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* 1930 [[Metropolitan Leather Co]] Ltd was formed by [[Parkinson Cowan]] to take over the leather activities of [[Parkinson and Cowan (Gas Meters)]] Ltd, a department that had been established 40 years previously by [[W. and B. Cowan]]<ref>The Times, 2 July 1930</ref>. A more general leather business would be developed at the company's Bermondsey tannery. | * 1930 [[Metropolitan Leather Co]] Ltd was formed by [[Parkinson Cowan]] to take over the leather activities of [[Parkinson and Cowan (Gas Meters)]] Ltd, a department that had been established 40 years previously by [[W. and B. Cowan]]<ref>The Times, 2 July 1930</ref>. A more general leather business would be developed at the company's Bermondsey tannery. | ||
* WWII Part of the premises destroyed by enemy action; business moved elsewhere<ref>The Times, 30 January 1942</ref>. | |||
* 1951 "Multitest" meter diaphragms being sold throughout the world<ref>The Times, 12 May 1951</ref>. | |||
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of Wellington Works, Queen Street, Great Harwood, Lancs
- 1928 Death in Nice of Ernest Hammond, of Metropolitan Leather Works, Bermondsey[1].
- 1930 Metropolitan Leather Co Ltd was formed by Parkinson Cowan to take over the leather activities of Parkinson and Cowan (Gas Meters) Ltd, a department that had been established 40 years previously by W. and B. Cowan[2]. A more general leather business would be developed at the company's Bermondsey tannery.
- WWII Part of the premises destroyed by enemy action; business moved elsewhere[3].
- 1951 "Multitest" meter diaphragms being sold throughout the world[4].
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