Long Lease! The Story of Slough Estates 1920-1991
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- Author(s) Cassell, Michael
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published c1991
- Pages 200pp; illus
- Publisher Pencorp Books
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Written by a financial journalist and corporate history writer. Narrative commissioned history dealing with the origins of the business as purchaser of a vast stock of surplus war vehicles, their renovation at a works at Slough, their sale, the subsequent management of the site as Slough Industrial Estate and the move of the business into commercial property development. Contains much about the Mobbs family. Refers to the numerous businesses that had works on the estate. An appendix lists directors