Hi
I think Gerard Street was in Hockley. The first Factory was built there in the late 1700s on or near Hockley Brook. James Watt & Mathew Boulton, built it on or near the brook. Hockley became very heavily industrialised from the early 1800s right though to the late 1970s. Alas it has mostly gone now. The Jewely Quarter called Soho is only a short distance from Hockley. It has had somewhat of a revival over the past 20 years. Iknield St runs right through the old jewely quarter.I visited the area when I was on vaction there in 1997 and 2004. I now live on The Mornington Peninsula. 75 Kms South East of Melbourne in Australia.
Regards Dennis