Tailor’s Button

Alex Peate & Co., Newcastle

From Newcastle Library collection. c.1901.

From newcastle Library collection. 1906.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW), 21st March 1910 page 8.

Alex  Lees Peate operated as a tailor from around 1899 in Hunter Street, Newcastle. He did so well that in 1905 he moved to larger premises in the same street, and later opened a second store. He did not become “& Co.” until 1910, when brothers George and William, as well as Mr Hollinshead, joined the firm. William died in 1924 at the age of 62 years. In 1936 the firm was registered as Alex Peate & Co. Ltd. George died in 1938, aged  57 years.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW), 10th August 1938 page 11.

Alex then died the following year, aged 62 years. The firm continued until 1977.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW), 18th May 1939 page 15.

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