Comments on: Piggott Bros & Co Of Bishopsgate https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/27/piggott-bros-co-of-bishopsgate/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 03 Jun 2020 08:39:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lynn Clayton - was born Marilynn Piggott in Greenstead, Ongar in 1948. https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/27/piggott-bros-co-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1340960 Wed, 03 Jun 2020 08:39:53 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=121624#comment-1340960 Would like to find out who the original Piggott Bros were and whether l have any connection.

]]> By: Elliott Miller https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/27/piggott-bros-co-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1242434 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 19:30:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=121624#comment-1242434 I’m pretty sure Piggots were in Ongar Essex for a while.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/27/piggott-bros-co-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1234573 Sun, 28 Oct 2018 08:41:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=121624#comment-1234573 I am impressed by the range of marquees they supplied then and also the internal decorations.
I do quite a bit of marquee ‘zhushing’ for various events and wonder how they did it all without our modern gadgets like staple guns, cable ties, safety pins etc…

We had a near marquee disaster in the summer when my niece had one for her wedding in Scotland which was blown down by storm Hector! Luckily it happened two days before the actual wedding and a replacement was erected in time – pheeeew!

]]> By: EJ Wilkinson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/27/piggott-bros-co-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1234461 Sat, 27 Oct 2018 17:41:58 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=121624#comment-1234461 What a great story. Tents, marquees and even their own orchestra! Thanks GA for another wonderful story.

]]> By: Julia McCormack https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/27/piggott-bros-co-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1191217 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:44:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=121624#comment-1191217 My father worked for Piggotts all his life from the 1930s to the 1970s. When war broke out being moved to York on essential war work before being called up to serve in the army. He resumed work with Piggotts after the war where he was very involved with the decorations in London for the coronation, the regent street and oxford street lights/decorations every Christmas, and management of the great marquee for the Chelsea Flower Show. I remember being taken to the office above the shop on BIshopsgate on a Saturday ( they worked on a Saturday morning in those days) – as a young girl – the toy shop was wonderful and when work was over he would take me for lunch at Lyons Corner House. Happy days.

]]> By: Paulina https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/27/piggott-bros-co-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1160882 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 07:54:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=121624#comment-1160882 Their company’s that operating to this day has undergone a re-branding and reemerged as Piggotts Flags & Branding. Their overview of the company history only briefly mentions the marquee side of business, but it shows how their catalogue evolved throughout the years, before the company became what it is nowadays. Did you know Piggotts Bros. & Co. manufactured one of the first Monoplanes in Britain in the early 1910s? This articles also features some previously unpublished (I reckon) graphics from their early adverts: http://www.piggottsflagsandbranding.co.uk/updates/piggotts-bros-history/

]]> By: Lorraine Lloyd -Jacob https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/27/piggott-bros-co-of-bishopsgate/#comment-1077589 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:49:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=121624#comment-1077589 Hi to all my Grandmothers aunt was married to William Parker Piggott… She was a Henbury…
They used to send a carriage to pick up my grandmother and her sister in tooting for days out and holidays sounded wonderful
Lorraine

]]> By: Sara Sheldrake https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/27/piggott-bros-co-of-bishopsgate/#comment-852121 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 01:25:26 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=121624#comment-852121 Tamsin, what side of the family do you fit in? My great great grandmother was a Piggott of the Piggott Bros and Co…

]]> By: Tamsin Hoad https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/27/piggott-bros-co-of-bishopsgate/#comment-689944 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 15:08:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=121624#comment-689944 Piggott Bros was my great grandfathers side of the family lovely to read.

]]> By: Nicole https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/27/piggott-bros-co-of-bishopsgate/#comment-625096 Sat, 08 Nov 2014 20:17:28 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=121624#comment-625096 I have inherited a Piggotts Bros Windsor Space Maker caravan awning has anyone got instructions on how to erect it.
Thankyou

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