James Holt Factory Cowper St

[aggers]

Hi all
Not school related but does involve Cowper street.Im not a native Brummie,in fact I live about 15 miles away nr Halesowen.A few years ago I found an old bottle Inscribed James Holt and son,Cowper street,Birmingham.It stands around 6 inches high with a wide neck.I have searched the net with no joy,If anyone can throw some light on who they were and what it contained,maybe it was a brewery or maybe milk,would love to find out.
Thanks Ian.

 

[Astoness]

Hi all
Not school related but does involve Cowper street.Im not a native Brummie,in fact I live about 15 miles away nr Halesowen.A few years ago I found an old bottle Inscribed James Holt and son,Cowper street,Birmingham.It stands around 6 inches high with a wide neck.I have searched the net with no joy,If anyone can throw some light on who they were and what it contained,maybe it was a brewery or maybe milk,would love to find out.
Thanks Ian.

hi aggers ive just google james holt birmingham and it appears they bottled milk for schools...established 1860 to 1960..nice little find you have there..there are some for sale on e bay

lyn

 

[aggers]

Re: Cowper Street Infants School

Thanks Lyn,Happy to know the history.Does Cowper street still exist or the Dairy.They obviously had a wide market.

 

[Astoness]

fraid not aggers..cowper st which was off summer lane no longer exists...there is a couple of threads for cowper st with plenty of pics before demo...

lyn

 

[aggers]

Thanks Lyn, you have been most helpful,got me digging deeper now.Im on the milk trail.

 

[Astoness]

Thanks Lyn, you have been most helpful,got me digging deeper now.Im on the milk trail.

ok aggers...if mikejee our map expert sees this thread he maybe able to post you map showing just where james holt was in cowper st..

lyn

 

[mikejee]

James holt had several depots in 1950, at cowper st, aston cross, edwards road, erdington, and bennetts road, but by 1955 only the Bennetts road site remained. In Cowper st he occupied just no 9 in 1900 (it is not clear which is no 9) , which is one of the houses marked in red on the c1913 map. By 1951 he occupied the area in blue

 

[aggers]

Wow, you know your stuff,milk bottle is addressed as cowper street,would it be poosible to roughly date.
Thanks Ian

 

[mikejee]

Ian
Apologies. i have just corrected a date in my earlier post from 1961 to 1950. They had place in Cowper st from at least 1900 (though a slightly different site till sometime shortly after 1950, so it is a very broad timeband

 

[cowperkid]

Ian
Apologies. i have just corrected a date in my earlier post from 1961 to 1950. They had place in Cowper st from at least 1900 (though a slightly different site till sometime shortly after 1950, so it is a very broad timeband

I used to live a few doors down from there towards rodway street from about 61 on there was no bottle making but they did plate glass after they closed or moved we kids were in there sheet glass every wear no bottles

 

[Astoness]

mike cowperkid lived at no 7 which is the house to the right of the double gates