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W. H. Vowles and Sons

From Graces Guide
1951.

of Upper Mill, Stonehouse, Glos

Kosmos Brushes

1836 Business commenced in a small shop in Peter Street, Bristol

1895 partnership change. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned Elizabeth Gill Vowles Frederick William Vowles Arthur Vowles Edgar Ernest Vowles and William Vowles carrying on business as Brush Manufacturers and General Factors at Castle-street and Broad Weir in the city and county of Bristol under the style or firm of W. H. Vowles and Sons was dissolved...'[1]

1907 W. H. Vowles and Sons, Upper Mills, Stonehouse.[2]

1919 Retirement of A. Vowles, the Chairman and MD.

1936 Celebrate centenary. P. G. Vowles is Chairman.[3]

1963 W. H. Vowles and Sons, Upper Mills, Stonehouse.[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. The London Gazette Publication date:13 August 1895 Issue:26652 Page:4572
  2. Gloucester Citizen - Saturday 09 March 1907
  3. Western Daily Press - Monday 30 November 1936
  4. Gloucester Citizen - Tuesday 07 May 1963