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<p>[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 4037872, member: 136"]JP, here's a bit of info about <b>Shorter & Son </b><u><b>LTD</b></u>, which was just one (1933-1963) iteration of the Shorters' Staffordshire businesses:</p><p><br /></p><p>In <b>1933 </b>the business was incorporated as <b>Shorter and Son Ltd</b> . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>In <b>1963</b> part of the Copeland Street factory was demolished for the A500 road development scheme. This, plus the expense of conversion to smokeless firing, led the directors to accept an offer for the business from <a href="http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/396.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/396.htm" rel="nofollow">S. Fielding and Co</a>. the owners of the Crown Devon name. </p><p><br /></p><p>quoted from: <a href="http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/919.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/919.htm" rel="nofollow">Shorter and Son Ltd (thepotteries.org)</a></p><p>(note that there is additional info about the Shorters there)</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, check out additional detail here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Shorter_and_Son" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Shorter_and_Son" rel="nofollow">Shorter and Son - Graces Guide</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 4037872, member: 136"]JP, here's a bit of info about [B]Shorter & Son [/B][U][B]LTD[/B][/U], which was just one (1933-1963) iteration of the Shorters' Staffordshire businesses: In [B]1933 [/B]the business was incorporated as [B]Shorter and Son Ltd[/B] . . . In [B]1963[/B] part of the Copeland Street factory was demolished for the A500 road development scheme. This, plus the expense of conversion to smokeless firing, led the directors to accept an offer for the business from [URL='http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/396.htm']S. Fielding and Co[/URL]. the owners of the Crown Devon name. quoted from: [URL='http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/919.htm']Shorter and Son Ltd (thepotteries.org)[/URL] (note that there is additional info about the Shorters there) Also, check out additional detail here: [URL='https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Shorter_and_Son']Shorter and Son - Graces Guide[/URL][/QUOTE]
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