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Dry cleaners and dyers.
Dry cleaners and dyers.


1916 Presumably company incorporated  as [[A. E. Hawley and Co]]
1916 Company incorporated  as [[A. E. Hawley and Co]]


1951 Hawleys was renamed [[Sketchley]] Ltd<ref>The Times 27 Oct 1951</ref>
1951 Hawleys was renamed [[Sketchley]] Ltd<ref>The Times 27 Oct 1951</ref>

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Rugby Road, Hinckley

Dry cleaners and dyers.

1916 Company incorporated as A. E. Hawley and Co

1951 Hawleys was renamed Sketchley Ltd[1]

1952 Demand for the Sketchley Overall Replacement Service was increasing; total of 270 dyeing and drycleaning branches[2]

1975 59th AGM held at Hinckley.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times 27 Oct 1951
  2. The Times Apr. 19, 1952