Talk:Thresher & Glenny

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Article Deletion[edit]

I have posted a message on User:HJ Mitchell Talk Page, in the hope that a resolution can be reached with regards to the deletion of the Thresher & Glenny Wikipedia article. If you have any further questions then please post them on my Talk Page. Thanks, BePoWiki (talk) 15:37, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline - verifiable facts already copied to History section[edit]

The first 3 bits of reffed text and their refs are now in the 'History' section of the article. The 4th ref is dated 1921 which is a bit odd for a 1936 event so I haven't used it. The other claimed facts here are entirely unsupported - please feel free to find citations for them and then to add them back into the History. I doubt we should have a Timeline List as well as a History - if you do feel like adding it back with a bunch of refs, please provide a rationale for using a (deprecated) List and for any duplication of the History you may be creating. Thanks. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:40, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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1683 Bodice maker in the Strand
1696 Bodice maker at house "next to the Peacock" inn
1703 Thomas Lee, merchant tailor, took lease of premises "next to the Peacock" inn
1724 Business taken over by Thomas Street, hosier
1749 Trading "at the Peacock next door to Somerset House in the Strand"
1768 Newham and Binham, 152 Strand
1778 Newham & Thresher
1782 Lease on 152 Strand renewed
1783 First Royal Warrant to the firm
1784 Richard Thresher took over the firm
1790 Hosier to HM King George III
1795 1 Panton Street, Haymarket, bought by Richard Thresher
1797 Nelson purchased stockings after losing his arm
1798 Thresher & Miller
1805 George Thresher took over business, Thresher & Miller, hosiers to His Majesty. Richard Thresher, hosier, 15 Cheapside. John Thresher, hosier & mercer & masquerade warehouse, 24 Haymarket
1813 Emma, daughter of John & Elizabeth Thresher, hosier of 152 Strand, born 13 November
1819 John Thresher took over business
1822 Thresher & Miller, hosiers to His Majesty, 152 Strand
1827 “Hosier, glover and flannel draper to His Majesty”
1832 Thresher, Son and Glenny, hosiers and outfitters
1846 First T&G travelling trunk registered
1851 Exhibitor at Great Exhibition, warrant from Pasha of Egypt
1853 T&G's newspaper, "The Australian, Indian and Colonial Shipping Circular" published
1854 Outpost established at Kadikoi, "between Balaklava and the Camp, for securing safe custody and punctual delivery of parcels to the Army in the Crimea".^[1]
1855 Thresher & Glenny fitted out Lord Canning for his new role in India
1873 Paul King, Inspector of Customs in China, took 3 Thresher & Glenny cabin trunks with him; equipped Sir Garnet Wolsely for Ashanti War
1877 Equipped officers for Zulu Wars
1878 Canvas shoes dyed with ink for officers embarking for Afghan War.^[2]
1882 Equipped officers for Egyptian Wars
1885 H M Stanley equipped by T&G to look for Emin Pasha
1901 Henry John Glenny "Indian and Colonial Outfitter"^[3]; first representative sent to USA
1904 Windows broken by suffragettes
1912-1914 Made clothes for Emperor of Japan
1914 Invented trenchcoat
1921 Added premises in 19 Clifford Street, Savile Row, and 5 Conduit Street, W.1
1931 Kitted out French explorer George-Marie Haardt and 41 team members for the 7,500 mile Citroën Trans-Asiatic Expedition from Beirut to Peking
1934 Shop refitted. Paul King's cabin trunks still in use, first Clemdan ready-made shirts
1935 Fred Perry photographed with T&G manager, walking out kits created for semi-official tour, new shop front
1936 Henry John Glenny died 18 August, Gracechurch Street branch opened^[4]
1950 Member, Bespoke Tailors Guild

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References

^ Westminster City Archives, St Ann’s Street, SW1, ref 301/27/1
^ Westminster City Archives, St Ann’s Street, SW1, ref 301/27/1
^ 1901 census
^ Hughes’ Business Directory, (1921)

Image[edit]

The obvious image would be a new photo of the shop. Meanwhile we could use a WW1 ad for a greatcoat from http://www.oldmagazinearticles.com/article.php?Article_Summary=782 under the FUR "poster" classification, I think? Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:11, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Chiswick Chap,

I could speak to Thresher & Glenny directly to see what images they can offer us for use in the article. If not, I think your poster suggestion is a good one.

Thanks, Vjdigital (talk) 11:02, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Westminster City Archives, St Ann’s Street, SW1, ref 301/27/1

[2] Westminster City Archives, St Ann’s Street, SW1, ref 301/27/1

[3] 1901 census

[4] Hughes’ Business Directory, (1921)

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