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Post-WWII. The Sampson Mordan Co patterns were sold, and the name was acquired by Edward Baker of Birmingham. Frank Tufnell junior, whose father had been an associate of Mordan's, bought the Edward Baker Co, as well as a majority shareholding in Yard-O-Led Pencil Co.
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