Ponytail Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Legg Brothers, Hatters, 37 High Street Advertisement from Illustrated Guide to Sheffield, Pawson & Brailsford. 1862 Advertisement from Drakes Directory 1862 Whites Directory 1862. Legg Brothers, Hatters, 37 High Street; William Heapy, manager. Heapy, William, assistant hatter, 68 Eyre Street. Simpson Patent Easy Fitting Hats. Simpson and Harvey, Inventors and Patentees, Easy Fitting Hat, 6 St.George's Crescent, Liverpool. Established 1832. https://collections.hampshireculture.org.uk/object/top-hat-mens-black-silk-plush-high-waisted-crown-deep-black-wool-frieze-hatband-narrow-brim Legg Brothers don't appear to have been trading long in Sheffield. Wondered if they were a branch of Company who were expanding and it didn't work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 Not recorded 1852. Whites Directory 1856. Legg Brothers, hatters and cap manfrs., 37 High Street & Liverpool. Whites Directory 1879. 37 High Street, Imperial Tea Co., tea merchants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Legg Brothers opened their Sheffield premises in November 1854 and closed after 20 years in December 1874. The company seems to have originated in Liverpool. They became a limited company in 1893, so pulling out of Sheffield didn't mean they were on the ropes. They also had a branch in Douglas, Isle of Man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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