He subsequently extended his business to include the sale of ironmongery, and later furniture. The original ironmongery started here in 1869. Cairncross' father was the manager of an ironmongery and his mother a primary school teacher. Industrial pollutants are the largest industrial pollutants, such as agriculture, chemicals, and ironmongery pollutants. Crittall, in 1849, bought the Bank Street ironmongery in Braintree. In that city, he undertook an apprenticeship with Glegg and Thompson, an ironmongery. The company was founded by Frederick Rushbrooke in Birmingham in 1892 as a wholesale ironmongery. It includes Roman coins, pewter ware, and ironmongery including tools, a chain and a padlock. By 1916 the departments included bakery, ironmongery, grocery, men's outfitters, pharmacy and animal feeds. Hodgson owned a business in Deansgate, selling ironmongery and brass goods.