His son, John, extended the business to four properties, where he carried on electroplating, spoon making, pewtering,
brassfounding, and the manufacturing of beer pulls and bar fittings.
Not that
brassfounding remained his trade for long.
demonstrations and activities, from sweet-making and glasscutting, canal ropework and horse-grooming to chainmaking and
brassfounding.
He later went on to join the family
brassfounding business of Sheppard, Pettigrew and Co of Garrison Lane, Bordesley Green, which eventually closed in 1958.