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1914 Directors: [[Isaac Clark Griffith]] (Chairman), Henry Griffith, [[Frank Griffith]], Walter J. Tull, Oscar C. Griffith. | 1914 Directors: [[Isaac Clark Griffith]] (Chairman), Henry Griffith, [[Frank Griffith]], Walter J. Tull, Oscar C. Griffith. | ||
Sometime around WWII they moved premises from London to Bedford | |||
1971. Proposed that the company be voluntarily wound up. R. Stewart-Smith - Chairman.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45301/supplement/1310 The London Gazette Publication date:11 February 1971 Supplement:45301 Page:1310]</ref> | 1971. Proposed that the company be voluntarily wound up. R. Stewart-Smith - Chairman.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45301/supplement/1310 The London Gazette Publication date:11 February 1971 Supplement:45301 Page:1310]</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 17:28, 27 October 2016
of Prujean Square, Old Bailey, London, E.C.
Printers, Stationers, and Account Book Manufacturers.
1860 Company established.
1872 Noted William P. Griffith, Prujean Square, Old Bailey
1884 Incorporated as a Limited Company.
1894 Fire. 'A destructive fire broke out early this morning in the extensive premises of W. P. Griffith and Sons Limited, Government printers, who occupy the whole of Prujean-square, Old Bailey. The alarm was speedily circulated, and in a comparatively short time fully a dozen steamers and a strong force of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade were at the scene. Meanwhile the flames had burst from the windows, and floor after floor became involved, until at one o'clock the entire structure and its great plant and stock seemed hopelessly doomed, owing to the inaccessibility of the place to tie firemen.'[1]
1914 Directors: Isaac Clark Griffith (Chairman), Henry Griffith, Frank Griffith, Walter J. Tull, Oscar C. Griffith.
Sometime around WWII they moved premises from London to Bedford
1971. Proposed that the company be voluntarily wound up. R. Stewart-Smith - Chairman.[2]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Leeds Mercury - Friday 09 November 1894
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:11 February 1971 Supplement:45301 Page:1310