fogrider 175 Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 Just seen, on Bargain Hunt, someone bought a basket made by a Nottingham Company. On the side , stencilled on - ML &S Ltd Nott'm. I don't recall such a company but would like to know more as we used identical baskets in the City Fire Brigade to send kit on to another station. We called them "the laundry baskets" and I'm sure I saw them in the various City Hospitals too. We would have bought local for sure. Can anyone elaborate please ? Regards all Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,536 Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 There was a Morris, Wilkinson wicker works in Basford. Nowt to do with yours I expect. My aunt who married in 1927, her occupation at that time was wicker worker. i think the River Leen had something to do with certain factories, like bleaching and dying and wicker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 8,939 Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 I wonder if it might be these people. http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/books/nottsillus1898/general-trades14.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fogrider 175 Posted December 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 Thanks both, not an exact tie up but an insight into that activity in the City. I will do some more digging on-line. Like lace, there could be a number of firms, even small long forgotten ones, I'll have a look in Kelly's next year in the archive centre, I 'm looking forward to a day out in the City. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,487 Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 From memory ,thought at first it was this firm but wrong initials ! . A photo that Cliff Ton posted a while ago , scroll down to photo of bus in front of White Bros. basketmakers https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/15235-old-nottingham-photos/?page=2 Of course the baskets may have been made by an unknown company and been especially stencilled with another firms logo .The baskets shown in my link above were stencilled for a Fred Clements a Skegness pantomime operator . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 4,140 Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 When ballooning I was told some of the wicker baskets were, for a while, made by the Blind Institute as was. Perhaps they also made baskets for the textile trade as sub-contractors too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fogrider 175 Posted December 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 I found a vast on-line list of basket makers in the Nottingham area. Nothing tied in with ML&S so I now assume they were simply the people who used the basket, not made it. It could even be a sellers' tart-up to make it look more interesting to buyers. Never mind, some interesting history never the less. Regards all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 2,275 Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 11 hours ago, Brew said: When ballooning I was told some of the wicker baskets were, for a while, made by the Blind Institute as was. Perhaps they also made baskets for the textile trade as sub-contractors too. The Blind Employment Factory of Waterloo Road London started in 1799 as the School for the Indigent Blind and grew until 1901 when its site was purchased by the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway and it moved to Leatherhead and became the Royal School for the Blind. Many wicker baskets were used in the coal mines and for moving textiles around in the mills. As katyjay said the was a Morris, Wilkinson and Co of Victoria Works Basford, they were established in 1889 and in 1914 had 230 employees. Image from Graces Guide 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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