William Milner, the son of Thomas Milner, moved from Liverpool to the Isle of Man where he became known as 'the godfather of Port Erin'. Manufacturers of Safes and Fire-resisting Equipment, Steel Office Furniture, including Filing and Card Index Cabinets Stationery Cupboards, Lockers, Desks, Tables, Office Accessories. R.152) ДЎ945 Acquired Whitfields Safe and Door Co of Birmingham ДЎ947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. One of the largest Makers of Fire and Thief Resisting Safes in the World. Manufacturers of Steel Office Furniture, shelving, Vertical Filing and Card Index Cabinets, Japanned and Steel Boxes. ДЎ929 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Specialities: Milners' fire and thief resisting safes, steel office furniture and fittings, light pressed steel cabinet work of all kinds. ДЎ914 Manufacturers of fire and thief resisting safes.

He learned well and began to manufacture iron coffers and strong boxes.ДЎ824 He secured orders for coffers and strong boxes from the Duke of Wellington, as well as an official contract to supply the War Office.ДЎ830 Thomas moved from Sheffield to Liverpool and set up the firm of Thomas Milner and Son, where he was a pioneer in the development of fire resistant safes and much involved in taking out patents and demonstrating the excellence of his safes by placing them in the centre of huge bonfires.ДЎ853 Thomas Milner acquired a 2.5-acre site in Smithdown Lane, where he erected new worksДЎ874 Incorporated as a public Company on 31 July Milners Safe CoДЎ898 Milners Safety Cycle Co was absorbed. He was provided with meat, drink, washing, lodgings and wearing apparel. In those eleven years he was not allowed to marry, take a drink or take a day off without permission. (1947)ДЎ791 Thomas Milner was bound as an apprentice to his father in the trade of tinsmith and brazier for eleven years.

Of 28 Finsbury Pavement, London, EC (1914) Thomas Milner and Son, of Phoenix Safe Works, Liverpool, and at Carpenter's Road, Stratford, London, E.

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