Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

Was there a wire-drawing firm in St. Helens, around the late 1890s?

When I think of 'wire' I automatically think of Prescot. Forgive my ignorance - I don't know St. Helens very well.

I'll ask somebody from up that direction if they have any ideas.

There's a very bad ocr document I found when googling, if you can make sense of it, it could be interesting. http://www.google.com/patents/US698273

I don't know about St Helens, in 1938 Directory for Lpool there is a Wire Drawing Company, agents at
10 Dale St Bldgs Lpool 2. They are a company based in Birmingham.

Very interesting - although I can't pretend I understood most of it!

The name applying for the patent could be relevant - William John Glover. My family address is Glover Street. Good work, Mary. Could be a link.

Thanks, Tina. The whole family, father and sons, settled in St. Helens and were all employed as fine wire-drawers. To that end, I imagine they'd be working at a local firm.

1911 Directory I've found Wire Drawers
Warrington Wire Rope Works, head office
18 Goree Piazza Lpool.

William John Glover's postal address is given as St. Helen's Cableworks, Lancashire, in 1901.

Can't find anything more on him but I think that is the place I'm searching for. I think I might have to look at old OS detail.

Hi Fledge,

1905 Kelly's

St Helens Cable Co Limited,
83 Liverpool Rd
St Helens,

Close to Glover St, me finks.

Bertieone wrote: Close to Glover St, me finks.

Spitting distance, check maps.google.co.uk

I can't get the hang of the new Googlemaps at all but I can see it's no distance at all from Glover Street - straight up the Ashton road.

Bert, fantastic.

Thanks everyone. Mystery solved.