Sydney had Anthony Horderns and Maitland had Edward Capper – and just as Anthony Horderns became a household name in the capital, so did Edward Capper in the capital of the Hunter.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Nov. 24, 2012.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Our city's history: People flocked to Cappers
From the Maitland Mercury report:
Sydney had Anthony Horderns and Maitland had Edward Capper – and just as Anthony Horderns became a household name in the capital, so did Edward Capper in the capital of the Hunter.
Trained in the family business in Birmingham as a hardware merchant, Capper gained experience in Germany and in South America before migrating with his wife and their son to NSW in 1832.
He had some difficulty in establishing a business in Sydney and as early as 1834 Capper contemplated a move to Maitland.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Nov. 24, 2012.
Sydney had Anthony Horderns and Maitland had Edward Capper – and just as Anthony Horderns became a household name in the capital, so did Edward Capper in the capital of the Hunter.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, Nov. 24, 2012.
