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Impex,

H. Stanley Bleyer Ltd. (Manufacturer)

The ‘Impex’ mouse trap was made by H. Stanley Bleyer Ltd. at his Impex Works in Birmingham, and ‘impex’ was registered as a Trade Mark in March 1950. The ‘Impex’ is an all-metal snap trap which kills the mouse by breaking its back. It is cut from a single sheet of metal, with the treadle cut from the base, and has a finger hole beneath the treadle to help set the trap.

Mouse trap: metal

See Figure 44, p.56, in 'British Mouse Traps and their Makers' by David Drummond, 2008., The 83 mouse traps and 2 mole traps in this collection were acquired by David Drummond during the course of his research into the history of mouse traps. David Drummond is a zoologist who spent much of his professional life in advice and research on the control of rodents. Since retiring as the Ministry of Agriculture’s Chief Scientific Officer in charge of the Central Science Laboratories concerned with Plant Pests and Diseases in 1988, he has published many articles and books about mouse traps, their inventors and manufacturers, including ‘British Mouse Traps and their Makers’ (Mouse Trap Books, Dorking 2008). For further information, see http://www.mousetrapbooks.com.

Birmingham

1950 - 1950