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Latham, Brown & Co., Ltd.

326 Western Road
Merton, SW19

Paint and Varnish


Source:
Borough of Mitcham List of Factories,
Town Clerk’s Department,
July 1963.
Available at Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.
Reference L2 (670) MIT


1921 Britain From Above

1921 Britain From Above


1939 Pathe Newsreel demonstration, believed to be at Latham’s (the word LATHAM can be seen on a vehicle in the background.)

Newspaper Articles

Marriages

Latham — Waterhouse.

—On the 3rd inst., at Christ Church, Totland Bay, Fredk. Gilmour, son of the late Wm. Latham, of the Varnish Works, Merton, Surrey, to Ellen Louise, only daughter of Thos. Waterhouse, of Alum Bay, I.W.

Source: Hampshire Chronicle – Saturday 12 April 1884 from the British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)

See also the story of Private Stanley Latham.

E.J. Harrison Ltd.

1951 ad

1951 ad from Grace’s Guide to British Industrial History

Buyers of

new Zinc cuttings, old zinc, lead, copper cuttings, battery plates, drosses and residues. Prompt settlements.

Suppliers of

remelted spelter and ingot lead.

Your inquires invited for any quantity

E.J. Harrison Ltd
Edmar Works, Mill Green Road
Mitcham
Phone MITCHAM 2231 and 1881