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Redditch People
The Smallwood Brothers - Edwin
Needle Manufacturers & Benefactors
Edwin and William were the eldest sons of William Edwin 1808-1892
Smallwood who was a successful needle
manufacturer. He made his fortune by introducing William and Edwin Smallwood
the gold headed needle which sold at a premium (Source: Redditch Indicator)
price. On his death his company and his fortune was
left to his eldest son Edwin. Meanwhile William had
set up a successful auction house in Alcester, where
he lived for the rest of his life.
Edwin and William were benefactors to Redditch, as
well as to Alcester and Birmingham, and their names
appear in the Smallwood Hospital and Smallwood
Alms-houses.
Source/Researched by: Various Newspapers in the RLHS archives
The opening of Smallwood Hospital on Saturday 25th May 1895
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