John Brook & Son / Brook Brothers Ltd
John Richard Brook was born in Birmingham in 1821. He was working as an electro-plater by 1851 and later formed Brook & Co, Church Street, Birmingham. He partnered Charles Henry Walters, of Harborne, Staffordshire, but this was dissolved in 1860. In the 1860s, J. R. Brook formed John Brook & Son, electro-bronzers, Wellington Street. However, this was dissolved in 1868. J. R. Brook then reached an agreement with John Unwin (Unwin & Rodgers). A directory advertisement (1871....
