R. S. Clare and Co
of Stanhope Street, Liverpool.
Maker of bituminous and other compositions for road maintenance.
1748 Established by Richard Shaw Clare.
1912 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership lately subsisting between us the undersigned William Gore and Richard Shaw Clare, in Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, has been dissolved...'[1]
1914 Coal Tar Distillers, Manufacturers of Disinfectants and of Bituminous Composition for Road Maintenance, Manufacturing Chemists, Stanhope Street, Liverpool. Incorporated as a Limited Company. Directors: Col. T. Wilson, C.B. (Chairman), W. A. Meadows (Managing Director), W. H. Wilson. One of the oldest firms in the trade. Stall: 40. Branches: Dock Road, Wallasey, Pemberton, Wigan. Specialities: " Tarco" for surface Treatment of Roads, " Pitchmac," the Standardized Grout. Disinfectants, " Phenocide," " Clare's Fluid," " Germitas," Sanitary Liquid Soap, Clare's Wood Preservative, Clare's Sheep Dip, Tar Products, &c. Patents: Several in connection with Road Making Materials and Disinfectant making. Awards: Trophy and Gold Medal, London, 1907.