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Skerretts - Watchmakers, Goldsmith & Jewellers, Newcastle and Hanley

1907 advert for Skerretts, Red Lion Square, Newcastle and Piccadilly, Hanley

Frederick Skerrett
died in 1905 and was buried in Newcastle-under-Lyme Cemetery

Frederick SKERRETT of this town
25 August 1842 - 19 April 1905
Ruth, w, 23 Jan 1842 - 14 May 1899

in the 1930's the business was ran by Percy B Skerrett

 

Skerrets in Red Lion Square, Newcastle around 1890-1905 (c)

photo: © Staffordshire Past Tracks
Borough Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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Ring Box c. 1890
Leather outer with silk and deep blue silk interior. 
The inside has the words 'SKERRETT, GOLDSMITH NEWCASTLE STAFFS'.

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Skerrett's Opticians,
Newcastle, Staffs 

 

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Skerretts - Diamond and Gem Ring Experts
another 1907 advert 

 

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contents: 2010 adverts