ASPINDALE ADDRESSES
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 4:44 pm
Good afternoon all,
I am quite a keen collector of old fishing magazines and I am currently reading my way through quite a big box of Midland Angler Magazines which as you may know was the house magazine for the Birmingham Anglers Association. Not only are the articles very interesting but I find the adverts are just as interesting as well and a source of information regarding dates etc' for lots of the items that we now collect.
While I was reading the June 1949 issue two adverts caught my eye, firstly because they were for one of my favourite rod manufacturers, Aspindales, and secondly because they were on facing pages and contained different addresses and different 'phone numbers.
ADVERT' ON PAGE 4
ADVERT ON PAGE 5
In July 1949 there is one advert' and the address is Hewell Road, Redditch, In September, October & December the address is again Hewell Road. Then moving on to April 1950 their advertisement gives the address of 36 Mount Pleasant again. Did they have two premises in action for quite a while I wonder, perhaps Nobby may be able to through some light on this aspect of their history.
It's also worth noting that in one of the adverts for June 1949 it states that "Aspindales present the Avondale Rod", so I take it that is when we can date the Avondale rods from.
Hope this is of interest and there are one or two other items that may be of interest to members which I will try to upload.
Regards,
John
I am quite a keen collector of old fishing magazines and I am currently reading my way through quite a big box of Midland Angler Magazines which as you may know was the house magazine for the Birmingham Anglers Association. Not only are the articles very interesting but I find the adverts are just as interesting as well and a source of information regarding dates etc' for lots of the items that we now collect.
While I was reading the June 1949 issue two adverts caught my eye, firstly because they were for one of my favourite rod manufacturers, Aspindales, and secondly because they were on facing pages and contained different addresses and different 'phone numbers.
ADVERT' ON PAGE 4
ADVERT ON PAGE 5
In July 1949 there is one advert' and the address is Hewell Road, Redditch, In September, October & December the address is again Hewell Road. Then moving on to April 1950 their advertisement gives the address of 36 Mount Pleasant again. Did they have two premises in action for quite a while I wonder, perhaps Nobby may be able to through some light on this aspect of their history.
It's also worth noting that in one of the adverts for June 1949 it states that "Aspindales present the Avondale Rod", so I take it that is when we can date the Avondale rods from.
Hope this is of interest and there are one or two other items that may be of interest to members which I will try to upload.
Regards,
John