Barrow's 1824 - 1949 ; A Store Record : booklet issued by Barrow's Stores Ltd., Birmingham : cover by Edward Bawden : printed at Curwen Press
I do have recollections of Barrow's of Birmingham and their short-lived new store of the 1960s in the rebuilt Corporation Street and their loss, through closure, robbed Engalnd's 'second city' of a special place. The store originated in a tea and coffee warehouse opened in Bull Street by one John Cadbury - a family that went on to great things in the world of chocolate until, sadly, they too succumbed to takeover. It was his nephew, Richard Cadbury Barrow, who took on the shop and gave the grocery store its name.
By 1949 the store, that included grocery, provisions, bakery, fruit & vegetables, flowers, hardware, 'heavy hardware (such as AGA cookers), fancy goods, china, glass & gifts, books and the marvellous restuarant and tearooms amongst its services, celebrated their 125th anniversary with the production of this slender volume. Printed at the Curwen Press it marks a period when Barrow's took the quality of its graphic design and publciity seriously and Edward Bawden was commissioned to produce the covers of the booklet that show the evolution of the tea trade.
I have previously shown the front cover alone but this is the full front and back covers, along with the title page that is very 'Curwen'.
Barrow's 1824 - 1949 ; A Store Record : booklet issued by Barrow's Stores Ltd., Birmingham : cover by Edward Bawden : printed at Curwen Press
I do have recollections of Barrow's of Birmingham and their short-lived new store of the 1960s in the rebuilt Corporation Street and their loss, through closure, robbed Engalnd's 'second city' of a special place. The store originated in a tea and coffee warehouse opened in Bull Street by one John Cadbury - a family that went on to great things in the world of chocolate until, sadly, they too succumbed to takeover. It was his nephew, Richard Cadbury Barrow, who took on the shop and gave the grocery store its name.
By 1949 the store, that included grocery, provisions, bakery, fruit & vegetables, flowers, hardware, 'heavy hardware (such as AGA cookers), fancy goods, china, glass & gifts, books and the marvellous restuarant and tearooms amongst its services, celebrated their 125th anniversary with the production of this slender volume. Printed at the Curwen Press it marks a period when Barrow's took the quality of its graphic design and publciity seriously and Edward Bawden was commissioned to produce the covers of the booklet that show the evolution of the tea trade.
I have previously shown the front cover alone but this is the full front and back covers, along with the title page that is very 'Curwen'.