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1961 List of Paint Companies in Mitcham

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From the Kelly’s Directory of 1961

AULT & WIBORG LTD. (PAINTS DIVISION)
(manufacturers of paints, varnishes, enamels & industrial finishes).

115 Phipps Bridge road. Merton SW19—
Tel. MITcham 7070

Bomacel Ltd.
Homewood works. Homewood rand,
Mitcham. surrey—Tel. No. MITcham 4861

BURRELL’S PAINTS
(Proprietors. R. J. Hamer & Sons
(Paints) Ltd.)

Manufacturers Of Burrell’s High-Grade Paints, Varnishes, Distempers, Enamels.
Anti-Corrosive & Anti-Fouling Compositions &c.;
Contractors to British Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry, Post Office,
Crown Agents for the Colonies & the principal Railway & Steamship Companies.

Miles road, Mitcham. Surrey
Telegrams & Cables, “Diagoras, Mitcham”;
Telephone MITcham 3011 (7 lines)

HADFIELDS (MERTON) LTD.
(makers of all kinds of paints, varnishes & enamels.
Western rd. Mitcham, Surrey
– Telephone No. MITcham 3422;
T A Duragloss Mitcham

HAMER R.J. & SONS (PAINTS) LTD.
Manufacturers of “Aristocrat” Enamels & Syntheic Finishes.
“Pedigree” Hard Drying Gloss Paint & Varnishes,
“Perfecto” Water Paint, Japans, Lacquers, & Industrial Finishes.
“Contractors to H.M. Government, Borough Councils &c.”

Miles Road, Mitcham, Surrey.
Grams. “Enterprise, Mitcham”
Phone. Mitcham 2064/5, 4046/7 & 3011/2/3

WM. HARLAND & SON LTD.
(Royal Warrant Holders during five reigns).
Merton, London SW19 – MITcham 7070

LATHAM, BROWN (SALES) LTD.
326 Western road SW19 –
T N MITcham 1133 (4 lines)

W. MORGAN & SONS LTD.
(paints, varnishes, stoving, synthetic & cellulose enamels).
Prince George’s rd
Merton Abbey SW19
Tel. No. MITcham 1575

PARSONS THOS. & SONS LTD.
Church road, Mitcham, Surrey
(T N MITcham 4444; T A Thospar Mitcham)
& (London depot) 190 Iverson rd NW6
T N KILburn 0614

Purdom Geo. & Co. Ltd.
96 Church rd.
Mitcham

T.S. Jackson & Sons, Ltd

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Varnish and paint manufacturer based at the former Holborn Union Workhouse site in Bond Road/Western Road.

Established in 1853, according to this ad from Grace’s Guide :

Dundee Evening Telegraph – Friday 01 April 1927

NIGHT-TIME BLAZE AT VARNISH WORKS.
Fire Discovered By Late Home-Goer.

Fire broke out during the night the Mitcham buildings that were formerly the Holborn Union Workhouse, and is now used by Messrs T. S. Jackson & Sons, varnish and floor polish works. They occupy an extensive range of build ings, including the dining hall and what was the chapel. The fire was discovered by a ‘bus driver, who was returning home at 3 a.m. . The outbreak was in a building adjoining the chapel, used as stores and messroom. The Mitcham Fire Brigade, when they arrived, found flames shooting up through roof. They made great efforts to save the adjoining buildings, which contained inflammable goods, and succeeded after a struggle lasting two and a half hours.

Listed in the 1930 commercial directory as

Thomas S. Jackson & Sons Ltd., paint manufacturers, Western Road. Trading as “Woodstains, Mitcham;” Telephone number 2977.

Listed in the 1954 telephone directory as

Thomas S. Jackson & Sons Ltd., varnish and paint manufacturers
Jasonite Works
132 Weston Road
telephone : MIT 2977

Listed in the 1963 List of Factories as

Blocks ‘C’ and ‘S’
James Estate
Western Road

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