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Ernest Newton and Co

From Graces Guide
1938. Notwen.
1949.

of Faraday Chemical Works, Holt Street, and Heneage Street, Birmingham, 7. Telephone: ASTon Cross 1355/6/7. Telegraphic Address: "Faraday, Birmingham"

1880 Founded

1937 British Industries Fair Advert for 'Notwen' Lubricating Oils; Motor Oils; Gear Oils; Greases; Industrial Oils; Machinery and Cutting Oils, etc., etc. Upper Cylinder Lubricants. Oil Cabinets. Cellulose and Synthetic Lacquers. Disinfectants. Chemicals. Accumulator Acid. Distilled Water. Garage Sundries. Soaps. Cleansers. (Engineering/Metals/Quarry, Roads and Mining/Transport Section - Stand B. North, Outdoor) [1]

1968 A disastrous fire gutted the company's Holt Street works, blending plant and laboratory on 20 March.

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 1937 British Industries Fair Advert p643; and p395
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