I presume this relates to something other than the hair-grooming object,
as I have someone (Jon.n Fairclough of Liverpool in the 1851) who is one
at age 27, and is employing 60 men & Women. Is a "comb" some piece of machinery or something? (Though not clear there, the word definitely is
comb, as his father-in-law is one earlier, and he still is later, where
it is clear.)
I presume this relates to something other than the hair-grooming object,
as I have someone (Jon.n Fairclough of Liverpool in the 1851) who is one
at age 27, and is employing 60 men & Women. Is a "comb" some piece of machinery or something? (Though not clear there, the word definitely is
comb, as his father-in-law is one earlier, and he still is later, where
it is clear.)
On 26/08/2023 22:04, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
I presume this relates to something other than the hair-grooming
object, as I have someone (Jon.n Fairclough of Liverpool in the 1851)
who is one at age 27, and is employing 60 men & Women. Is a "comb"
some piece of machinery or something? (Though not clear there, the
word definitely is comb, as his father-in-law is one earlier, and he
still is later, where it is clear.)
I have several Lancashire reedmakers in my tree.
from
http://web.archive.org/web/20080907010140/http://users.bigpond.net.au/bu >nter/reedmakers.htm
Reedmaking: A reed was like a metal comb whose teeth are secured top
and bottom, used to hold the weft apart on a weavers loom. The reed,
with its to and fro movement, 'beats' the weft thread into place (like
a comb) as it is placed by the shuttle passing across the full width of
the loom.
Reed makers would have been self-employed artisans, with probably an >apprentice or two. In 1828 and earlier they would have supplied the[]
local wool and cotton mills directly, later as things became more >centralized, they would have supplied a Reed manufacturer who would
then have sold them on to Mills all over Lancashire, and beyond.
I presume this relates to something other than the hair-grooming object,
as I have someone (Jon.n Fairclough of Liverpool in the 1851) who is one
at age 27, and is employing 60 men & Women. Is a "comb" some piece of machinery or something? (Though not clear there, the word definitely is
comb, as his father-in-law is one earlier, and he still is later, where
it is clear.)
I presume this relates to something other than the hair-grooming object,
as I have someone (Jon.n Fairclough of Liverpool in the 1851) who is one
at age 27, and is employing 60 men & Women. Is a "comb" some piece of machinery or something? (Though not clear there, the word definitely is
comb, as his father-in-law is one earlier, and he still is later, where
it is clear.)
I presume this relates to something other than the hair-grooming object,
as I have someone (Jon.n Fairclough of Liverpool in the 1851) who is one
at age 27, and is employing 60 men & Women. Is a "comb" some piece of >machinery or something? (Though not clear there, the word definitely is
comb, as his father-in-law is one earlier, and he still is later, where
it is clear.)
On 26/08/2023 22:04, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
I presume this relates to something other than the hair-grooming
object, as I have someone (Jon.n Fairclough of Liverpool in the 1851)
who is one at age 27, and is employing 60 men & Women. Is a "comb"
some piece of machinery or something? (Though not clear there, the
word definitely is comb, as his father-in-law is one earlier, and he
still is later, where it is clear.)
Not a reed maker!
From a search in FindMyPast newspapers
10 January 1853, Liverpool Albion, Liverpool, Lancashire, England advertisement
THE ONLY WHOLESALE COMB MANUFACTORY IN LIVERPOOL JONATHAN W. FAIRCLOUGH, (DAGNALL AND CO.,) IVORY, TORTOISESHELL, & COMB MANUFACTURER, No. 3, ROSE-STREET, (NEAR ST. GEORGE'S-HALL.)
On 26/08/2023 22:04, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
I presume this relates to something other than the hair-grooming
object, as I have someone (Jon.n Fairclough of Liverpool in the 1851)
who is one at age 27, and is employing 60 men & Women. Is a "comb"
some piece of machinery or something? (Though not clear there, the
word definitely is comb, as his father-in-law is one earlier, and he
still is later, where it is clear.)
I have several Lancashire reedmakers in my tree.
from http://web.archive.org/web/20080907010140/http://users.bigpond.net.au/bunter/reedmakers.htm
Reedmaking: A reed was like a metal comb whose teeth are secured top and bottom, used to hold the weft apart on a weavers loom. The reed, with
its to and fro movement, 'beats' the weft thread into place (like a
comb) as it is placed by the shuttle passing across the full width of
the loom.
On 26/08/2023 22:04, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
I presume this relates to something other than the hair-grooming
object, as I have someone (Jon.n Fairclough of Liverpool in the 1851)
who is one at age 27, and is employing 60 men & Women. Is a "comb"
some piece of machinery or something? (Though not clear there, the
word definitely is comb, as his father-in-law is one earlier, and he
still is later, where it is clear.)
Not a reed maker!
From a search in FindMyPast newspapers
10 January 1853, Liverpool Albion, Liverpool, Lancashire, England >advertisement
THE ONLY WHOLESALE COMB MANUFACTORY IN LIVERPOOL JONATHAN W.
FAIRCLOUGH, (DAGNALL AND CO.,) IVORY, TORTOISESHELL, & COMB
MANUFACTURER, No. 3, ROSE-STREET, (NEAR ST. GEORGE'S-HALL.)
and genuinely the only maker in Liverpool, the demand could be that big.
J. P. Gilliver wrote:
and genuinely the only maker in Liverpool, the demand could be that
big.
Where a trade uses imported materials they're often located in port
cities. A manufacturer using imported materials such as ivory and >tortoiseshell is likely to be supplying to a much wider market than the
city. He may well, for instance, have had customers in Birmingham who
were silver-mounting his combs and incorporating them in dressing cases
along with matching silver-mounted brushes, toiletry bottles and jars
etc. with the end product ending up on Bond Street.
J. P. Gilliver wrote:
and genuinely the only maker in Liverpool, the demand could be that
big.
Where a trade uses imported materials they're often located in port
cities. A manufacturer using imported materials such as ivory and >tortoiseshell is likely to be supplying to a much wider market than the
city. He may well, for instance, have had customers in Birmingham who
were silver-mounting his combs and incorporating them in dressing cases
along with matching silver-mounted brushes, toiletry bottles and jars
etc. with the end product ending up on Bond Street.
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