In 1860 he established a business selling buckets, shovels and other oddments. In 1872 he admitted his son, Harry, into his business and within three years they opened the Lamp Works in Little King Street in Birmingham.
From 1860, he began a business that sold buckets, shovels, and other oddments. In 1872, he introduced his son Harry to the enterprise, and within three years, they established the Lamp Works at Little King Street in Birmingham.