The Friends of  the Old Paint Company
                       
                   
         

          The old Guv’nor,

          God bless Him !

          
             
     
   

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HISTORY OVERVIEW

     
                   
                   
                  HPG     Logo ??
 

Lewis Berger

      John Hall

 Jenson & Nicholson

  British Paints

BJN

HPG

 GIP/Ault & Wiborg

Cuprinol

RCL
     
     

 Clicking any of the above logos marks will take you to the history overview page and from that you can get to more detailed pages

      
                       
     

This is the website of the "Friends of the Old Paint Company" ~ the former employees of BJN, HPG, Lewis Berger & Sons, British Paints, Berger Jenson and Nicholson, John Hall, British Paints, Sir W.A. Rose, Keystone Paints, Resinous Chemicals[RCL], Cuprinol, Ault & Wiborg, The London Varnish and Enamel Company,  and the companies that formed the B.J.N./H.P.G./Berger Group in the UK.

Several of the former BJN companies have an annual reunion.

     
                 
 

 

 

With the eventual closure of the Chadwell Heath site a number of old sporting trophies, cups, etc were found in the basement of the main administration block. If any of the following old J&N colleagues or their relatives would like to receive one of the cups, trophies, etc, presented in earlier years, with their name on it, please contact Ron Stanfield or John Cain;

Dave Mannicon; V.Duffy, C.J. Lucking; L.Sawyer; R.F. Barrett; R.Partridge; K.Davis; V.Garnham; M.Brady; E.Legouais; B.Hooks; J.Nial; L.Baker; M.Mortlock; J.Russell; J.Duprey; R.Nelson; W.Osborne;

D. Cheeseborough.

      
                 
        REUNIONS        
      The Berger, Jenson & Nicholson "Friends" and in the tradition of the old Quarter Century Club, the reunion is held on the first Friday in October every year. There are currently over 350 people on the reunion’s active database.      
      The 2008 reunion will be on Friday 3rd October      
      Booking details for the reunion will go out at the start of August.      
      An annual newsletter goes to everyone on the active database:      
      e-mail contacts:           John Cain          and/or Mike Rogers      
                     
                     
      The John Hall [Hengrove] "Friends" reunion:      
     

   The 2008 reunion will be on  Friday xxx October

        
     
The above will be held at the Fry Club , Keynsham, Bristol on Friday ..............   Anyone interested in attending, please contact Joan Lageu on 01275 545107
      
      Contacts: Joan Lageu on 01275 545107          
                   
                     
      The Cuprinol [Frome] "Friends" reunion:      
      The 75th Cuprinol Anniversary Dinner / Dance      
     

2008 marks the 75th Anniversary of the registration of the Cuprinol brand in the UK.

To celebrate this, a special Reunion event is being held in Somerset, close to Frome, which was the base for Cuprinol for 40 years until the business transfer to ICI paints in Slough in 2002.

A dinner/dance is being held at the Function Room at the Standerwick Centre, near Frome on Saturday 7th June 2008 from 7.15pm

This event will feature "Somerset Fayre" seated buffet, complimentary table wines,

a large cash bar, live music and a raffle.

Contribution is £10 per head with admission by ticket, purchased in advance.

Over 100 people are expected to attend.

If you wish to come please apply as soon as possible to ensure a ticket, sending your name, address and a cheque for £10 per person payable to:

David O'Brien

37 Preachers Vale

Coleford

Radstock,

 Somerset    BA3 5PT

      
           
     

 

      
               
      British Paints and Resinous Chemicals      
     

We believe there is a reunion for the people who worked in the Tyne and Wear area for British Paints and Resinous Chemicals but to date have not made contacts for this area. If you have any information on this reunion or the the history of the old British Paints and Resinous Chemicals companies, please contact us

      
           
           
                   
                     
     

For information regarding the Friends of the Old Paint Company, details of the reunion or newsletter or to go on ‘The Friends’ databases, the contact, for forwarding is:

      
     

 

      
             
     

 snail mail to:           'Friends of the Old Paint Company'.  c/o 44 Northwood Gardens, Ilford, Essex IG5 0AJ

      
                       
     

The Friends of the Old Paint Company would like to thank the following

for the information and materials received in  developing this website:

 

Bill Storey, George Murphy, Dick Woodbridge, John Cain, Brian Law, Geoff Pink, Ron Stanfield,

Ken Arbuckle,  Bob Hanson,  Jack Hamer, Mike Sayles, Brian Davies, Bill Crisp, Richard Banwell,

Bob Batey, Arthur Hopgood, Bart Kent, John Balfour, Bruno Giordan, Pat Goodwin, Derek Aldis,

John Crookes, Len Shipman 

     
                       
                       
       

Last site update: 26th April 2008

        
       

   or April 1st 1760 [ for the older members ]

        
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
       

 

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