Photos of James Arthur Harrison (1883-1969), Blacksmith and Farrier

This photo c1915 shows Jim Harrison (centre) with his nephew Clem on the horse. I don't know who the other man is.

I was told that Jim had several forges in the High Street area as well as one by Syon Park and others in Hounslow and Cranford. Bull Yard could be the location of this photo as the 1921 census shows Jim was a general smith and farrier at this address along with his two sons, Horace aged 16 and Arthur aged 14.

c1922 shows my uncle, Jack Harrison on the horse with my grandfather, Jim Harrison (Blacksmith and Farrier), most probably at Ham Wharf (see advertisement in background for Emanuel Smith). I don't know who was holding the horse.

Jim used to travel between 1935 and 1939 to shoe the Atora oxen (actually bullocks) that pulled the Atora Suet Pudding advertising wagons.

Published May 2010; updated April 2026