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Searle Street Don Brush Factory in 1989

21 & 23 Searle Street

History of 21 - 23 Searle Street

1890

H J Gray and Co set up the Playfair Factory for sports equipment with 8 employees. In 1912 it moved to Benson Street. See Brush Factory Article pt2 below.

See Gray family history:

 

1913

J C Newman, builder and undertaker

1970

Cambridge Brush Co.

‘Don’ was the trade mark of the brush company; there was no direct university connection.

1989

Searle Street Don Brush Factory in 1989

Brush Factory article pt1

Brush Factory article pt2

2018

Don Cottages 2018

Don Cottages, Searle Street 2018

 

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