Connolly Bros (Curriers) Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Merton, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Leather & other skins processing & products manufacture
Leather & other skins processing
Notes:
Established 1878 by Connolly family at Euston, London, as shoe and other leather goods repairers. Emerged as important leather curriers. Supplied leather to carriage makers and latterly a major supplied to car manufacturers, especially premium manufacturers such as Roll-Royce. 1910s established a factory at Wimbledon (Merton) through acquisition of Merton Flour Mills building. 1978 still a family owned business. Closed 2002
Publications:
- Merton Mills and Wandlebank House by Montague, Eric N
- Story of Connolly Leather's First Hundred Years, 1878-1978 by Unknown
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Merton, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Leather & other skins processing & products manufacture Leather & other skins processing
Notes:
Established 1878 by Connolly family at Euston, London, as shoe and other leather goods repairers. Emerged as important leather curriers. Supplied leather to carriage makers and latterly a major supplied to car manufacturers, especially premium manufacturers such as Roll-Royce. 1910s established a factory at Wimbledon (Merton) through acquisition of Merton Flour Mills building. 1978 still a family owned business. Closed 2002Publications:
- Merton Mills and Wandlebank House by Montague, Eric N
- Story of Connolly Leather's First Hundred Years, 1878-1978 by Unknown