Buck and Hickman
of 2 and 4 Whitechapel Road, London. Branches at Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow
Matthew Buck, a saw maker from Sheffield, went to London and set up in business near Waterloo station.
His daughter Ann Buck married John Roe Hickman (1), a printer, who dies in 1840. Ann then opens a shop named Buck and Co.
Her son, another John Roe Hickman is apprenticed to his uncle George Buck and later goes into partnership with him and the business then becomes Buck and Hickman
1894 Catalogue of machinery. B&H are manufacturers and factors. [1]
1900 Catalogue of fine mechanical tools. [2]
1902 Becomes a private limited liability company with John Roe Hickman as chairman
1907 Advert for 'Brown and Sharpe's and Starrett's fine tools on exhibition and in stock'. Rules, micrometers, gauges, calipers etc. [3]
1940 Advert for tools. [4]
1945 Advert for tools and supplies. [5]
1951 Advert for tools and supplies. [6]
1963 Motor Show exhibitor. Tools. [7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 13th April 1894 p315
- ↑ The Engineer of 19th October 1900 p402
- ↑ Pocket-Book for Mechanical Engineers by David Allen Low. Published 1907 by Longmans, Green and Co
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p71
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p85
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1951. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p85
- ↑ 1963 Motor Show