In the 1890s William Golcher become a partner in Clabrough & Golcher who bought guns from W & C Scott & Son.
Typical of IGC...
Pete
Pete, I wondered if you'd be kind enough to expand further on this comment regarding IGC. Being English I am wary of the difference in language - and nuance - between our two great countries. As GBS said 'two nations divided by a common language' so I don't wish to take offence on behalf of the IGC if none was meant!
Besides which, I'd like to learn, as we should never stop doing so.
Tim
Tim,
No offense was meant in my statement. It is just that the info in that database typically blows off anything non-British. I have written the owner several times with some expanded content. The result has always been silence. I am told he is very responsive to same type of information coming from the UK.
In this instance when JP died that was pretty much it. When William Golcher died, it was just the beginning. All together 5 generations of Golchers were involved in the business until the last one passed in the late 1940's.
A Golcher was hired by Philadelphia to make and teach others to make barrels for the revolution. While another branch of the family, that remained in England, was involved in making guns for the British army.
On the other hand, the IGC is a huge benefit to that part of our community involved in researching and documenting the history.
Pete
