Waterlow & Sons (Printers)

[canadianNorthAmerican]

I am looking for family of Mr. B. Savinson, who was letter engraver at Waterlow & Sons Ltd.,
Mr Savinson worked there in the year 1958, but do not know when he retired.
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[canadianNorthAmerican]

I am looking for the family of George R Fairweather, the head engraver at Waterlow; born Dundee, Scotland 1875; retired in 1946, but came back out of retirement in 1950 to work again at Waterlow;
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[canadianNorthAmerican]

I am looking for the family of Richard Loxley, engraver at Waterlow; born at Yorkshire, year of birth/death not known; would have worked at Waterlow between 1925-1939.
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[grouty]

Hi,  Just seen the posts about Waterlows the printers.  My grandfather Frank Alfred Parish worked for the company, I think as a Clerk but know he was a good artist - I have a lot of his drawings now.  He retired when he was 80 and died soon after in 1958.  Do not know when he started.   I believe his younger brother Frederick worked there as well for a while but he went to Canada in 1907.  Anyone know if there are personnel records still in existence.  Many thanks.

[canadianNorthAmerican]

Hi,  Just seen the posts about Waterlows the printers.  My grandfather Frank Alfred Parish worked for the company, I think as a Clerk but know he was a good artist - I have a lot of his drawings now.  He retired when he was 80 and died soon after in 1958.  Do not know when he started.   I believe his younger brother Frederick worked there as well for a while but he went to Canada in 1907.  Anyone know if there are personnel records still in existence.  Many thanks.

I had tried in 1987 to get to the personnel records of the company; all I heard was the records did not survive; I asked for the company that handled the pension of the former employees; no joy there either; this forum is a great place to gather surviving memory and the people who can give us leads.
cNA

[canadianNorthAmerican]

I am looking for family of Mr. B. Savinson, who was letter engraver at Waterlow & Sons Ltd.,
Mr Savinson worked there in the year 1958, but do not know when he retired.
cNA

I have now traced the family of Mr. Savinson.
Thanks
cNA

[Plummiegirl]

When they relocated to Dunstable, I believe all the old personnel records were just chucked out.

It is such a shame.  I had as you know from my original post 2 members of my family (possibly a 3rd) who worked in the garage at the back of Liverpool St. station.

If the records had survived I would have been able to confirm my step-grandfather as a 3rd family member working there.

Oh well, they did not know all these years later all us Family Historians would be so hungry for even the smallest bit of info.

Happy Hunting

[HouseOfWaterlow]

Hello -

I am new to this web site. I am a specialist in collecting the work of the British printing firms of Waterlow & Sons and Waterlow Brothers & Layton. I have also been researching these firms for the past 25 years and would welcome the opportunity to share my research with those who are interested. I have not limited my research to only stamps and banknotes but have researched the book and legal publishing, posters, train tickets and related products for use in railway travel, maps, pens, bonds/shares, travellers cheques/bank cheques, and many more items. I also own a number of catalogues together with company produced histories as well as information from the printing archives.

I am always interested in adding to both my knowledge and my collection, I welcome your communication.

Kind regards,

Mel Spinella

[Miss Trees]

Hello Mel,
Would love to hear about your research.
In the 80's we located my grandfather's cousin who remembered the Waterlows and said they were friends with her grandfather (my 2nd great grandfather) Henry Hansel Wilson. (One of the Waterlows apparently helped our cousin get her first job at a bank when she was young).

Henry Wilson was an engraver, and on the 1911 census his occupation is 'bank note engraver' so I have often wondered if he worked for the Waterlow firm.

Also, this book was in the possession of Henry's son Herbert (also an engraver):

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thebigpond/sets/72157627980560258/