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Revision as of 09:55, 4 December 2012
of Broad Plain Soap and Candle Works, Bristol
1743 Company established. [1]
1897 The company was registered on 21 July, to take over the business of a company of the same name, manufacturers of soaps etc. [2]
1914 Soap and candle makers, refiners of edible oils. Specialities: household soaps, candles, Puritan olive oil soap, Fripp's olive oil soap. Employees 120. [3]
The company was taken over by Lever Bros in 1912, and the factory closed in 1954 [4]
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The History of Unilever by Charles Wilson. Published 1954 by Cassell and Co
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ 'Bristol at Work' by John Penny, Breedon Books, 2005