Ian M Mitson a Watchmaker and Jeweller, born in Farnworth in 1947, traded from 34 Corporation Street.
He was trading from 286 Derby Street Bolton where his father Maurice and Mother Doris also traded. Maurice was born on 1 Sept 1917, and Doris Preston was born 23 Aug 1918 she lived on Willows Lane at 329 and was a typist and Junior Clerk in 1939. Maurice died in 1988
Listed as a Watchmaker and Jeweller, the family also had another store in Prescott. Ian M. Mitson married Edith I. Kinsley in Jul 1968 in Bolton.
Advertising box from Ian M Mitson 286 Derby Street Bolton.
It is not known if any watches by Mitson survive, but it is assumed that most work would be repairs rather than completing complete watches.