Hook packets
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 1:41 pm
Some hook packets from the “can’t use, but can’t throw away" box suggested by Banksy's topic at http://www.traditionalfisherman.com/vie ... 28&t=28043
Little angling artefacts.
1) Barry’s of Goole: No longer in business, but there might be a tackle shop at one or more of the old addresses.
25 Westfield Avenue, Goole, N. Humberside.
35/37 Copley Road, Doncaster, S. Yorkshire.
316/318 Beverley Road, Hull, N. Humberside.
2) Richard Walker Carp Hooks
B James & Son, Huntingdon Road, Upwood, Huntingdon
3) Billy Clarke's Matchwinner: Sheffield match angler and founder of the fishing tackle firm in 1918. Family run and still going strong at a new address / website but the same (pre STD) telephone number.
6 Woodhead Road (off London Road) Sheffield 2. Telephone 51145
4) Steade-fast hook to nylon: Manufactured for H Steade & Sons Ltd.,
Steadefast Works, Catley Road, Sheffield 9. Phone 49454
by C & D Harris & Co Ltd – Redditch
5) Kerr’s Apex hooks to nylon
GM Kerr & Co Ltd, Gemko Works, Ilford, Essex (made in Redditch)
6) Allcocks Model Perfect
S Allcock & Co Ltd, Redditch, England
7) Nige Williams Fishing Tackle, 210 Newhampton Road West, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton. (Made by Taylor + Johnson Ltd, Redditch)
8) Marco Brand: Made in France for Modern Arms Co Ltd
9) The Lucky Strike: Brand hooks to undrawn gut
S Allcock & Co Ltd, Redditch
10) Non-Pul hooks to nylon
Martin James, Redditch
11) Dippa eyed hooks
Sundridge, Vicarage Lane, Hoo, Rochester, Kent ME3 9LW
12) Gales of Doncaster
13) Roy Dennis Wholesale 0724 844979 (code suggests the Scunthorpe area)
Little angling artefacts.
1) Barry’s of Goole: No longer in business, but there might be a tackle shop at one or more of the old addresses.
25 Westfield Avenue, Goole, N. Humberside.
35/37 Copley Road, Doncaster, S. Yorkshire.
316/318 Beverley Road, Hull, N. Humberside.
2) Richard Walker Carp Hooks
B James & Son, Huntingdon Road, Upwood, Huntingdon
3) Billy Clarke's Matchwinner: Sheffield match angler and founder of the fishing tackle firm in 1918. Family run and still going strong at a new address / website but the same (pre STD) telephone number.
6 Woodhead Road (off London Road) Sheffield 2. Telephone 51145
4) Steade-fast hook to nylon: Manufactured for H Steade & Sons Ltd.,
Steadefast Works, Catley Road, Sheffield 9. Phone 49454
by C & D Harris & Co Ltd – Redditch
5) Kerr’s Apex hooks to nylon
GM Kerr & Co Ltd, Gemko Works, Ilford, Essex (made in Redditch)
6) Allcocks Model Perfect
S Allcock & Co Ltd, Redditch, England
7) Nige Williams Fishing Tackle, 210 Newhampton Road West, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton. (Made by Taylor + Johnson Ltd, Redditch)
8) Marco Brand: Made in France for Modern Arms Co Ltd
9) The Lucky Strike: Brand hooks to undrawn gut
S Allcock & Co Ltd, Redditch
10) Non-Pul hooks to nylon
Martin James, Redditch
11) Dippa eyed hooks
Sundridge, Vicarage Lane, Hoo, Rochester, Kent ME3 9LW
12) Gales of Doncaster
13) Roy Dennis Wholesale 0724 844979 (code suggests the Scunthorpe area)