1883

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Diamond and Shield Brand

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 20 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    54-56 Townsend Street, Dublin.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “…James established a mineral company at 54 to 56 Townsend
    Street, Dublin circa 1867. He was Protestant Nationalist in favour of Home Rule and a campaigner for
    Parnell. He was elected town councillor for the Trinity ward in 1883, deputy chairman of the Public
    Health Committee in 1888, High Sheriff in 1891 and Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1893. The unveiling of the
    Father Mathew statue sculpted Mary Redmond was one of his first public duties. Top sellers for the
    company in 1892 were Shanks Hop bitters and Shanks Orange Champagne. He was a JP for County
    Dublin and managing director of James Shanks and Co Ltd. He was a major shareholder, managing
    director and licensee of the Grand International Hotel at Bray. The licence was transferred to Frank
    Bethell in 1904. He was CEO of the International exhibition at Herbert Park in 1907. The company
    became Walter Brights Ltd circa 1909 and a winding up the business of J Shanks and Co was issued in
    1910..”

    www.youwho.ie/shanks.html

    Which gives a rather broad date range of 1883 - 1910
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel The date range is a start.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel I could do with a glass of the Shanks Hop bitters at the moment!
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The man himself in 1901.

    Justice of Peace for County of Dublin Managing Director Shanks and Co Ltd Mineral Worker Makers Dublin and Grand International Stoke Live Bray

    Some transcription issues there?

England v. Australia 'Ashes' cricket match, Sydney Cricket Ground, 27 January 1883

from State Library of New South Wales

  • Jim Wright said:
    It’s a bit different now great old image

Joseph Swan in his Laboratory

from North East Museums

  • John keys said:
    Sound chap This Mr Swan...
  • Timothy Jones said:
    "... Swan's demonstration of the light bulb at a lecture in Newcastle upon Tyne on 18 December 1878, before its invention by the American Thomas Edison ..." Now consider the idiocy of this. Swan demonstrated the light bulb, so he invented it. OK so the filament was a bit naff, and it was hard to achieve a good vacuum. Thomas Edison cannot have invented it AFTER Swan had already demonstrated it. Give Edison the credit for improving it, and creating a production line for its manufacture, but please, do not fall into that Transatlantic error of thinking Edison invented the light bulb. He did not.
  • Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums said:
    Timothy Jones thanks. We've reworded the caption - we certainly don't believe it was Edison who invented the lightbulb!