The Largest + Oldest Fishing Tackle Establishment in the World ... In 1880 !: S Allcock & Co Ltd, Redditch, England, Est. 1803 (Antique Fishing Tackle)

Located in Redditch, England, S Allcock and Co Ltd, whose origins go back as far as 1803, had made an undisputed claim to be the world's oldest and largest manufacturer of fishing tackle. The town has long since been regarded as the centre of the British fishing tackle industry. Business flourished and the product range steadily expanded, untill by 1880 they were the largest and oldest tackle wholesalers in the entire British Empire, which ruled 3/4 of the world at the time.The town of Redditch, Worcestershire, England, was the centre of the needle making history, which also included the manufacture of fishing hooks - hence the establishment of a number of leading fishing tackle firms in the town. At its height it supplied the whole Empire.Today the Allcock firm is no longer in existence, just as the British Empire is also no more.Very few firms or countries maintain their controlling position forever. Read more