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The Cable Manufacturing Harts

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Robert (Bob)

Robert (Bob) Report 1 Oct 2007 20:25

My father (George James Arthur Hart) was born in East Ham in London on 27/05/1910 and died in Eastleigh, Hampshire in 1980
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His father, also George Hart had brothers James, Arthur, Charles, and sister Eadie(?) all of whom worked at some point within the London based Electrical Cable Manufacturers of the time like WT Henley, Enfield, Johnson and Phillips and Pirelli Cables.

Their father (my great grandfather) was James Hart, who worked for WT Henley for 57 years.

Charlie Hart had son Arthur and daughters Eadie and Alice
George Hart had sons George, Eddie, Lesley and daughters Phyllis, Gert and Joan
Eadie (?) Hart had sons Arthur and Charlie and daughters Doris and Nell

My grandfather and family moved to Southampton circa 1920, but I assume the other cable makers remained around the London area.

I currently know little else, except that my aunt Gert’s grandmother was called Grace Bilby.

Supposedly the family lived at some point in Cable Street in South Woolwich (Woolwich Arsenal) and around East and West Ham and Silvertown.

Mention was made of relatives running a pub in Finchingfield in Essex at some point?

As you can see, I’m a novice at this point, but wonder whether the 600 years or more in cable manufacturing may trigger anyone else?