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John Gallimore (1844-1888) was the son of William Gallimore Jun., who began working for the holloware side of his father’s company in 1870. In about 1872, he started his own enterprise. In 1876, John Gallimore was listed as an electro-plate manufacturer in Eyre Street and Matilda Street. In 1883, when he employed about 34 workers, he began manufacturing Britannia metal goods and electro-plated Britannia metal goods. The address was Matilda Street Works (then Italian Works, Matilda Street). John Gallimore died on 5 May 1888, aged 43, at Ashville, Montgomery Road, in Sharrow. He was buried in Ecclesall, leaving £8,463. The company had ceased business by the end of the First World War. By 1919, the name was owned by Sutherland & Rhoden, Balmoral Works, Matilda Street.