Price list from 1910

[tonyc1]

Here is a page from a price list I have from 1910. The firm was Grimleys. Has anyone heard of them? Prices seem cheap and they're not from India or China! I hope it is readable!

Tony.

[tonyc1]

Here's a clearer shot.

[daviD A Morris]

That is realy interesting. I've never heard of Grimleys, do you think that it was a Tasmanian company?

I notice that they used blackwax thread on some stirrups leathers. The old guys that I first learned from had done their apprenticeships between 1910 and 1920 and according to them black wax was reserved for harness and was a no-no on riding gear especialy saddles. Reason being that in hot weather you don't want the rider getting any traces of the black on them anywhere, also when doing the actual stitching it can leave marks on the product, which doesn't matter on harness because it is black anyway. I wonder if using black wax thread on riding gear was unique to Grimelys or if it had been common practice prior to the 1910s and was then fading out of practice.

Do North Americans use the term gross for trhe quantity of 144. Do they only use score (20) when reciting the famous speech " Four score and seven years ago ...." or do they use it in every day practice. Even though you guys use a system of measurements based on imperial you do not use stone which is a weight of 14 pounds.

I find this all very interesting. Back when Australians used imperial measurements I was actualy ordering buckles, rings and dees by the gross up until about 1979-80.

All very interesting

dam

[barra]

Grimley's Saddlery

http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090119b.htm

Frank Grimley

http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/explore/A090119e.htm

Barra

Edited October 14, 2008 by barra

[Kevin]

I doubt if one of ten people could tell you what a score is. Most people couldn't tell you what a gross is either, I just think of it as a dozen dozens, and I can't tell you why I know it.

We order stuff by the hundred generally also.

There's something I order by the gross, but I sure can't think of it right now.

Kevin

[tonyc1]

About the only thing I can think of that uses the term "score" is that the Crayfishermen (Rock lobster ) use it to count their catch out here.

Tony.

[tonyc1]

You are a font of knowledge, Barra. We now know who Grimleys were.Here are a couple more pages of the price list.Tony.Only one got posted.