The loss of Jack Rowe, expatriate, apprentice, trained Birmingham gun maker is a sad loss to all interested in the care and manufacture of English made guns. The Video's that Jack made in conjunction with Brownell's provide an excellent historical insight as to the skills learned by those apprenticed to the Birmingham trade.
Jack was apprenticed to S.Wright and Son, who In later years became a Churchill subsidiary. In the book, "The House of Churchill", by the late Don Masters, we see on page 338 a group picture of Jack with Churchill staff at the 1968,Game Fair, held at Statfield Saye, The Heading, reads, "Jack Rowe,Gunmaker. "
Jack Rowe was a truly an ambassador for the many apprentices trained in Birmingham.
