ukelele lady Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Has anyone any history on a company called John Biggin that used to be in the area of Arundel Street and Eyre Lane. Does the company stiil exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 John Biggin &Biggins Brothers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 Thank you Steve , It seems to be the Electro Plate ones on Arundel Street I was looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Has anyone any history on a company called John Biggin that used to be in the area of Arundel Street and Eyre Lane. Does the company stiil exist? John Biggins & Biggin Brothers were not related, John Biggins made Spoon & Fork Blanks and were eventually bought out by Nickel Blanks which in turn was bought. Biggin Brothers dealt in Electro Plating, they did excellent work but in the 1990s their work did deteriate, they increased the flow of electricity through the silver vats which made the plated objects come out like a crazy paving effect and by the time you had tried to make it look decent you had polished throught the silver to the nickel underneath and then it needed replating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake's Grandad Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I used to do out work for John Biggin. Remember Mr Douglas who used to run the company for years. It was all moved to Roberts and Belks in the 1990s not nickel blanks as they were under the same ownership. The building is still there. They used to do some very high quality hotel cutlery for top hotels in London, Hilton, Grosvenor ect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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