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keep large shops or warehouses, some dealing only in iron and steel
unwrought, others in a vast variety of wares made of iron, steel and
brass, the manufacturing of which is in greater perfection in England
than in any part of the world."
In Bread Street, the sons of Samuel Hayward were
growing up. By the nature of their upbringing they would soon be fully
versed in the mysteries of the glass trade. James Hayward was the first
to depart from the family business to that of ironmongery. But in early
life he appears to have been a rolling stone, settling to no fixed
occupation until his fathers death when a caustic reference in the will
may have brought a greater sense of responsibility. Another son, John,
stayed in the business for some years assisting his father in his old
age. At the same time, he extended the scope of trade to include house
decorating and later he added ornamental painting and wallpaper design.
Samuel, a third son and in the direct line from
his father to Haywards Limited, remained staunch to glass-cutting and
glazing. In 1809, he became a partner in the firm of Leathley and
Chater, glass-cutters and sellers, of St. Dunstan's Hill, the style being
altered to Leathley, Chater and Hayward.
Both the Leathley and Chater families, like the
Haywards, were Nonconformists and all three had intermarried. A sister
of the Reverend Samuel Hayward had married a Mr. Leathley and when young
Samuel Hayward left his father's business to become a partner in what was
purely a family firm, a connection had existed between the Haywards and
the Leathleys for some eighty years. A daughter of the senior partner,
Leathley, also married the second partner, Chater, so the family ties
were particularly close.
Forty years of the history of Haywards Limited
is represented by the period during which the second Samuel Hayward and
his two sons after him served as partners in this old-established firm
still operating today as Joseph Chater and Sons, Ltd., Glass Factors,
Builders' Merchants and Sanitary Specialists.
All three sons of old Samuel Hayward married
early in life. After the early death of his first wife, the younger
Samuel Hayward
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