Sunday, 10 November 2013

GW Bonson's heated store rooms extraordinaire...


Godfrey William Bonson (1858-1932) moved to Altrincham as a child. He worked for Gillows (a famous Lancaster cabinet firm) and Kendal and Milne Department Store (Kendal's on Deansgate) before starting a business in carpet beating aged just 23. He later took over a relation's firm too. Godfrey was by trade a cabinet maker, upholsterer and house furnisher and his business mechanically beat carpets and doubled up as a storage space. With thanks to the Bonson Family History webpages.

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3 comments:

  1. John J10 November 2013 at 10:39

    Quite coincidently I walked past there yesterday morning and heard what I imagined to be warehousemen (warehouse persons?) moving furntiure around in the store-room.
    JJ

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  2. RedPat10 November 2013 at 16:33

    Cool ghost sign!

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  3. LOLfromPasa10 November 2013 at 20:43

    An enjoyable read. Interesting!

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