Watson, G., Liverpool, cm and u (1824–27). At 15 Lime St in December 1824 when he offered for sale ‘elegant Four Post & Camp Beds & every other description of Cabinet & Upholstery Goods’. On 17 June of the following year he announced the opening of new showrooms at the Lime St address but indicated that he had formerly traded in Church St. His brother Bingley had maintained a warehouse in this street as the agent of Yorkshire manufacturers in 1823 and he may have assisted in this venture. At Lime St, G. Watson emphasised the attractiveness of his prices and in March 1826 featured ‘Silk Flocks for Beds & Mattresses at 6d per Lb & equal to Hair or Feathers & far more essential to health. Best Bristol Oil Cloths at 4s. 6d the square yard’. In April 1827 his special offers were ‘London Imitation Rosewood Chairs from 6s & upwards, Strong Kitchen Chairs from 3s. 6d each’. When his brother Bingley died in 1826 and his widow indicated that she had no intention of carrying on the business, G. Watson invited his brother's former customers to patronise him. [Liverpool Mercury, 24 December 1824, 17 June 1825, 17 March 1826, 27 April 1827]