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New page: of Loveday Street, then Stirchley Brass Foundry, Charlotte Road, Birmingham. * c1790 Founded as Showell and Barnes. * 1820 As '''Edwin Showell and Sons''', manufactured door springs ... |
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* c1790 Founded as [[Showell and Barnes]]. | * c1790 Founded as [[Showell and Barnes]]. | ||
* 1820 As '''Edwin Showell and Sons''', manufactured door springs and architectural brassware. | * 1820 As '''Edwin Showell and Sons''', manufactured door springs and architectural brassware. | ||
* WWI. Produced 100,000 ''Enfield'' oilers for [[BSA]] rifles during the Great War (1914-1918). | |||
* 1956 They were taken over by [[Josiah Parkes and Sons]]. | * 1956 They were taken over by [[Josiah Parkes and Sons]]. | ||
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== Sources of Inforamtion == | == Sources of Inforamtion == | ||
* [http://www.enfield-stuff.com/oilers/makers_marks/oiler_makers_England.htm] British Enfield Oiler Makers | |||
* [http://www.oldcopper.org/Marks%20s.htm] Old Copper | * [http://www.oldcopper.org/Marks%20s.htm] Old Copper | ||
Revision as of 14:22, 23 March 2008
of Loveday Street, then Stirchley Brass Foundry, Charlotte Road, Birmingham.
- c1790 Founded as Showell and Barnes.
- 1820 As Edwin Showell and Sons, manufactured door springs and architectural brassware.
- WWI. Produced 100,000 Enfield oilers for BSA rifles during the Great War (1914-1918).
- 1956 They were taken over by Josiah Parkes and Sons.