William Bowker & Sons Ltd
This electro-plate and gilding business was established in 1889 in Orchard Lane by William Edwin Bowker. Born in Stalybridge, Cheshire, in about 1837, Bowker had worked as a bookkeeper in a cotton mill. He later moved to Sheffield and became a manager at the Electro Works of Walker & Hall. He died on 19 June 1892, aged 55, and was buried in Fulwood, leaving £885. By 1901, Bowker’s had moved to Carver Street, with William’s sons, Tom (aged 37) and Arthur (aged 32), as partne....
