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Description: | white card, printed in blue-black, rectangle; on left head and shoulders photograph of Mr Louis Pilsworth; remainder with "City Council Election November 1st 1929; Trent Ward; Your Vote is respectfully solicited on behalf of Mr LOUIS PILWORTH, The Popular Candidate, who WILL faithfully represent you"; "Horney & Son, Printers, Swann's Yard, Long Row East, Nottm."; reverse with pencilled note concerning gas works, Belonged to donor’s grandfather Alderman Louis Pilsworth (1887 – 1950) lace manufacturer in Nottingham, firstly with F W Pare & Co, then in partnership with Pare as Pare and Pilsworth, 1920 to c.1940. From c.1940 to his death he was listed as an embroidery manufacturer. The firm continued, becoming a limited company in c.1955, until 1985 when it closed down. Alderman Pilsworth was Sheriff in 1938 and Lord Mayor in 1941-2. He resided at 7 Sefton Drive, Mapperley Park, Nottingham
Accession number: NCMG 2005-60 | Subjects: | illustrative material | Temporal: | 1929 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | Nottingham | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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