Southall Brothers and Barclay
of Lower Priory, Birmingham
Suppliers of Vitafer and Southalls sanitary aids.
1820 Company established.
1898 The company was registered on 21 June, to take over the businesses of manufacturing and wholesale and retail chemists and druggists of Southall Brothers and Barclay and T. and W. and W. Southall. [1]
1914 Wholesale manufacturing pharmaceutical and analytical chemists; druggists' sundriesmen; weavers, bleachers and manufacturers of absorbent wool, lint, bandages and surgical dressings; shop fitters; manufacturers of distilled table waters; dealers in chemical and photographic apparatus. Specialities: drugs, fine and heavy chemicals, galenicals and fine pharmaceutical preparations, surgical dressings, cod liver oil, compressed tablets, capsules and pills, table waters, perfumery, sanitary towels, manufacturers of "Vitafer". Employees 800. [2]
1935 Sold the Drugs, Druggists' Sundries and Proprietary Articles business to Sangers Ltd[3] which was incorporated in a new business Southall Brothers and Barclay (1935) Ltd incorporated[4]
1935 The original company was renamed Southalls (Birmingham) Ltd[5]
1949 Southalls (Birmingham) Ltd received approval for its charges under the Road and Rail Traffic Act[6]
1954 Launched a brand of feminine hygiene products based on a design created with Dr. Judith Esser-Mittag.
1958 Southalls (Birmingham) was acquired by Smith and Nephew and incorporated into their Sanitary Protection Division, alongside Arthur Berton Ltd[7]. These acquisitions positioned Smith and Nephew as the UK market leaders in sanitary towels, with the Dr. White's, Lilia and Lil-lets brands.
1965 Southalls (Birmingham) Ltd. of Neva Mills, Grimshaw Lane, Middleton and Lomeshaye Mill, Nelson[8]
1994 Launch of Lil-lets applicator tampons .
2000 Management buyout by Accantia (now Simple) took ownership of the Lil-lets brand.
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Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia