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Description: | E.C. Theedman's, ironmongers, but also manufacturers of colliery equipment originally. The business was established in 1850 in Sheffield by Edward Charles Theedam, who also ran an ironmonger's in Wakefield. Originally the company manufactured colliery equipment. The Dudley premises, in High Street, was purchased in 1885, and had previously been occupied as an ironmongers. In 1886 Mr Theedam transferred his whole operation to Dudley, taking a building in New Mills Street for the manufacturing side of the business. In 1903 Theedam's became a limited company. In 1919, Mr Frank Virr, nephew of Mr Theedam, became joint managing director and secretary. The New Mills Street factory was sold after the First World War, and larger works (Orchard Works) were bought in Churchfield Street, Dudley. In 1952 a trade counter opened at the rear of the High Street shop to promote the industrial side of the business. In the same year the building was damaged by fire. In 1971 the Churchfield Street site was sold, and the mining supplies business moved to King Street. In the 1970s also the High Street shop was sold and the business moved to Vicar St / Churchill Precinct. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Dudley Archives | Rights holder: | Dudley Archives | Subjects: | Ironmongers | Temporal: | [c1850s]-1972 | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | ; E. C. Theedam | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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