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Where Was the Electric Globe Maker? Asks Prescot Roll of Honour Editor

By on Monday, July 22, 2013

Reader Stephen Nulty writes:

“Working my way through the 1911 census for Prescot, I have noticed the large number of young single women who were employed in the “globe” industry. Though I have not yet analysed the complete census, this list is emerging.

Forename Surname

Age

 Occupation
James Courtney Procter

51

 Clerk, Electric Globe Works
Esther Leadbetter

20

 Wire Globe Maker
Annie Dooley

19

 Electric Globe Maker
Martha Jaundrill

17

 Packer at Globe Works
Betty Welsby

19

 Clerk, Electric Globe Works
Lydia Parr

22

 Incandescent Globe Lamp Maker
Lilly Ascroft

19

 Electric Globe Packer
Elizabeth Platt

25

 Electric Globe Blower
Ellen Ann Naylor

24

 Electric Globe Blower
Mary Platt

15

 Glass Globe Blower
Kate Lyon

22

 Electric Globe Blower
Jane Lyon

16

 Electric Globe Blower
Margaret Eaton

18

 Glass Globe Maker
Violet Young

17

 Electric Globe Blower
Nellie Hornby

18

 Electric Globe Blower
Alice Corns

17

 Globe Packer
Ellen McEllin

19

 Globe Blower
Charlotte Faith Houghton

19

 Testing Globes
Elizabeth Preston

18

 Electric Globe Works
Martha Hornby

45

 Electric Globe Finisher
Elizabeth Hornby

20

 Electric Globe Packer
Elizabeth Case

29

 Electric Lamp Globe Maker
Hannah Taylor

19

 Electric Globe Finisher
Minnie Case

19

 Electric Globe Maker
Lily Chew

18

 Electric Globe Maker
Louisa Molyneux

25

 Electric Globe Maker
Gertrude Molyneux

21

 Electric Globe Maker
Mary Molyneux

16

 Electric Globe Maker

“The only make I have encountered is James proctor, who is the clerk.

“I don’t believe that this was part of the BI, but I have been unable to positively determine where this “Electric Globe Maker” was located. I believe that there may have been something in Huyton, but this seems to be a long way to go for such a large number of people.”

Stephen Nulty is compiler of the excellent Prescot Roll of Honour resource, a website paying tribute to those Prescotians who served and gave their lives in the Great War of 1914 to 1919.

Please leave a comment below or email Stephen at mail@prescot-rollofhonour.info if you can help him in his research.

3 Comments

  1. Tony Biggs

    Monday, July 22, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    Hale View Road, next to the Pottery

    Reply

  2. Stephen Nulty

    Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 3:19 pm

    Thanks, Tony

    Reply

  3. Ken. Layhe

    Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 7:11 pm

    Hi,Steven, I have a feeling that the Globe Works mentioned may well have been at Huyton Quarry, which would have been much closer to Prescot, when the route taken may have been through the Old Carrs.

    Martha Jaundril who was a young girl at the time was my maternal Grandmother.

    Best Regards Ken Layhe

    Reply

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