Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,676 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Harry Fenton

From Graces Guide

a chain of menswear shops in Essex and Kent

1962 Acquired by Rael-Brook Holdings; Harry Fenton had 16 shops at this time; the chain would become a subsidiary of the investment holding company Wellpax Investments[1]

1965 Harry Fenton had 63 shops but this was seen to be too small to offer a good link to market for the products of its new owners[2]

1972 English Calico sold Harry Fenton to Combined English Stores[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Feb. 13, 1962
  2. The Times Aug. 12, 1965
  3. The Times Mar. 11, 1972