Hale Brothers Ltd
The brothers were John Thomas Hale (1853-1919) and Samuel Stafford Hale (1855-1948), who were the sons of John Hale, a fender manufacturer in Shalesmoor. In the 1880s, Hale Bros was at Allen Street, then Moorfield Works, Smithfield/Snow Lane, as makers of table and pen and pocket knives, files, horse-clipping shears, scrapers, and horse-singeing lamps (for removing hair on a horse). Apparently, its earliest trade mark – dating from 1791 – was ‘650’, associated with William Hale. Howe....
