| Tommo58 Coventry All posts by this member | 46 of 52 Wed 5th Feb 2014 11:02pm Member: Joined May 2013 Total posts:20 On 5th Feb 2014 4:11pm, nirvana said:
Hi all, there was a laundry on the Stoney Stanton Road near by where the cash & carry is now but I can not recall the name, but I think it was either the Kensington or London laundry I am sure someone will enlighten me.
It was the London Laundry on Stoney Stanton Road.TCS |
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| PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 47 of 52 Thu 6th Feb 2014 10:19am Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4241 On 5th Feb 2014 2:13am, Dreamtime said:
Morning everyone,
I hate to admit it but I have only just wondered - why LONDON laundry ?
Hi all,
I believe that the company was a hotchpotch amalgamation of London Dry Cleaning & Kensington Laundry (originally London based companies) who spread their business all over the home counties as far as roughly the A5. They had businesses in Birmingham, but the Birmingham Coop swallowed that operation up just after the war.  
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| Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 48 of 52 Thu 6th Feb 2014 11:08am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3478 Thanks Philip. Fancy me having to be told the origin of the London Laundry Co after all these years. It really is an education on the forum, who knows what trivia you learn. |
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| Harrier Coventry All posts by this member | 49 of 52 Thu 6th Feb 2014 11:19am Member: Joined Apr 2012 Total posts:221 I have an old laundry box which bears the legand 'Property of The London Laundry Coventry' and inside the lid a label from the makers 'The Enfield Box C., Ltd.' which guarantees the box to 'remain good and sound for FOUR YEARS from the date of delivery'. |
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| PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 50 of 52 Fri 7th Feb 2014 9:47am Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4241 Hi Harrier
Enfield Box Co. Ltd. in Bury St Edmunds IP28 7AY, is still trading. |
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| Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 51 of 52 Wed 14th May 2014 6:02pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5606 Just a gentle reminder, as this thread has been revisited, that its creator, Peter Walduck, sadly passed away in 2012  |
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| mickw nuneaton All posts by this member | 52 of 52 Thu 28th Jan 2016 5:24pm Member: Joined Oct 2013 Total posts:439 On 6th Feb 2014 11:19am, Harrier said:
I have an old laundry box which bears the legand 'Property of The London Laundry Coventry' and inside the lid a label from the makers 'The Enfield Box C., Ltd.' which guarantees the box to 'remain good and sound for FOUR YEARS from the date of delivery'.
Just been watching the Antiques Road Trip on TV and Christina Trevanion purchased a box with London Laundry (Coventry) Ltd on it she paid £15 and it sold for £18.  |
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