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Source: October 1988 Volume 26 Number 4, Pages 145–148 A Portfolio of Old Bill Forms : II Among the better illustrated bill forms found in the old farm manager's office at Chesterbrook Farm before it was demolished were those of the blacksmiths, carriage makers, harness makers, livery stables, and other businesses concerned with the horse and horse-drawn transportation. Some of them, reduced in size, are shown on the next three pages. Even a village as small as Berwyn supported several blacksmith shops in the early part of this century. The blacksmith not only made horse shoes and shoed horses, but also did other iron work and repairs -- including, in later years, even automobile repairs! The "common sense horse shoeing" shop of T. N. Rogers was located on the west side of Waterloo Avenue in Berwyn, between the Lancaster Pike and Berwyn Avenue, across from the then First Baptist Church. Some years later James Hayes also had a blacksmith shop, slightly to the west of Waterloo Avenue on Berwyn Avenue, about two houses down from the corner, on the south side of the street. The Berwyn Livery and Boarding Stables, operated for a while by Mrs. S. A. Kromer and then by John E. Fitzgerald, were located on the south side of the Lancaster Pike at the eastern end of Berwyn, adjacent to the old Kromer Hotel and about where the hardware store is now. Next to it, on the east, was William Gallagher's harness and saddlery business. The Krider brothers, blacksmiths and carriage makers, were also at the eastern end cf the village, on the north side of the Pike just below where the Berwyn Tavern is now. Their two-story brick building burned down some years ago. For a time they also occupied a large barn that was located nearby. [Information courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones]
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