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Call number: McFarlin Special Collections PS3537.O44 B63 1919
Title: Bob Cook and the winged messenger
Author: Tomlinson, Paul G. (Paul Greene), b. 1888.
Date of publication: 1919
Description: New York : Barse & Co., c1919.
Notes:
Special Collections note:
Dimensions: 20cm
Persistent URL: library.utulsa.edu//record=b2014662~S0
Repository: McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tulsa. 2933 E. 6th St. Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-3123
General information about the McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tulsa is available at www.utulsa.edu/libraries/mcfarlin/special-collections.aspx
This photograph was taken before the Air Navigation Bill of 1920 prohibited low flying over London. From the vehicles on the road and the fact that it appears to be summer, the most likely date is 1919.
St Nicholas, Ulceby, Lincolnshire.
Window by William Glasby of London, 1925.
Faith - Love - Hope.
Detail.
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of William Henry Fletcher, Ulceby Grange, Archdeacon of Wrexham & Agnes Crawford his wife. Given by their son.
William Glasby (1863-1941) was the son of a warehouse porter and spent his youth in Battersea. He was apprenticed to James Powell & Son in 1876 and rose to be their chief painter. Whilst living in Hampstead, he joined Henry Holiday’s new workshop after he left Powell's. By about 1897 Glasby was producing his own designs in a style heavily influenced by Holiday and also Morris & Co, for whom he later worked as a painter. He was in business on his own account from c1919. He had addresses in Kensington and later Putney, but in 1939 he moved to Horsham, Sussex. After his death, the business was carried on by his two daughters, who moved in 1946 to Henfield.
Opus sectile memorial to Mrs Bessie Henderson, mother of Lieut-Col J H Henderson (to whom the large window above by Karl Parsons was dedicated), c1919
War memorial window in the north aisle by Arthur L. Moore, c1919.
Great Bowden lies immediately to the north east of Market Harborough but still retains its separate vintage village charm with an attractive centre from which the spire of its church peeps at over the trees. I say peep rather than peer as the spire is remarkably short, more of an octagonal pyramid crowning the handsome 14th century tower, but all the more delightful for being a break from the norm.
The church itself is mainly 14th century with modifications from the following century (such as the clerestory and most of the fenestration). All is rendered in the lovely honey-coloured ironstone with limestone dressings for the windows, and attractive mix common in the east Midland counties. The interior feels open and spacious thank to the handsome nave arcades which almost touch the corbel supporting the roof, the clerestory windows looking a little squashed inbetween. The stonework is left explosed in the nave but the chancel and aisles are still plaster-rendered which cheers them up somewhat, a good balance.
The most remarkable feature here is in the north chapel, a substantial 15th century wall painting of the Last Judgement, degraded by time but still discernable. Nearby in the chancel is an imposing late Georgian monument and a tiny late medieval palimpsest brass, both on the north side of the sanctuary. The 18th century organ case nearby has some fine carved detail but frustratingly I seem to have neglected to get a decent photo of it. There are a few striking late Victorian or Edwardian windows, the best being the large Arts & Crafts window in the south aisle.
This church is well worth a look and Colin and I were made very welcome here. I'm not sure what normal opening arrangements are so probably best to check ahead if planning a visit.
Kodak Anastigmat Shutter & a
Bausch & Lomb f6.3 No4 314/075 Shift lens.
CRF = Coupled Range Finder.
Uses 122 Roll Film to produce 3¼" x 5½" negatives.
Produced between c1919 to 1933.
It stands 250mm (9¾") high.
I was brought this camera, for my birthday, in September 2016 for £65.
St Nicholas, Ulceby, Lincolnshire.
Window by William Glasby of London, 1925.
Faith - Love - Hope.
Detail.
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of William Henry Fletcher, Ulceby Grange, Archdeacon of Wrexham & Agnes Crawford his wife. Given by their son.
William Glasby (1863-1941) was the son of a warehouse porter and spent his youth in Battersea. He was apprenticed to James Powell & Son in 1876 and rose to be their chief painter. Whilst living in Hampstead, he joined Henry Holiday’s new workshop after he left Powell's. By about 1897 Glasby was producing his own designs in a style heavily influenced by Holiday and also Morris & Co, for whom he later worked as a painter. He was in business on his own account from c1919. He had addresses in Kensington and later Putney, but in 1939 he moved to Horsham, Sussex. After his death, the business was carried on by his two daughters, who moved in 1946 to Henfield.
The old tower was built by Johnson Railway Signal Co. and opened May 13, 1894. It was located in Somerville on the Boston-Somerville line at the southwest corner of the place where the Mystic Branch (running left to right in this picture) crosses the B&A Grand Junction Branch and the Western and Eastern Division main lines. It was a two-story frame tower with a director’s bay.
The small brick structure to the left is the "battery building."
Digital image from CD in Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society Archives. Cat. No. 2005.7.7. (Image ST-21). Original B&MRR photo provided by Alan E. MacMillan. CD produced by David Hutchinson, donated by Alan E. MacMillan, indexed by Carl Byron. Learn more about the B&MRRHS at www.bmrrhs.org. Photo 3362
The tower was located between Cambridge and Main Streets, north (east railroad-wise) of the East Somerville station, on the Eastern (including B&ARR Grand Junction Branch) and Western Division Main Lines.
Digital image from CD in Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society Archives. Cat. No. 2005.7.7. (Image ST-30). Original B&MRR photo provided by Alan E. MacMillan. CD produced by David Hutchinson, donated by Alan E. MacMillan, indexed by Carl Byron. Learn more about the B&MRRHS at www.bmrrhs.org. Photo 3371
Glenboig Union Fireclay Co Ltd., Glenboig Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire
The Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. Ltd was founded by James Dunnachie & partners by the amalgamation of the "Old Works" and the "Star Works" in Glenboig. The company specialised in the production of refractory ceramic goods (e.g. furnace lining bricks and pipework) for the iron and steel industry which was flourishing in the nearby industrial towns. By expansion and take-overs the company went on to operate several other works, viz.: Cumbernauld Fireclay Works & Mine (c. 1882); Gartcosh Works (1890); Castlecary Fireclay Co. Ltd (c1919); Faskine & Palacerigg Bricks & Coal Ltd (c1919); George Turnbull & Co. Ltd - Bonnymuir and Dykehead Works (c1919).
Info. from "Monklands Memories" - for more information visit -
www.monklands.co.uk/glenboig/bricks.htm
Photo courtesy of Mark Cranston
Glenboig Union Fireclay Co Ltd., Glenboig Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire
The Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. Ltd was founded by James Dunnachie & partners by the amalgamation of the "Old Works" and the "Star Works" in Glenboig. The company specialised in the production of refractory ceramic goods (e.g. furnace lining bricks and pipework) for the iron and steel industry which was flourishing in the nearby industrial towns. By expansion and take-overs the company went on to operate several other works, viz.: Cumbernauld Fireclay Works & Mine (c. 1882); Gartcosh Works (1890); Castlecary Fireclay Co. Ltd (c1919); Faskine & Palacerigg Bricks & Coal Ltd (c1919); George Turnbull & Co. Ltd - Bonnymuir and Dykehead Works (c1919).
Info. from "Monklands Memories" - for more information visit -
Finga-Foota, c1919
Broda Jenkins
Taken in the exhibition
Football: Designing the Beautiful Game
(April – August 2022)
The exhibition explores the story behind football, unpicking how design has been used to push the game to new limits. Take a journey through over 500 objects, films and interviews in sporting performance, kit development, and stadium design and immerse yourself in the stories of club legacies and game legends including Messi, Pelé, George Best and Diego Maradona.
Produced in partnership with the National Football Museum in Manchester, the show reveals the master-planning of the world’s most significant football stadiums, the design innovation used in today’s boots, how the graphic design of team badges, kits and posters shape a club's identity and how grassroots initiatives are pushing back against the sport’s commercialisation.
As the world’s most popular sport, football has a truly international dedicated fan base. It is estimated that more than half the population of the planet watched the FIFA World Cup in 2018.
[Design Museum]
St Nicholas, Ulceby, Lincolnshire.
Window by William Glasby of London, 1925.
Faith - Love - Hope.
Detail.
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of William Henry Fletcher, Ulceby Grange, Archdeacon of Wrexham & Agnes Crawford his wife. Given by their son.
William Glasby (1863-1941) was the son of a warehouse porter and spent his youth in Battersea. He was apprenticed to James Powell & Son in 1876 and rose to be their chief painter. Whilst living in Hampstead, he joined Henry Holiday’s new workshop after he left Powell's. By about 1897 Glasby was producing his own designs in a style heavily influenced by Holiday and also Morris & Co, for whom he later worked as a painter. He was in business on his own account from c1919. He had addresses in Kensington and later Putney, but in 1939 he moved to Horsham, Sussex. After his death, the business was carried on by his two daughters, who moved in 1946 to Henfield.
Dear Mr. Leonhardt,
I work for the BBC brazilian office (http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/).
We were really interested in your Vietnam photos and we´d like to publish some of them in a photo gallery, along with pictures from other veteran soldiers here in Flickr.
I would therefore like to request your authorization to use the images on the BBC Brasil website. If you agree with it, please provide details of credits and conditions of use.
If you would allow us to do that, I would also like to talk to you about the photos. Why did you decide to publish them now?
We also have a group of partners in Brazil, including some of the country’s biggest news portals and websites. I would like to ask for your authorization to syndicate the images to these partners, under the same conditions of use as our web site.
BBC Brasil (bbcbrasil.com) is part of the BBC World Service and covers international news and current affairs in Portuguese for the Brazilian Audience. We have more than 16 million page impressions and 4 million unique visitors a month. More than 80% of this audience is in Brazil.
I appreciate your time and please do not hesitate to contact me should you require any further information.
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Stained glass by Paul Woodroffe in the south transept c1919, a memorial to parishoners who died in the First World War.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Woodroffe
The church of the Holy Name in Manchester is one of the grandest Catholic parish churches in the country, a vast building considered to be one of the best works of architect Joseph Hansom and built 1869-71. The tower is a particularly distinctive landmark, it initially remained unfinished for some decades until the upper stage was added by Adrian Gilbert Scott in 1928, a remarkable design that evokes his brother's work in Liverpool. The interior of the church is hugely impressive, a vast open space under a vaulted ceiling and richly adorned throughout.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Name_of_Jesus,_M...
The tower was located between Cambridge and Main Streets, north (east railroad-wise) of the East Somerville station, on the Eastern (including B&ARR Grand Junction Branch) and Western Division Main Lines.
Digital image from CD in Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society Archives. Cat. No. 2005.7.7. (Image ST-29). Original B&MRR photo provided by Alan E. MacMillan. CD produced by David Hutchinson, donated by Alan E. MacMillan, indexed by Carl Byron. Learn more about the B&MRRHS at www.bmrrhs.org. Photo 3370
Col. Theodore Roosevelt standing next to lion killed on safari with Tarlton and the big lion
Kermit Roosevelt, 1889-1943, photographer
c1919.
africa_safari roosevelt_M
Glenboig Union Fireclay Co Ltd., Glenboig Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire
The Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. Ltd was founded by James Dunnachie & partners by the amalgamation of the "Old Works" and the "Star Works" in Glenboig. The company specialised in the production of refractory ceramic goods (e.g. furnace lining bricks and pipework) for the iron and steel industry which was flourishing in the nearby industrial towns. By expansion and take-overs the company went on to operate several other works, viz.: Cumbernauld Fireclay Works & Mine (c. 1882); Gartcosh Works (1890); Castlecary Fireclay Co. Ltd (c1919); Faskine & Palacerigg Bricks & Coal Ltd (c1919); George Turnbull & Co. Ltd - Bonnymuir and Dykehead Works (c1919).
Info. from "Monklands Memories" - for more information visit -
All Saints, Herstmonceux, East Sussex.
Memorial Window to Robert Ludovic Wild, 1913.
Designed by William Glasby.
Made by WB Simpson & Sons at their studio in St Martin's Lane, London.
St Mary & St John - Latin Inscription.
William Glasby (1863-1941) was the son of a warehouse porter and spent his youth in Battersea. He was apprenticed to James Powell & Son in 1876 and rose to be their chief painter. Whilst living in Hampstead, he joined Henry Holiday’s new workshop after he left Powell's. By about 1897 Glasby was producing his own designs in a style heavily influenced by Holiday and also Morris & Co, for whom he later worked as a painter. He was in business on his own account from c1919. He had addresses in Kensington and later Putney, but in 1939 he moved to Horsham, Sussex. After his death, the business was carried on by his two daughters, who moved in 1946 to Henfield.
WB Simpson & Sons was founded in 1833 by William Butler Simpson (1798-1882) producing painted tiles. As well as being commissioned by William Burges for work at Cardiff Castle, their hand-painted tiles may also be found at St Asaph Cathedral. They also provided many of the tiling schemes for the London Underground as well as hospitals and other public buildings. The firm also made mosaic, opus sectile and stained glass at their studio in St Martin's Lane.
All Saints, Herstmonceux, East Sussex.
Memorial Window to Robert Ludovic Wild, 1913.
Designed by William Glasby.
Made by WB Simpson & Sons at their studio in St Martin's Lane, London.
St Mary & St John - Latin Inscription.
Detail.
William Glasby (1863-1941) was the son of a warehouse porter and spent his youth in Battersea. He was apprenticed to James Powell & Son in 1876 and rose to be their chief painter. Whilst living in Hampstead, he joined Henry Holiday’s new workshop after he left Powell's. By about 1897 Glasby was producing his own designs in a style heavily influenced by Holiday and also Morris & Co, for whom he later worked as a painter. He was in business on his own account from c1919. He had addresses in Kensington and later Putney, but in 1939 he moved to Horsham, Sussex. After his death, the business was carried on by his two daughters, who moved in 1946 to Henfield.
WB Simpson & Sons was founded in 1833 by William Butler Simpson (1798-1882) producing painted tiles. As well as being commissioned by William Burges for work at Cardiff Castle, their hand-painted tiles may also be found at St Asaph Cathedral. They also provided many of the tiling schemes for the London Underground as well as hospitals and other public buildings. The firm also made mosaic, opus sectile and stained glass at their studio in St Martin's Lane..
Glenboig Union Fireclay Co Ltd., Glenboig Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire
The Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. Ltd was founded by James Dunnachie & partners by the amalgamation of the "Old Works" and the "Star Works" in Glenboig. The company specialised in the production of refractory ceramic goods (e.g. furnace lining bricks and pipework) for the iron and steel industry which was flourishing in the nearby industrial towns. By expansion and take-overs the company went on to operate several other works, viz.: Cumbernauld Fireclay Works & Mine (c. 1882); Gartcosh Works (1890); Castlecary Fireclay Co. Ltd (c1919); Faskine & Palacerigg Bricks & Coal Ltd (c1919); George Turnbull & Co. Ltd - Bonnymuir and Dykehead Works (c1919).
Info. from "Monklands Memories" - for more information visit -
St Nicholas, Ulceby, Lincolnshire.
Window by William Glasby of London, 1932.
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of the Rev Henry Fletcher, Mary Anne Field his wife and their children 1932.
William Glasby (1863-1941) was the son of a warehouse porter and spent his youth in Battersea. He was apprenticed to James Powell & Son in 1876 and rose to be their chief painter. Whilst living in Hampstead, he joined Henry Holiday’s new workshop after he left Powell's. By about 1897 Glasby was producing his own designs in a style heavily influenced by Holiday and also Morris & Co, for whom he later worked as a painter. He was in business on his own account from c1919. He had addresses in Kensington and later Putney, but in 1939 he moved to Horsham, Sussex. After his death, the business was carried on by his two daughters, who moved in 1946 to Henfield.
Glenboig Union Fireclay Co Ltd., Glenboig Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire
The Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. Ltd was founded by James Dunnachie & partners by the amalgamation of the "Old Works" and the "Star Works" in Glenboig. The company specialised in the production of refractory ceramic goods (e.g. furnace lining bricks and pipework) for the iron and steel industry which was flourishing in the nearby industrial towns. By expansion and take-overs the company went on to operate several other works, viz.: Cumbernauld Fireclay Works & Mine (c. 1882); Gartcosh Works (1890); Castlecary Fireclay Co. Ltd (c1919); Faskine & Palacerigg Bricks & Coal Ltd (c1919); George Turnbull & Co. Ltd - Bonnymuir and Dykehead Works (c1919).
Info. from "Monklands Memories" - for more information visit -
St Nicholas, Ulceby, Lincolnshire.
Window by William Glasby of London, 1932.
Detail.
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of the Rev Henry Fletcher, Mary Anne Field his wife and their children 1932.
William Glasby (1863-1941) was the son of a warehouse porter and spent his youth in Battersea. He was apprenticed to James Powell & Son in 1876 and rose to be their chief painter. Whilst living in Hampstead, he joined Henry Holiday’s new workshop after he left Powell's. By about 1897 Glasby was producing his own designs in a style heavily influenced by Holiday and also Morris & Co, for whom he later worked as a painter. He was in business on his own account from c1919. He had addresses in Kensington and later Putney, but in 1939 he moved to Horsham, Sussex. After his death, the business was carried on by his two daughters, who moved in 1946 to Henfield.
Kodak Anastigmat Shutter & a
Bausch & Lomb f6.3 No4 314/075 Shift lens.
CRF = Coupled Range Finder.
Uses 122 Roll Film to produce 3¼" x 5½" negatives.
Produced between c1919 to 1933.
It stands 250mm (9¾") high.
I was brought this camera, for my birthday, in September 2016 for £65.
Digital image from CD in Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society Archives. Cat. No. 2005.7.7. (Image ST-24). Original B&MRR photo provided by Alan E. MacMillan. CD produced by David Hutchinson, donated by Alan E. MacMillan, indexed by Carl Byron. Learn more about the B&MRRHS at www.bmrrhs.org. Photo 3365
Glenboig Union Fireclay Co Ltd., Glenboig Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire
The Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. Ltd was founded by James Dunnachie & partners by the amalgamation of the "Old Works" and the "Star Works" in Glenboig. The company specialised in the production of refractory ceramic goods (e.g. furnace lining bricks and pipework) for the iron and steel industry which was flourishing in the nearby industrial towns. By expansion and take-overs the company went on to operate several other works, viz.: Cumbernauld Fireclay Works & Mine (c. 1882); Gartcosh Works (1890); Castlecary Fireclay Co. Ltd (c1919); Faskine & Palacerigg Bricks & Coal Ltd (c1919); George Turnbull & Co. Ltd - Bonnymuir and Dykehead Works (c1919).
Info. from "Monklands Memories" - for more information visit -
Blanche Sweet, c1919, original PR portrait by Waxman, sepia, 91/4x71/4. Front embossed stamp, "Henry Waxman Hollywood." Verso ink stamp, "Please credit photography by Henry Waxman Hollywood 6683 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood, Calif."
Blanche Sweet, b.Chicago, 1985, d.1986, active in film 1909-1931.
The electro-pneumatic machine was expanded and rebuilt in 1934-35.
Digital image from CD in Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society Archives. Cat. No. 2005.7.7. (Image ST-25). Original B&MRR photo provided by Alan E. MacMillan. CD produced by David Hutchinson, donated by Alan E. MacMillan, indexed by Carl Byron. Learn more about the B&MRRHS at www.bmrrhs.org. Photo 3366
Ivey, Elsie, c1919, Back row in the middle of the 2 boys
Ivey, Charlie, c1919, In Sailor's uniform, sat beside Mrs Ivey
Ivey, Ernest, c1919, Stood behind Mrs Ivey with hand on her shoulder
Ivey, Ethel, c1919, The child on Mrs Ivey's lap
Ivey, Mrs, c1919, Mother, 2nd left
Ivey, Tom, c1919, Young boy sat on arm of chair
Ivey, Florence, c1919, 1st left
Ivey, Edith, c1919, 1st right
Ivey, William, c1919, Boy at the back with the suit on
South chancel window designed by J.Brown for J.Powell's & Sons c1919.
East Bridgeford's church of St Peter was revealed to me after a slog up a hill, looked promising with some lively heads and gargoyles outside.
Not hugely exciting inside, but there are a couple of monuments, an Elizabethan family wall monument and a barely recognisable crusader effigy in the north aisle, and an early 17th century font of a type commonly found in these types (Pevsner calls it the 'Southwell type').
This church is normally kept open.
Title: Laurel Hilda Goss [nee Main] and Donald David Buchanan with unidentified people at Hay Valley, SA
Collection: Speer
Date: c1919
Inscription: Inscription on album - Mum and Don at Hay Valley.
Note: Can you identify the other people in this photograph?
St Nicholas, Ulceby, Lincolnshire.
Window by William Glasby of London, 1932.
Detail.
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of the Rev Henry Fletcher, Mary Anne Field his wife and their children 1932.
William Glasby (1863-1941) was the son of a warehouse porter and spent his youth in Battersea. He was apprenticed to James Powell & Son in 1876 and rose to be their chief painter. Whilst living in Hampstead, he joined Henry Holiday’s new workshop after he left Powell's. By about 1897 Glasby was producing his own designs in a style heavily influenced by Holiday and also Morris & Co, for whom he later worked as a painter. He was in business on his own account from c1919. He had addresses in Kensington and later Putney, but in 1939 he moved to Horsham, Sussex. After his death, the business was carried on by his two daughters, who moved in 1946 to Henfield.
Celluloid vanity case made by Felsenthal Bros and Co, Chicago, IL in c1919 as a souvenir for a fraternity named Alpha Pi. Based on a patent registered by Gabriel Felsenthal in July 1920. 58mm (approx 2 1/4 inches) in diameter.
St Nicholas, Ulceby, Lincolnshire.
Window by William Glasby of London, 1932.
Detail.
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of the Rev Henry Fletcher, Mary Anne Field his wife and their children 1932.
William Glasby (1863-1941) was the son of a warehouse porter and spent his youth in Battersea. He was apprenticed to James Powell & Son in 1876 and rose to be their chief painter. Whilst living in Hampstead, he joined Henry Holiday’s new workshop after he left Powell's. By about 1897 Glasby was producing his own designs in a style heavily influenced by Holiday and also Morris & Co, for whom he later worked as a painter. He was in business on his own account from c1919. He had addresses in Kensington and later Putney, but in 1939 he moved to Horsham, Sussex. After his death, the business was carried on by his two daughters, who moved in 1946 to Henfield.
Col Henry Arthur Clowes - Egypt, one of the men remembered on the c1919 War memorial screen.
Col. Henry Arthur Clowes Staffs Yeomanary died March 8. 1916 at Cairo aged 48. R.I.P
( Lieutenant Colonel, husband of Louisa L Clowes of Borbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. He was the son of Samuel William born at Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire and Adelaide nee Cavendish born at Doveridge and in 1871 were all living at Eaves Street, Woodhouse, Leicester. Henry was born at Middlesex and his father was Coroner for Leicester)
- Church of St Andrew Cubley Derbyshire
All Saints, Herstmonceux, East Sussex.
Memorial Window to Robert Ludovic Wild, 1913.
Designed by William Glasby.
Made by WB Simpson & Sons at their studio in St Martin's Lane, London.
St Mary & St John - Latin Inscription.
William Glasby (1863-1941) was the son of a warehouse porter and spent his youth in Battersea. He was apprenticed to James Powell & Son in 1876 and rose to be their chief painter. Whilst living in Hampstead, he joined Henry Holiday’s new workshop after he left Powell's. By about 1897 Glasby was producing his own designs in a style heavily influenced by Holiday and also Morris & Co, for whom he later worked as a painter. He was in business on his own account from c1919. He had addresses in Kensington and later Putney, but in 1939 he moved to Horsham, Sussex. After his death, the business was carried on by his two daughters, who moved in 1946 to Henfield.
WB Simpson & Sons was founded in 1833 by William Butler Simpson (1798-1882) producing painted tiles. As well as being commissioned by William Burges for work at Cardiff Castle, their hand-painted tiles may also be found at St Asaph Cathedral. They also provided many of the tiling schemes for the London Underground as well as hospitals and other public buildings. The firm also made mosaic, opus sectile and stained glass at their studio in St Martin's Lane.