t Get To Work There It Was,t A Place That Advertised Quite Often For Vaccancies For Electro Platers Nor Anodisers,
They Must Have Good Conditions To Work In And Reasonal Pay
Compaped To Most Of The Area With Most Of The One Band Empoyers
Where The Electrics Was Highly Doddgy And You Could Actual Speak To The Passing Public As YouAre Operating On The Vats , And With The Rain Blowin
Through The Brick Work With Big Gapeing Holes Has If We,ve Just Been Bombed COr ,Blimey You Was Lucky ,
Best Wishes AStonian ,;;;