Plowman Trundle update!

A friend posted this information on my Facebook page:

Any help ? “NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore
subsisting between the undersigned, Thomas
Plowman and James John Trundle, carrying on business-:
at Bridgwater, in the county of Somerset,. as Saddlers :and
Harness Makers, under the style or firm of Plowman and
Trundle, has been, dissolved by mutual consent ; and that
the said; James John Trundle will in future carry on the
said ‘business on his own account. — Dated this ‘2nd day of
July, 1878.. Thos. Plowman.
.:..’, ‘ James John Trundle”

So Mr Trundle was a basket maker – as was my great-great-grandfather but my connection is with the south Midlands, and Mr Trundle was here in Somerset. Both areas have access to the raw materials for making baskets, chiefly the willow. Baskets were vital to transport goods and carry items of all weights and sizes a they were so strong and light in themselves, could be repaired and replaced easily. Baskets were not just domestic items as they are now and willow was the ultimate sustainable resource.

W.H. Smith the stationer obviously had this sign made and had the Plowman/Trundle connection added to their ‘olde worlde’ sign!