John Wheeldon & Co Ltd
John Wheeldon (1843-1904) was born at Kimberley, Nottinghamshire. By the 1870s, he was trading in Sheffield in steam packings, leather beltings, and india-rubber goods. In 1875, he occupied Alma Rubber & Leather Works at Alma Street (opposite Union Wheel). In 1881, he employed eight men and a boy. By the 1890s, the factory was at Eyre Lane, where from Wheeldon advertised leather driving bands, guards for bicycles and motor cars, and acted as an agent for cycles. John Wheeldon died on 20 July 1904 (aged 61) at his r....
