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Robin and Houston

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of 61 Sneddon Street, Paisley.

1896 The company was registered on 29 August, to acquire the business of soap and candle manufacturers of the firm of the same name. [1]

The business was carried on at Park Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow and at Paisley, with capital of £50,000.[2]

According to information in the Unilever archive catalogue, which holds uncatalogued records relating to the company, Robin and Houston was a subsidiary of Ogston and Tennant, which in turn was acquired by Lever Brothers.

1950 The company went into voluntary liquidation.[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  2. ↑ The Scotsman 5 September 1896
  3. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39101/page/6451
  • National Records of Scotland BT2/3283
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