A Brush With Heritage: The History of Hamilton Acorn

Description

Brushmaking has, for centuries, been an important Norfolk industry. The book traces the history of brushmaking’s oldest company, Hamilton Acorn and others, such as the Briton Brush Company of Wymondham, which it has absorbed over the 250 years that it has existed in the county. It tells a fascinating story of risk-taking, and innovation and the endeavours of successive generations to steer the business through changing and ofter difficult times.