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of Wellington Works, Queen Street, Great Harwood, Lancs | |||
1928 Death in Nice of Ernest Hammond, of Metropolitan Leather Works, Bermondsey<ref>The Times, 24 August 1928</ref>. | |||
1930 [[Metropolitan Leather Co]] Ltd was formed by [[Parkinson Cowan]] to take over the leather activities of [[Parkinson and Cowan (Gas Meters)]] Ltd, a department that had been established 40 years previously by [[W. and B. Cowan]]<ref>The Times, 2 July 1930</ref>. A more general leather business would be developed at the company's Bermondsey tannery. | |||
WWII Part of the premises destroyed by enemy action; business moved elsewhere<ref>The Times, 30 January 1942</ref>. | |||
1951 "Multitest" meter diaphragms being sold throughout the world<ref>The Times, 12 May 1951</ref>. | |||
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[[Category: Town - Bermondsey]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:35, 31 March 2020
of Wellington Works, Queen Street, Great Harwood, Lancs
1928 Death in Nice of Ernest Hammond, of Metropolitan Leather Works, Bermondsey[1].
1930 Metropolitan Leather Co Ltd was formed by Parkinson Cowan to take over the leather activities of Parkinson and Cowan (Gas Meters) Ltd, a department that had been established 40 years previously by W. and B. Cowan[2]. A more general leather business would be developed at the company's Bermondsey tannery.
WWII Part of the premises destroyed by enemy action; business moved elsewhere[3].
1951 "Multitest" meter diaphragms being sold throughout the world[4].
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