BIRMINGHAM'S QUEER TRADES.
As a city of queer trades Birmingham holds a unique position. For example, it is the principal source of the world's supply of jew' harps, and for the past sixty years th* trade has been carried on in a venerable quarter of the city. In regard to police whistles, it Is known that one Birmingham firm just outside the jewellery quarter has equipped more police i'ofees in all parts jf the world than any other firm. Great quantities' are sent to the United States, as well as to South America, India Canada, and the colonics. Handcuffs, manacles, and other instruments of detention have for many years been a g i)(>ci,div of Mii-miiHjham manufacture.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 493, 2 January 1920, Page 3
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116BIRMINGHAM'S QUEER TRADES. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 493, 2 January 1920, Page 3
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