Wightman Shops and Original St Paul's Church, c1905

Comment by Reginald summers on November 30, 2024 at 12:35

Hi Hugh it's me again I've just remembered Mr Holden's first name was Ernest ( Ernie ) I don't know if that will help in your investigation. regards Reg

Comment by Hugh on November 30, 2024 at 13:35

Thanks Reginald. It looks like the factory was on Park Mews which is still there connecting Park Road and Crouch Hall road. You can see it here on Google Maps Birdseye view. Does that look right. At he Park Road end would have been Stone Cottage. It looks like the premises have now been converted to flats.

I can find no trace of the business anywhere.

Comment by Reginald summers on November 30, 2024 at 14:05

Hi thanks Hugh I've tried to download Google have had trouble, I keep getting the pay apps every time I try. That's weird there's no record of Holden's, I worked there after school Monday to Friday for a while. Then I went full time when i left school at 15 I didn't stay there long. I left to work at Crowland Press in Seven Sisters  Road in Tottenham. Would a local library have anything on old businesses. Those garages I believe there was six they had large wooden double doors they were bit than normal, if you look from the front the first garage on the left was the one with the fixed access ladder in. I don't what else to suggest about tracing Holden's,let me know if you have any success. Regards Reg 

Comment by Reginald summers on November 30, 2024 at 14:12

Words missing were Earth as in Google Earth and a bit bigger referring to doors get old 😊

Comment by Hugh on November 30, 2024 at 14:17

Cheers. You shouldn’t need Google Earth. The link is for Google Maps.

Comment by Hugh on February 17, 2025 at 6:53

Proof of former life at least, but I'm afraid this is all I can find. The "47 Collinge Road" should read "47 Coleridge Road" at which address he lived until his death in 1990.

I can also tell you that in 1921 Holden was working for Sasieni pipe makers at the Invicta Works. Sasieni were one of the leading pipe makers and gave Dunhill a run for their money.

Neither Holden nor FMP Prodcuts make it on to this list of British pipe makers, nor the phone book or Kelly's Directory.

Here he is o the 1939 Register. It suggests that he hadn't yet started the FMP Products (in whch case that would have been a company with a very limited lifespan. 

Below is his death notice.

Death notice. Daily Telegraph, May 24 1990

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