Notes for Henry ADKINS Retired to Ley Hill House, Merritt′s Hill, Northfield, Birmingham UK. Phil Preston′s research reveals Henry Adkins & Sons, Electro-Plated Wares, of 75 Bath Row, Birmingham. At his death probate was recorded at £71,816 2s 2d. [8]
Contributed in 1866 two chapters to a book celebrating Birmingham businesses, one describing in considerable detail his company′s manufacturing process for soap , and a second chapter describing their production of red lead (a paint). The soap mix was tested by the mixer by tasting it! [95]
The group picture must be very early, at the dawn of photography in the early 1860s. [95]
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