An advertising supplement produced by the long-established paper, envelope and manufactured stationery makers John Dickinson & Co Ltd that is tipped into a copy of The British Printer in 1934. The supplement’s centre fold shows the four main paper mills of Dickinson’s, all in Hertfordshire north of London, and at the time included Apsley Mills and Nash Mills at Hemel Hempstead, Croxley Mills at Watford and Home Park Mills at Kings Langley. There was also what I suspect was the envelope and stationery works at Tottenham, north London. The centrefold photomontage also shows the numerous branch offices and depots both here in the UK and overseas.
John Dickinson was a London stationer who took to paper manufacturing and introduced a number of important mechanical develoments to the process of paper manufacturing. The company also developed processes to mechanise the manufacturing of stationery items such as gummed and window envelopes. The principle retail brands they are most recalled for are ‘Lion Brand’ (1910) and ‘Basildon Bond’ (1911) that they acquired when they bought out Millington’s, the originators, in 1918. Sadly Dickinson’s, who had merged with fellow stationers Robinson’s of Bristol in 1966, was asset-stripped in the late 1980s, the company’s various mills, works and brands sold on and all have now vanished.
The advert is, of course, printed on Dickinson’s paper – "Snow White Art Paper" manufactured at Home Park Mills.
Posted by mikeyashworth on 2022-11-22 19:37:45
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