Interesting - thanks Neville Mike
> On Nov 21, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Neville Gosling <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mike: > > I remember the firm of "Edgar Sealy & Sons" & got the following from the web > - although I don't think that it is 100% accurate. I could be wrong but I > don't think that they continued making hooks up to 1981. I suspect that the > hook making ceased long before that. > > "Edgar Sealy & Sons started as a hook-maker some time around 1930, and are > listed in the Kelly's Directory of 1932 at Brookhill Works, Hewell Road, > Redditch." > > "At their peak in the 1950s, they were employing around 100 people, but they > were taken over by Dunlop Sports in 1960, and became more of a distributor > than manufacturer, though they continued making hooks until they closed the > factory and moved to Falmouth in 1981." > > "Some of their machinery was bought by Vince Green, and is still used in the > manufacture of Sprite hooks." > > Not sure of status of Sprite now. Vince Green had a stroke and closed the > business and shortly after he passed away. Someone has subsequently tried to > resurrect Sprite. > > I went for a tour of the Partridge Factory in Redditch in 1985. At that time, > Partridge already had some of the hook making machinery that formerly > belonged to Sealy. > > As far as I know, Edgar Sealy & Sons was the first company to produce the > "Octopus" style of hooks which is popular today > > "Their reels were all made by J. W. Young and at one time were Young's main > distributor." I have one of their reels in almost mint boxed condition. > > As I recall, there was also a Bernard Sealy involved in the fishing tackle > industry in the UK but I was unable to find any reference to them. > > Neville (Nev) Gosling > > <P1020732.jpeg><P1020733.jpeg> > > >> On Nov 20, 2014, at 6:51 PM, Mike Bliss <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I am organizing my tying materials. Years ago I picked up several boxes of >> Edgar Sealey & Sons hooks. One box I am not sure what they are exactly. >> The number is S3008. I don’t have a book that can tell me what they are. >> It looks like a standard wet fly hook. Any help out there? Are they worth >> anything other than for the hook? >> >> Mike >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. >> > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > <http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en> > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > <http://www.linesend.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
