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278231 Chris Wolf <hframe79001@g...> 2024‑02‑01 Re: research resource
Here is the classified ad clipped from that issue, putting the Spiers 
business up for sale(!):
https://groups.io/g/oldtools/photo/263870/3741843

I found it via newspapers.com, which has the Manchester Guardian as well 
as thousands of other newspapers. I have used it extensively in 
documenting the Black & Decker Workmate. For just one example, see some 
of the clippings I collected about Ron Hickman's original Workmate:
https://h-frame.weebly.com/blog/mate-tools-ron-hickmans-workmate-before-black-
decker

They have various rates, including specials every so often. My first 
subscription in 1921 was 1 month for $20. In 2022 I got 6 months for 
$55, and then this past November I got 6 months for $50, both as 
discount offers.

A great deal of the info that I posted here a few weeks ago about the 
publication date of the Practical Woodworker came from newspapers.com.

--Chris

Check out H-frame, the site for vintage Black & Decker Workmates
https://h-frame.weebly.com/

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