George Dobie and Son
of Paisley. Four Square tobacco.
1809 This is the year of foundation claimed by the company in its advertising.
1838 William Dobie is listed as a tobacconist and tallow chandler at 12 High Street, Paisley.[1]
1927 George Dobie and Son Limited, 88 Greenhill Road, Paisley, was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £130,000, to carry on business as tobacco manufacturers and dealers.[2]
1937 The business was reconstructed and a new company of the same name was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £200,000, to carry on business in all their branches of tobacco manufacturers, merchants, and blenders, and to plant, grow, cultivate, produce and cure tobacco, and to import, export, buy, sell, prepare for market, and deal in tobaccos, whether in leaf or in manufactured state; cigars, cigarettes, snuff, and tobacco products of all kinds, and to take over as a going concern the whole undertaking of George Dobie & Son, Four Square Works, Gordonhill Road, Paisley.[3]
1955 By now the Dobie's factory was working at only half production and an offer of purchase was received from Godfrey Phillips and accepted. Under the deal, the latter was to acquire and continue the manufacture of Dobie's principal brands. Apart from current stocks and interests in subsidiaries, the main assets, including the Paisley factory, were to be sold.[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- National Records of Scotland BT2/14590