Ponytail Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Advertisements from "The Career of the Grimesthorpe Prize Band" fundraising booklet. 1904. Langton and Sons G.H. Hovey Mrs. A. Marsh. Mr. L. Gadd. D. Lunn. W. Marsland Rose's London Hat Mart. J. W. Mott. J. T. Butterworth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 1904 Advertisements. J. C. Slack. Naylor's Goodwins'. Richard Burnett Hy. Skinner. Charles W. Lee. D. Finestone & Son. Walter Armitage. C.H. Jenkinson. Frank Coldron. J. W. Thompson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 1904 Advertisements. G. Miles. T. Boler. L. H. West. W. Ginnever Alfred Axe. Attercliffe Music Warerooms, Fred Smith. Wellington Inn, James Gratton "The Old Order of Druids" R.A.O.B. "Sir John Drake" Lodge, 856 Fishing Club. Threepenny Club. Falstaff Hotel, Arthur Dixon. R.A O.B. Stanley Lodge. 176 G.L.E. Sheffield Equalised District of Free Gardeners, Waddy's Excelsior Lodge. No. 1056 Sheffield Equalised Order of Druids, Atlas Lodge, No 904. Falstaff Sick and Dividing Society Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 1904 Advertisements. Hastings' Mrs. T.E. Vere. Raglan Billiard Saloon. A. McDonald W. H. Clifton. John Heath & Sons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 1904 Advertisements. Mr. J. Lumby. White Hart Cricket Club. White Hart Inn. C.I. Needham. R.A.O.B. "Otter" Lodge, No 880, G.L.E. Beeley's. R. Toon & Co. H. A. Phenix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 1904 Advertisements. William Cooper. E. Ward. C.H. Cleathero. Charles Jones & Son. Rose & Crown, Harry Beaumont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 1904 Advertisements. Public Benefit Boot Co. Ltd. Stewart & Stewart. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartshome Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Just love some of the Font styles. several I've not seen before. I have an old hand printing set that was my Grandads. He used it when he worked for his Uncles. Barton's Grocers shop on Chesterfield Road, early 1900s. The rubber on some of the letter blocks is still good, and the capital letters are very 'flourishing' in style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 26 minutes ago, Heartshome said: Just love some of the Font styles. several I've not seen before. I have an old hand printing set that was my Grandads. He used it when he worked for his Uncles. Barton's Grocers shop on Chesterfield Road, early 1900s. The rubber on some of the letter blocks is still good, and the capital letters are very 'flourishing' in style. I love the font styles too, had a field day with them at Art College in the Typography Dept. What I love about these adverisements is the way they sell themselves. W. H. Clifton thanking customers for past favours and "begs" to announce he has opened new premises. Alfred Axe selling his milk products goes a little over the top. 😂 Don't think J. Lumby's ice cream advertisement would be allowed today he'd obviously got a thing about his foreign competitors, it was "of the time" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartshome Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Yes you're right! a lot of the 'claims' made on the old adverts just wouldn't be allowed today. I do think though that some of todays adverts are to 'in your face'. Don't know about anyone else, but I'm sick of INSURANCE & FUNERAL ads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 I was interested to note a couple of businesses in Upwell Street. I live in Upwell. It's in Norfolk, many miles away from Sheffield. Perhaps there's another, closer, Upwell, or perhaps there was a Mr. Upwell after whom it was named. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 4 hours ago, Athy said: I was interested to note a couple of businesses in Upwell Street. I live in Upwell. It's in Norfolk, many miles away from Sheffield. Perhaps there's another, closer, Upwell, or perhaps there was a Mr. Upwell after whom it was named. Probably named after where you live or perhaps another Upwell. Upwell Street originally called Bagley Lane (Bagley Dyke alongside), then briefly High Street, was renamed to follow the theme of the then new local roads that were named after towns and villages in England ending in "well". (eg. Hollywell Road, Southwelll Road and Birdwell Road.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Well, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Axe Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Ref. the Alfred Axe advert going over the top. I agree that it seems to be unnecessarily OTT. The cynic in me wonders whether there was an ulterior motive.... The year 1903 saw Alfred and another man charged with selling diluted milk. Both men were fined 20s with costs (Sheffield Independent 11/9/1903). Perhaps this was a way of encouraging buyers to buy from him with confidence. He was again found guilty on the same charge in 1907 and charged once more, but let off on a technicality, in 1908. The year 1909 saw yet another conviction for the same issue, and others followed in 1912, 1914 and 1916. As a side issue, it appears likely to have been this Alfred who was also a boxing promoter, based at Attercliffe, in the first third of the 20th century. From around 1919 he also became a pork butcher. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 Surprising what information is revealed out of a simple advertisement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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