Any info on Fred Heyes & Son cue ??

[jrc750]

Plain ash cue no splices at all, possibly from 1920's ish ?? Never seen this badge before.
Specs: 58", 11 mm un-ferruled, stamped 16 1/2 oz, big 33 mm butt, 17 1/2" balance point.

[jonny66]

Pure ash, no brass hammer in there, I think someone on here might like that one.

[jrc750]

Pure ash, no brass hammer in there, I think someone on here might like that one.

Ohh surely it's Angel ash

[100-uper]

Fred Heyes & Son Ltd, were billiard table builders and billiard hall proprietors in Preston. They were taken over by Orme & Sons in 1929, so it must date before this. The badge looks to be ivory, so possibly pre-war.

[jrc750]

Fred Heyes & Son Ltd, were billiard table builders and billiard hall proprietors in Preston. They were taken over by Orme & Sons in 1929, so it must date before this. The badge looks to be ivory, so possibly pre-war.

Thanks for info, yes badge is ivory, forgot to point that out, so it's possible a cue supplied with the tables then ?

[100-uper]

Thanks for info, yes badge is ivory, forgot to point that out, so it's possible a cue supplied with the tables then ?

It could have been supplied with a billiard table to a private buyer, but they would also have provisioned their own billiard halls, and this looks the type of cue they would have provided for general use by the patrons.

Just to qualify my previous date, I notice the cue badge pre-dates their move to become a "Ltd" company, so that would make it pre-1923, and I would stick with my guess that it was more likely to be pre-war. The supply of ivory was severely restricted after this, and unlikely to have been used in such a basic cue.

[jim evans]

You keep pulling them out of bag mate,lol

[jrc750]

You keep pulling them out of bag mate,lol

It's for sale if interested Jim
Not worth a fortune I would imagine ?

[jim evans]

send a pm mate