Difference between revisions of "Harold Wesley"
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Part of the land was used for company housing, built by a subsidiary company called '''Wesley Estates'''. The factory made stationery and plastic articles, employing 1,000 at its peak but later only c. 150. | Part of the land was used for company housing, built by a subsidiary company called '''Wesley Estates'''. The factory made stationery and plastic articles, employing 1,000 at its peak but later only c. 150. | ||
* 1922 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturer of Envelopes of all descriptions, Writing Pads, Compendiums, Boxed and Packed Notepapers, Memorandum and Exercise Books, Account Books, Postcards, Penny Stationery. (Stand No. L.52) | * 1922 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturer of Envelopes of all descriptions, Writing Pads, Compendiums, Boxed and Packed Notepapers, Memorandum and Exercise Books, Account Books, Postcards, Penny Stationery. (Stand No. L.52) | ||
Revision as of 15:27, 7 March 2008
of 81/85 Worship Street, London, EC2. (1922)
of Harley Mills, London, NW10. (1947)
Harold Wesley began making envelopes in the 1900s in Finsbury, and moved to an 11 acre site in Acton Lane on the Willesden boundary in 1925.
Part of the land was used for company housing, built by a subsidiary company called Wesley Estates. The factory made stationery and plastic articles, employing 1,000 at its peak but later only c. 150.
- 1922 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturer of Envelopes of all descriptions, Writing Pads, Compendiums, Boxed and Packed Notepapers, Memorandum and Exercise Books, Account Books, Postcards, Penny Stationery. (Stand No. L.52)
- 1947 Advert for 'Harley' Bond - the 'write' Stationery. (Stationery and Printing Section)
Sources of Information
- [1] British History Online
- 1922 British Industries Fair Page 84
- 1947 British Industries Fair Advert 110