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D7512 - Sims and Sons of New Whittington, shovel manufacturers - 1939

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D7512
Title	Sims and Sons of New Whittington, shovel manufacturers
Date	1939
Description	Letter re wartime supply problems
Extent	2 items
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Sims and Sons of New Whittington, shovel manufacturers
Administrative History	The firm established by Samuel Sims (1849-1930) was active by 1891, shown in Kelly's Directory for Derbyshire as wholesale boot & shoe dealer and draper and in Kelly's Directory for 1899 as wholesale boot & shoe and general dealers and brush manufacturers. In the census of 1901 and 1911 the business is described as shovel and brush manufacturer. The firm exhibited at British Industires Fairs (1937-1957). The sons of Samuel Sims involved in the business were William Harold (born 1876), Rupert Stanley Carr (born 1888) and Norman Douglas (born 1893) Although the business was named Samuel Smith and Sons it is clear from the 1911 census entry that three daughters also worked in the firm: Flora (born 1874), Margaret Carr (born 1882) and Ethel (born 1885).
Administrative History Sources	Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, 1891, 1899 Census returns, 1901, 1911 Grace's Guide, 'S._Sims_and_Sons', Website: www.gracesguide.co.uk/S._Sims_and_Sons, accessed 2021
Custodial History	This item was donated to Derbyshire Record Office by Wigan Archives Service in September 2011, and accessioned in November 2011.
Organisation Sub-Type	Blacksmiths, metalworkers, ironmongers
Format	Document
Related Material	See D5266/4 for records of another local shovel manufacturers, in Staveley.
Term	Business
	Tool and die makers
	Manufacturing industry
	Tools
Acknowledgements	Administrative History researched and written by cataloguing volunteer Roger Jennens, December 2021.
Archivist Note	Catalogued 23 November 2011, MPS. Revised to ISAD(G) 9 September 2022, BS.