Wilkie and Paul
of Grove Works, Brandfield Street, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh.
1860 Company founded.
1878 The Brandfield Street premises were extensively damaged by fire, with estimated losses to the value of £4,000, and a volunteer fireman from the adjoining Fountain Brewery was fatally injured. At that time the workforce numbered around 100.[1]
1920 Wilkie and Paul Limited was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £30,000, to acquire the business of Wilkie and Paul, tinplate workers.[2]
1961 Tin box and canister manufacturers. Stampers, piercers and sheet metal workers. 200 employees. [3]
1982 Wilkie & Paul Plastics Ltd., of Slateford Road, Edinburgh.
1990 The company was dissolved.[5]