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277 closes Feb 1903 - 295 opens May 1904; Changes in the 1900-1907 dated SN list


This post will be of interest to maybe 5 people in the universe. However, I've been puzzled by a "hole" in Reilly's advertising record. The last advertisement for 277 Oxford Street is in "The Field" 14 Feb 1903; There is not another advertisement for Reilly anywhere until 21 May 1904, "The Field."

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277 Oxford Street was visited by "The Field" in early 1903 - no hint it was closing:

Also from 14 Feb 1903 - The Editor physically was in Reilly's workshop not long before - depending on what "lately" means.
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If Reilly did anything well it was advertising, a constant barrage from the time the company began to make guns in 1828. The "hole" thus means something. The conclusion is that for some reason Bert Reilly closed 277 in Feb 03 and did not open a formal Reilly workshop again at 295 until May 04. He may have had some sort of temporary set up during this time but that would be odd.

This has now been taken into account in the extant gun dated list on p.57. The 1907 marker gun 35554 stays put, the 1897 marker gun 34723 stays. So it was just a matter of moving a few guns around, not more than 70 to make the new (presumed) facts fit...i.e. 1903 now only has 10 guns numbered in that year (2 months of work). This was during Reilly's precipitous downslide so doesn't matter so much if an extant Reilly was numbered in 1903 or 1905 but the chart is made to be as accurate as possible fitting current known or deduced facts. If something comes up showing Reilly was working during the rest of 1903-early 1904, the chart will be changed back.

Last edited by Argo44; 08/05/21 03:22 AM.

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