The name John Keeling is new to me .
Would anyone have heard of John Keeling fishing tackle expert from Market hall Birmingham ?
Any information or anecdotes ?
I ask because I have a hook packet which suggests 130 years of tackle trading so he and or the shop must have been well known ?
Kind regards
John
John Keeling
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Re: John Keeling
Well played Nobby , that must be the fella .Nobby wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 3:18 pm Might this be the feller?
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ ... -279091367
Looks like he was a manufacturer / trader and expert.
Perhaps later generations take us to thos hook packet .


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Re: John Keeling
It does say somewhere there that his son took over upon his death and that then someone else took over and kept the same trading name.
That was all I could find on a three generation firm sadly. But there's some far better researchers than me on here.........
That was all I could find on a three generation firm sadly. But there's some far better researchers than me on here.........
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Re: John Keeling
Thanks Nobby , you found more than I did.
John