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Here if you prefer to go direct to the page http://alfredherbert.blogspot.com/2009/05/sir-alfred-herbert-1866-1957.html

Thanks for posting that Rebbonk. Sadly, I have never been able to find any record of the Alfred Herbert factory in Gosford Street.

I have never been able to find any record of the Alfred Herbert factory in Gosford Street.

Could this be the Hillman and Herbert factory?

rebbonk wrote:

I have never been able to find any record of the Alfred Herbert factory in Gosford Street.

Could this be the Hillman and Herbert factory?

I don't think so Rebbonk? It was probably part of the former Alpha motor works which was owned at one point by Morris. I think the name on the gate just read "A.H Herbert & Son".

dutchman wrote:"A.H Herbert & Son".

Gets more interesting.... it appears that Alfred Herbert only had daughters (4). The Herbert I referred to above was his elder brother William.

Ref http://alfredherbert.blogspot.com/2009/ ... wives.html

This is an Alpha motor works product advert from 1913


(Picture from Historic Coventry)

Do we have anything more to go on?

rebbonk wrote:

dutchman wrote:"A.H Herbert & Son".

Gets more interesting.... it appears that Alfred Herbert only had daughters (4). The Herbert I referred to above was his elder brother William.

I wouldn't swear to the exact wording, it was 1967 when I last saw the gates My stepbrother was apprenticed there and I lived almost opposite. The works may have been the former brass foundry? All official maps of the period are wrong.

rebbonk wrote:

dutchman wrote:This is an Alpha motor works product advert from 1913


(Picture from Historic Coventry)

Do we have anything more to go on?

The Alpha works is well documented. It covered a large area behind the buildings on the north side of Gosford Street. Alpha Motors failed and at least one part of it was taken over by William Morris who manufactured gearboxes there. When Morris quit, that part of the works was taken over by Pattison's who also made machine tools. What happened to the rest of the former Alpha works is less well documented.

A collection of photographs relating to Sir Alfred Herbert's life - Many are local

http://www.flickr.com/photos/herry/sets/72157605379972835/

rebbonk wrote:A collection of photographs relating to Sir Alfred Herbert's life - Many are local

http://www.flickr.com/photos/herry/sets/72157605379972835/

Good find Rebbonk

Thanks Melisandre

I've altered your post slightly to make it more prominent.

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