Jones & Willis - Hornsey Art Metalworkers to the Queen - Harringay online2024-03-29T12:17:06Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/jones-willis-art-hornsey-metalworkers-to-the-queen?groupUrl=historyofharringay&commentId=844301%3AComment%3A1423132&groupId=844301%3AGroup%3A10&feed=yes&xn_auth=noResult!tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-27:844301:Comment:14248002021-04-27T14:47:19.184ZKen Stevenshttps://harringayonline.com/profile/KenStevens
<p>Result!</p>
<p>Result!</p> Thanks to Willis family desce…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-19:844301:Comment:14237892021-04-19T11:11:38.240ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>Thanks to Willis family descendant Edwina McCombe, I am able to add the following images, showing the Eagle Works buildings and scenes which, Edwina and I are fairly confident, show inside the works.…</p>
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<p>Thanks to Willis family descendant Edwina McCombe, I am able to add the following images, showing the Eagle Works buildings and scenes which, Edwina and I are fairly confident, show inside the works.</p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8809614285?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8809614285?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center"/></a></p>
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<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8809616877?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8809616877?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center"/></a></p>
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<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8809617464?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8809617464?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center"/></a></p> Sadly, I'm unlikely to be abl…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-17:844301:Comment:14234552021-04-17T11:40:06.100ZKen Stevenshttps://harringayonline.com/profile/KenStevens
<p>Sadly, I'm unlikely to be able to verify that by personal inspection!</p>
<p>Sadly, I'm unlikely to be able to verify that by personal inspection!</p> The Historic England listing…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-17:844301:Comment:14234542021-04-17T10:22:37.360ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>The Historic England <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1079213" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listing for the Great Northern Railway Tavern</a> includes the following specified feature:</p>
<blockquote>a urinal made by the Art Metal Works located at the Eagle Works</blockquote>
<p>The Historic England <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1079213" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listing for the Great Northern Railway Tavern</a> includes the following specified feature:</p>
<blockquote>a urinal made by the Art Metal Works located at the Eagle Works</blockquote> Harrrumphh.
Alright, then!
:…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-17:844301:Comment:14234532021-04-17T10:19:50.942ZKen Stevenshttps://harringayonline.com/profile/KenStevens
<p>Harrrumphh.</p>
<p>Alright, then!</p>
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<p>:-)</p>
<p>Harrrumphh.</p>
<p>Alright, then!</p>
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<p>:-)</p> I've found about 20 other Eag…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-17:844301:Comment:14235432021-04-17T10:13:30.434ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>I've found about 20 other Eagle Works in contemporary newspapers. So it was a common name. for example from 1896. </p>
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..and this from 1868:<br />
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.. and many…
<p>I've found about 20 other Eagle Works in contemporary newspapers. So it was a common name. for example from 1896. </p>
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..and this from 1868:<br />
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.. and many more Nope, Hugh, I've pondered ago…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-17:844301:Comment:14234522021-04-17T10:06:38.541ZKen Stevenshttps://harringayonline.com/profile/KenStevens
<p>Nope, Hugh, I've pondered agonisingly overnight and I remain of the opinion that there was a significance to Eagle beyond casual whimsy for the house and emulation for the works. If the house had been Mon Repos or Dunroamin and the works named similarly, one might well presume more than uninspired copying. Same with Eagle. </p>
<p>Can't be that difficult to think up a specific name for a factory ......... "ArtMetal R Us" maybe? ;-)</p>
<p>Nope, Hugh, I've pondered agonisingly overnight and I remain of the opinion that there was a significance to Eagle beyond casual whimsy for the house and emulation for the works. If the house had been Mon Repos or Dunroamin and the works named similarly, one might well presume more than uninspired copying. Same with Eagle. </p>
<p>Can't be that difficult to think up a specific name for a factory ......... "ArtMetal R Us" maybe? ;-)</p> You’re a gent, Ken. tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-16:844301:Comment:14231322021-04-16T19:02:57.611ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>You’re a gent, Ken. </p>
<p>You’re a gent, Ken. </p> No mention of Eagle estate/ho…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-16:844301:Comment:14233002021-04-16T18:44:29.923ZKen Stevenshttps://harringayonline.com/profile/KenStevens
<p>No mention of Eagle estate/house/cottage.</p>
<p>The book is a collection of essays on particular topics rather than, as I had imagined, an across-the-borough narrative on all estates. Only got it because it came up cheap on ebay.</p>
<p>It's got possibly useful incidental facts for serious study but a bit dry for my sort of lighthearted cartoon-style dabblings. Email a reminder of your address and I'll pop it in the post to you, foc of course.</p>
<p>No mention of Eagle estate/house/cottage.</p>
<p>The book is a collection of essays on particular topics rather than, as I had imagined, an across-the-borough narrative on all estates. Only got it because it came up cheap on ebay.</p>
<p>It's got possibly useful incidental facts for serious study but a bit dry for my sort of lighthearted cartoon-style dabblings. Email a reminder of your address and I'll pop it in the post to you, foc of course.</p> This from Edwina M, a descend…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-16:844301:Comment:14233882021-04-16T17:58:23.303ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>This from Edwina M, a descendant of the Willis family</p>
<blockquote>In 1900 Blankley Harlow Willis (1867 – 1930) was living at 21 Rosebery Gardens, Crouch End. Over the front door there is a panel which appears to have replaced the standard wooden bars (that survive in the neighbouring houses). It was very probably made at the Jones & Willis works where Blankley Harlow was in charge.…</blockquote>
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<p>This from Edwina M, a descendant of the Willis family</p>
<blockquote>In 1900 Blankley Harlow Willis (1867 – 1930) was living at 21 Rosebery Gardens, Crouch End. Over the front door there is a panel which appears to have replaced the standard wooden bars (that survive in the neighbouring houses). It was very probably made at the Jones & Willis works where Blankley Harlow was in charge.</blockquote>
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