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.