Brookes Ward and co - 5 Hampton Street
My factory now in its 120th year is in Hampton street (corner of Summer Lane). Metal bashers in the lighting trade since 1885. Original tooling for gas levers and many other parts still wrapped and covered in 100 years of dust and dirt. Printing blocks of all our catalogues and also of our move to Hampton street from Tower Street (where St Georges school is now) in 1906
Brookes Ward comenced trading in March 1885, a partnership between John Brookes a Diesinker, and Mr George Ward a clerk from Birmingham. The partnership was disolved in September 1885
1906 Plans
The Finished Building
Unidentified Family Members
Unidentified Family Members
Works Trip to Symonds Yat 1935
Workers Day Out
Workers Day Out
Disaster Stikes
Drawings
a Brookes Ward Brochure
The "comet" Gas Heater Brochure
a Range Of The Brookes Ward Fittings