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| Edward Lambert Hayward |
Elizabeth Hayward |
to purchase a share in Henry Leggatt's business, and provided finance
for the partnership with his brother. Leggatt sold both prints and frames;
frames needed glass and Edward Hayward might supply it. So it was that in
1848 the firm of Leggatt and Hayward, came into being and the long and
successful connection with Chater and Hayward was brought to an end.
In October 1848, owing to ill-health Henly inserted
an advertisement in The Builder offering his business for sale for
£3,000 stating that it brought in £650 a year and inviting
offers. As a result, Edward and William Hayward acquired the business and
goodwill, trading under the name of Hayward Brothers. The first advertisement
of the new firm appeared early in January, so that it is likely the transfer
dated from 1st January 1849.
Little time was lost in adapting Henly's business
to their own ideas. New brooms sweep clean. The Dog's Head in the Pot
premises became the offices and showrooms and the foundry in Union Street,
completely re-built and modernised by Henly six years earlier, was converted
to new uses. The ancient sign seems to have captivated the brothers for they
immediately adopted
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