Denis Wright
From Graces Guide
of 2 Barnsbury Street, London, N1.
- 1936 The company was founded when Denis Wright opened a factory in Islington, London, selling amateur photographic albums.
- Post-WWII. The professional wedding market really took off after 1945, and D. Wright soon became known for the outstanding style and quality of its products.
- 1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Writing Cases, Blotting Pads, Autograph and Photograph Albums in Leather and Leathercloth. Gramophone Record Carrying Cases, Gramophone Record Albums, Scrap Books, Postcard Albums. (Olympia, 1st Floor, Stand No. G.2014) [1]
- 1967 John Wright took over the company, directing and managing a business enjoying increasing prosperity and success.
- From 1980, all production was relocated from London to a greenfield site in Devon, and the company diversified into the production of strut mounts for the schools photography market.
- Matthew Wright and Elaine Robinson successfully diversified the company's activities. Digital imaging technology has transformed the market.
- D. Wright is known as the oldest supplier of photographic slip-in folders, photomounts, strut mounts and wedding and portraiture albums.
- Note: (12/08)
- Now located in Great Torrington, North Devon, the company has its own website: [1]
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