Robert Blinkhorn

Robert Blinkhorn (c. 1814 - 31 October 1888[1]) was a Gloucester businessman who established the Blinkhorns drapery store in Gloucester's Eastgate Street in 1843.[2] Blinkhorns ceased trading in 1953 on its sale to F. W. Woolworth & Co.[3] Blinkhorn was a director of the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company at the time of his death.[4]

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References

  1. ^ The London Gazette. Issue No. 25887, 25 December 1888, p. 27 of 68.
  2. ^ N.M. Herbert (editor) (1988). "Gloucester, 1835-1985: Economic development to 1914". A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4: The City of Gloucester. Institute of Historical Research. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42297. Retrieved 01 January 2012. 
  3. ^ N.M. Herbert (editor) (1988). "Gloucester, 1835-1985: Economic development 1914-85". A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4: The City of Gloucester. Institute of Historical Research. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42298&strquery=Blinkhorn. Retrieved 01 January 2012. 
  4. ^ "GLOUCESTER RAILWAY CARRIAGE AND WAGON COMPANY" in The Birmingham Daily Post, 17 August 1889, Issue 9718, p. 6.