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Robert (Mousey) Thompson (7th May 1876 – 8th December 1955) was a British Furniture maker. He lived in Kilburn, North Yorkshire , where he set up a business manufacturing Oak furniture, which featured a carved mouse on almost every piece. It is claimed that the mouse Trademark came about accidentally in 1919 following a conversation about "being as poor as a church mouse", which took place between Thompson and one of his colleagues during the Carving of a Cornice for a screen. This chance remark led to him carving a mouse and this remained part of his work from this point onwards. The workshop, now being run by his descendants, includes a showroom and vistors' centre, and is located beside the Parish Church, which contains "Mouseman" Pew s, fittings and other furniture. The company is now known as "Robert Thompson's Craftsmen Ltd - The Mouseman of Kilburn" EXTERNAL LINKS |
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