Gee & Holmes Ltd
This enterprise can be traced to the registration of Thomas Raynes Ltd as a private limited company in 1935. Capitalised at £1,000, it was based at 39 Eyre Street, and dealt in cutlery and various tools. The subscribers were brothers: James Fairclough Gee (1899-1974) and Reginald L. Gee (1913-?). They had been born at St Helens, Lancashire, the sons of James Gee (1868-1948) – an insurance superintendent – and his wife, Agnes née Fairclough. In 1939, James and....
