COSGB
A blog for the Commercial Overprint Society of Great Britain (COSGB).
Friday, August 26, 2011
Old Betty Plant's Ltd.
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Old Betty Plant's was a confectionery business that was established by Albert Plant in Stoke, Staffordshire. Albert named the company af...
Cohen & Wilks Ltd.
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At the end of the 19th Century, a Jewish refugee from Tsarist Russia named PM Quas-Cohen settled in Manchester. With finance from a short-li...
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Cussons Sons & Co. Ltd.
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Today, Cussons Sons & Co. is PJ Cussons, manufacturers of Imperial Leather and other toiletries. Their 350 employees generate £135,839,0...
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
J. & A. D. Grimond
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The jute spinning and weaving industry was highly localised in Britain with practically the whole of the jute industry being centred in Dund...
Bentalls
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Bentalls is a department store chain with branches in Kingston, Greater London, and Bracknell, Berkshire. The well regarded "county...
Hammond, Turner & Bate
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Hammond, Turner & Bate was a button making company established in Birmingham c1790. The original name of the business was Hammond, Turne...
Sunday, July 24, 2011
The Clay Cross Company
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While driving the tunnel for the North Midland Railway, the railway pioneer George Stephenson discovered deposits of coal, iron, and limesto...
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