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John Oakey and Sons

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Wellington knife boards.
1839.

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1864.
1868.
1868.
1869.
1869.
January 1872.
June 1872.
1874.
1876.
June 1880.
January 1880.
1882.
1884.
January 1888.
June 1888. Emery.
December 1889.
1890.
1891.
1892.
1895.
1895.
July 1898.
1899.
1899.
August 1899.
January 1902.
March 1907.
December 1907.
July 1908.
February 1911.
March 1911.
June 1911.
1913.
September 1913.
1914.Oakey's Glass Paper.
1915.
1916.
July 1919.
Dec 1921.
January 1922.
1923.
October 1925. Wellington polish.
1926.
1927.
1928.
February 1928
March 1928
May 1928.
May 1929.
1929.
December 1929.
October 1930.
June 1932.
September 1937.
1937.
May 1950.

Makers of Emery Wheels, of Wellington Emery and Black Lead Mills, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE.

1893 The company was registered on 21 April, to take over the business of the firm of the same name, manufacturers of emery. [1]

1895 Advert. Emery cloth, glass paper, black lead etc. [2]

1899 Advert. Manufacturer of Emery cloth. Medal winner at Philadelphia 1876. [3]

1937 Abrasive manufacturers. "Wellington" Abrasive Materials. [4]

c.1961 Acquired Flexible Abrasives[5]

1962 Acquired by the English Abrasives Corporation.

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  2. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1895. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p156
  3. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1899. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p10
  4. ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  5. ↑ The Times Aug. 29, 1962
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