Neil How
Brummie babby
I'm in a 1956 bungalow - we resurrected the original brass curtain rails and runners - the sound of curtains opening & closing from childhood !
Could these be Harrisons? EDIT: due to AI searching, I find this (not that I can see the h in a circle, but then I'm only a human !) :-
The maker's mark stamped on your curtain rail belongs to Harrison (Birmingham) Ltd, one of the most prominent mid-century British curtain track manufacturers.
Decoding Your Specific Mark
Dating Your Rail
This specific block-letter font style, combined with the stylized cursive "h" logo and the "BHAM" wording, narrows down the manufacturing date to the mid-to-late 1950s. During this decade, Harrison heavily marketed steel-cored brass and extruded brass rails for domestic post-war housing across the UK.
Could these be Harrisons? EDIT: due to AI searching, I find this (not that I can see the h in a circle, but then I'm only a human !) :-The maker's mark stamped on your curtain rail belongs to Harrison (Birmingham) Ltd, one of the most prominent mid-century British curtain track manufacturers.
Decoding Your Specific Mark
- The Logo: The symbol stamped on the far left represents a highly stylized, cursive lowercase "h" inside a circle, which stands for Harrison.
- The Text: The stamp clearly reads "CURTAIN RAIL MADE IN BHAM ENGLAND". The abbreviation "BHAM" explicitly references Birmingham, the historical epicenter of the British brassfoundry industry.
Dating Your Rail
This specific block-letter font style, combined with the stylized cursive "h" logo and the "BHAM" wording, narrows down the manufacturing date to the mid-to-late 1950s. During this decade, Harrison heavily marketed steel-cored brass and extruded brass rails for domestic post-war housing across the UK.
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