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E Reynolds, 3D Map Maker, 1920s
Notes about Exelby Reynolds, maker of relief model maps of The Lakes, Shipley, Yorkshire, 1920s. Most of the information was kindly supplied by Sarah Powell, Local Studies, Central Library, Prince's Way, Bradford BD1 1NN; tel. 01274 433688; email local.studies@bradford.gov.uk
Obituary
The Shipley Times and Express carried an obituary for Mr Reynolds, 21 March 1931.
DEATH OF MR. EXELBY REYNOLDS.
The death occurred on Tuesday, at the age of 68, of Mr. Exelby Reynolds, of 1 Temple Rhydding Drive, Baildon, who was well known throughout the country as a maker of relief maps.
Mr. Reynolds was at one time a teacher at the Wood End School, Windhill, but eventually left the teaching profession to enter business on his own account as a map and atlas maker. The firm which he established at Windhill quickly prospered, and ultimately his relief maps attained a widespread fame for thier accuracy and splendid workmanship. Examples of his art are to be found in railway stations in every part of the country, while travellers from the West Riding have been interested to note his signature on giant maps in many foreign countries, including India and China.
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Directory Entries
1898 Post Office Directory, he is listed as a schoolmaster at Carr Lane.
The Post Office and Kelly~s trade directories for Bradford, from 1990 onwards list Mr Reynolds - map manufacturer, and then relief map maker, based at the Old Wesleyan Day School, Windhill Crag, and then at Atlas works, Briggate, Shipley.
He also lived in Shipley: Carr Lane from 1900-1912; and Selbourne Terrace in 1917, 1927; presumably moving to Temple Rhydding Drive in the 1930s.


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