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Catalogue description Records of John Hall and Sons (Bristol and London) Ltd., paint manufacturers
This record is held by Bristol Archives
| Reference: | 40098 |
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| Title: | Records of John Hall and Sons (Bristol and London) Ltd., paint manufacturers |
| Description: |
Accounting Legal Sales Plant and Property Photographs Printed Material Miscellaneous |
| Date: | 1793 - 1988 |
| Related material: |
See also lists of records in other repositories (Bristol Industrial Museum); London Borough of Hackney, records of Berger, Jensen and Nicholson, 1773-1986 The following items are held by Bristol Industrial Museum : Printed Glass Sizes and Prices (John Hall, 1815) Price list of window glass 1829 Glass cutters assistant-superficial measurement of squares 1867 Catalogue of glass, paint, mirrors, plumbing, hardware, baths etc. 1899 Glass price calculator Catalogue of decorative glass, leaded lights, etc. (London office, Marylebone) n.d. Catalogue of decorative glass, leaded lights, etc. (London office, St.Pancras Way) n.d. "The Hall Mark" magazine July 1930 "Brolac Herald" January 1939 Programme : Staff gymkhana (Sports Day) April 1914 Robbialac price list April 1969 Specification Manuals 1970-1988 Photographs Hengrove site 1930 Firefighters at blitzed Broadmead premises 1940 Hengrove (various) 1970s Daily Graphic : framed article with photographs 1946 Artifacts Hall rigid motor flap - oblong and round, with descriptive booklet 1909-192? Sample box of varnishes, etc. issued to representatives c. 1918 Various Brolac tins of paint 1922-1988 Bell from yard entrance at Broadmead recovered after 1940 blitz Box of glass samples 1970s(?) Hanging glass and plastic sign : "JOHN HALL STOCKIST" Colour cards and books pre-war - 1988 |
| Held by: | Bristol Archives, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 12 files |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
Given by Berger Paints Ltd., (Williams Holdings), Darwin, Lancashire per Mr. A. King, Bristol Industrial Museum |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The company was established in Broadmead, Bristol in 1788 and began trading as a glazing and glass bending firm. During the course of the 19th century the Company diversified and is listed in city directories as glass stainers, looking glass manufacturers, patent plate, sheet and ornamental window glass merchants, wholesale glass sellers, bent and stained glass manufacturers and glass, oil, white lead and colour merchants In the early 1920s the firm turned to paint manufacturing and the well-known Brolac label appeared in 1922. In 1928 the company's Hengrove factory was founded. Following the acquisition by Jenson and Nicholson in 1948 the factory continued to specialise in the production of paints for the decorative market under the Brolac label. In 1983 Berger Decorative Paints began trading. The company's Bristol operations finally ceased in 1988. |
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