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100 Years ago: If you needed a vulcanizer at Ibadan in 1926, relax. Isaac Karunwi was your sure plug.

From the Yoruba News of November 16th 1926:

Isaac F. Karunwi was a Mechanical Engineer.

He owned and ran Brookley Garage on Onireke Road, Ibadan. His telegraphic address was Emilajulo, Ibadan, Care P.O. Box 80.

For a living, he did vulcanizing of inner tubes and tyres. He also undertook repairs to motors, portable engines and sewing machines, typewriters and gramophones.

The company was established on January 1st, 1918.

Isaac F. Karunwi,
Mechanical Engineer,
Brookley Garage.
ONIREKE ROAD, IBADAN.
Tele Address:- Emilajulo, Ibadan.
Care P.O. Box 80.
Vulcanizing of
Inner Tubes & Tyres.
Undertakes repairs to Motors,
Portable Engines & sewing
Machine Typewriters & Gramo-
phones.
Established Jan. 1, 1918.



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BlackViper:
100 Years ago: If you needed a vulcanizer at Ibadan in 1926, relax. Isaac Karunwi was your sure plug.

From the Yoruba News of November 16th 1926:

Isaac F. Karunwi was a Mechanical Engineer.

He owned and ran Brookley Garage on Onireke Road, Ibadan. His telegraphic address was Emilajulo, Ibadan, Care P.O. Box 80.

For a living, he did vulcanizing of inner tubes and tyres. He also undertook repairs to motors, portable engines and sewing machines, typewriters and gramophones.

The company was established on January 1st, 1918.

Isaac F. Karunwi,
Mechanical Engineer,
Brookley Garage.
ONIREKE ROAD, IBADAN.
Tele Address:- Emilajulo, Ibadan.
Care P.O. Box 80.
Vulcanizing of
Inner Tubes & Tyres.
Undertakes repairs to Motors,
Portable Engines & sewing
Machine Typewriters & Gramo-
phones.
Established Jan. 1, 1918.

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Mynd44 lalasticlala nlfpmod

That is a Mechanical Engineer practicing majorly in Auto-Mechanics.

I had a relative who was a Mechanical Engineer like him about same time. He recieved his PG specialization training in Auto-Mechanics (Fire fighting trucks) in Germany and returned to practice his profession based in Ibadan. Throughout his lifetime, he will always visit Lagos on vacation but never permanently relocated to Lagos.

Ibadan was doing great and competing for talents with Lagos, Abeokuta, Badagry, Ebute-Meta, Oshogbo then. If you travel to Ile Ife, Ilesha, Idanre, Sagamu, Ijebu Ode, Ila Orangun, Otan Ayegbaju, Iperu, Ede etc, you will still see evidence of the western civilization dating back to even before that era in Yorubaland.

Little wonder that the only late Pleistocene to Holocene transition era and oldest archeological evidence of human communal existence that ever existed in the whole of western Africa was excavated in Ondo state. If Ondo could posses such prize, now imagine what lies in those other ancient Yoruba towns/cities!

Ibadan city is relatively young when compared to some other Yoruba towns and cities so I have no doubt that this was not peculiar to Ibadan. Older ads may be found in Abeokuta where the first newspaper was published.

Below are the pictures of some of the architectural masterpiece family buildings in Yorubaland that predate Nigeria and still standing and well-maintained till today.

All these happened, yet some people want to change history!!

FreeStuffsNG:
That is a Mechanical Engineer practicing majorly in Auto-Mechanics.

I had a relative who was a Mechanical Engineer like him about same time. He recieved his PG specialization training in Auto-Mechanics (Fire fighting trucks) in Germany and returned to be based in Ibadan. Throughout his lifetime, he will always visit Lagos on vacation but never permanently relocated to Lagos.

Ibadan was doing great and competing for talents with Lagos , Abeokuta, Badagry, Oshogbo then. If you travel to Ile Ife, Ilesha, Idanre, Sagamu, Ijebu Ode, Ila Orangun, Ede etc, you will still see evidence of the western civilization dating back to even before that era in Yorubaland.

Little wonder that the only and oldest archeological evidence of human communal existence that ever existed in the whole of western Africa was excavated in Ondo state. If Ondo could posses such prize, now imagine what lies in those other ancient Yoruba towns/cities!

Ibadan city is relatively young when compared to some other Yoruba towns and cities so I have no doubt that this was not peculiar to Ibadan. Older ads may be found in Abeokuta where the first newspaper was published.

I like the old European Architecture in some southwest states. Nigeria is getting worse

Very interesting, but today, vulcanizers have been reduced to the lowest level in the society, which shows how bad Nigeria have become over the years

The man was a foga with swag

Vulcanizers have been advertising what they do in south west as far back as 1926 but them some noisemakers were been forced not to go naked to the market.

They were still moving around naked with their tails but today they want to claim they are something whereas they are nothing

franchasng:
Very interesting, but today, vulcanizers have been reduced to the lowest level in the society, which shows how bad Nigeria have become over the years

when some people were still walking around naked, a vulcanizer in south west was already advertising his services in newspapers.

We ain't noisemakers

Vulcanizing must have been a high end job at that time.

Just like computer repairers in the 90s and phone technicians in the early 2000s

One Nigeria did a lot of damage to the SW. It was a setback. That region should be flying high by now on a stand alone. First in majority of developments. So sad!

franchasng:
Very interesting, but today, vulcanizers have been reduced to the lowest level in the society, which shows how bad Nigeria have become over the years

Because they're not in the profession where one can steal public money and call himself "Jagaban"

TemplarLandry:
Yorubas are the most sophisticated by far. Take a look at this.

Sophisticated how?
How did Tinubu was able to manipulated them for ages?

franchasng:
Very interesting, but today, vulcanizers have been reduced to the lowest level in the society, which shows how bad Nigeria have become over the years

Not exactly, old man.

Back in the day, very few people went to university or to polytechnic as we understand it. Most people started as apprentices, and then became experts.

The man who is advertising probably was an apprentice, and probably learned his craft from either a white guy or from a Nigerian who learned from a white guy.

So, what's happened...back then there were few vulcanizers, so it was a 'prestigious' job. Now, there are probably a lot of them around. And tires are far more sophisticated than they were before.

TemplarLandry:
Yorubas are the most sophisticated by far. Take a look at this.

One fraudulent Sophisticator is in Aso Rock right now - Sophisticating our economy to ground zero! Forget about Tribe praising in Nigeria: we generally have good and bad People.

Counterigbolies:
Vulcanizers have been advertising what they do in south west as far back as 1926 but them some noisemakers were been forced not to go naked to the market.

They were still moving around naked with their tails but today they want to claim they are something whereas they are nothing

That vulcanized must be long gone
So where are your own adverts as a son of a tribe that is something

Don't you feel that something is wrong when these kind of things run around your head

franchasng:
Very interesting, but today, vulcanizers have been reduced to the lowest level in the society, which shows how bad Nigeria have become over the years

It's two ways, one was about Nigeria getting worse, the other is that with time some professions that were considered high end, sometimes end up becoming so common that you might not even need much formal education to do them

chidi2003:
One fraudulent Sophisticator is in Aso Rock right now - Sophisticating our economy to ground zero! Forget about Tribe praising in Nigeria: we generally have good and bad People.

Nigeria is where it is because Nigeria operates a dependency on oil economy.

I am not disagreeing with you that tinubu is bad, but replace tinupoo with your own favored leader, and it would still be the same result.

Some of the hardship we are expereincing is because for decades we ran an economy based on sharing oil money and borrowing when there wasn't enough money. We did not build a productive economy and we did not make government revenue dependent on taxation, and we did not build an accountable socieity.

And if we split the country, same result.

Omo.

Nigeria = Yoruba et al.

Tinubu should permit States to buy the ones below their cadre.

There are some that are celebrating Julius Berger logo. We can buy them for Temporary Visitors Visa to Lagos

mending, patching, and/or inflating vehicle tires IS NOT vulcanisation abeg! Vulcanisation of rubber is a very strict chemical process.

That was when occupation was prioritized

These days Na yahoo da reign

nairalanda1:
Nigeria is where it is because Nigeria operates a dependency on oil economy.

I am not disagreeing with you that tinubu is bad, but replace tinupoo with your own favored leader, and it would still be the same result.

Some of the hardship we are expereincing is because for decades we ran an economy based on sharing oil money and borrowing when there wasn't enough money. We did not build a productive economy and we did not make government revenue dependent on taxation, and we did not build an accountable socieity.

And if we split the country, same result.

I don't support any candidate; let's go back to Regional government.

UkoAnnang:


That was when occupation was prioritized

These days Na yahoo da reign

Nope. Nigeria back then had scammers and bad people, and fakes , the difference then was that vulcanizers were very very rare. Not too many cars on the roads, not too many roads either.

TemplarLandry:
Yorubas are the most sophisticated by far. Take a look at this.

You can say that again. And very rich culture

Yoruba has been a trailblazer for centuries

chidi2003:
I don't support any candidate; let's go back to Regional government.

Regional government won't work. There is a reason why we have states.

Regional governments were just as corrupt and in some instances tribalistic as the federal government. Go and read the January 1966 coup speech. And most parts of the regions were underdeveloped. If you wanted a problem solved, sometimes you had to travel very long distances to the regional capital, especially in the North.

My village got no light or potable water under regions. Na state governor wey do am.

And they had the same problem NIgeria has today, resource dependency.

FreeStuffsNG:
That is a Mechanical Engineer practicing majorly in Auto-Mechanics.

I had a relative who was a Mechanical Engineer like him about same time. He recieved his PG specialization training in Auto-Mechanics (Fire fighting trucks) in Germany and returned to be based in Ibadan. Throughout his lifetime, he will always visit Lagos on vacation but never permanently relocated to Lagos.

Ibadan was doing great and competing for talents with Lagos , Abeokuta, Badagry, Oshogbo then. If you travel to Ile Ife, Ilesha, Idanre, Sagamu, Ijebu Ode, Ila Orangun, Ede etc, you will still see evidence of the western civilization dating back to even before that era in Yorubaland.

Little wonder that the only and oldest archeological evidence of human communal existence that ever existed in the whole of western Africa was excavated in Ondo state. If Ondo could posses such prize, now imagine what lies in those other ancient Yoruba towns/cities!

Ibadan city is relatively young when compared to some other Yoruba towns and cities so I have no doubt that this was not peculiar to Ibadan. Older ads may be found in Abeokuta where the first newspaper was published.

The Odutola Lodge is a masterpiece by todays standards the level of detail is awesome even by today's standards. I remember Odutola biscuits from my childhood days.
The reason why Lagos survived was because it was the Federal Capital of Nigeria and Direct government resources flowed in. Then when Lagos was no longer capital Lagos stagnated till Fashola and Ambode brought sanity to Lagos and development

pak:
Vulcanizing must have been a high end job at that time.

Just like computer repairers in the 90s and phone technicians in the early 2000s

Yep, very few people had cars back then (even in the UK as at 1936, only 4% of the population then had a car...I wish I was joking.).

Guy was just following Yellow pages format.
Seems to have been the way to do it back in the day.

nairalanda1:
Nope. Nigeria back then had scammers and bad people, and fakes , the difference then was that vulcanizers were very very rare. Not too many cars on the roads, not too many roads either.

Nigeria has less bad people in the 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's.

The number increased in late 50's due to tribal politicians and it went unabated since then. The oil boom in the 70's even made it worse.