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Playfair, Benson Street
History of Playfair
1891
Furniture Store
1901
1911
1912
Playfair works moves here from Searle Street
See Gray family history:
1913
Playfair Works
1937
Henry John Gray and sons, athletic outfitters (Playfair works)
1962 9-21
H J Gray and Sons, sports goods manufacturers (Playfair works)
See A Community Remembers: Histon Road p.28
1973
9.6.1973 local newspaper reported that Gray’s had. defied a Council order to stop work on a second storey extension.
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