Hurt & Rolfe, Sheffield plane maker.

[Mr_P]

Never heard of this firm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-VINTAGE- ... 3cf1ea20f0

Anyone know anything ?

Edit: oops typo, I can spell Sheffield, honest.

 

[AndyT]

No, but Google led me to Rolfe and Hurt, wholesale tool dealers in Hollis Croft, in a pdf that won't open at the moment.

 

[Mr_P]

You mean this ?

http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/arc ... 7116_1.pdf

it leads to an Archaeological Appraisal of 79-81 Hollis Croft,
Sheffield, South Yorkshire

It just says they had a warehouse in 1948 according to Kellys directory but other firms were operating from that address (no.79) in 1934 and 1959

1948: Kelly’s Directory
Hollis Croft
A.R. Ashby and Co.: bread platter manufacturers (Toledo Works).
79. Rolfe and Hurt Ltd: wholesale tool dealers (warehouse).

 

[AndyT]

Yes, that's the one. So I guess they were not the makers.