Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,645 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Mill-Ward

From Graces Guide

Registered Office: 54 Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Notts.

Suppliers of leather-working machinery, including skiving machines for cobblers, used for splitting a hide into two separate layers. A preserved example from Archibald, cobbler’s shop, Byers Road, Glasgow, was made by Fortuna in 1930.[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] Scottish Transport & Industry Collections and Knowledge (STICK) Network website: Master Catalogue for Scotland: Cobbler’s Tools, p.41