The Friends of  the Old Paint Company
                       
                   
         

          The old Guv’nor,

          God bless Him !

          
             
     
   

K

HISTORY OVERVIEW

     
                   
                   
                  HPG  

 

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.

     
                 
     

for a copy of the "Friends" last newsletter* please double click K Newsletter ~ 2009

      
                 
 

 

 

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;

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 300 people on the reunion’s active database.      
      The 2010 reunion will be on Friday 1st October      
     

112 people were at the 2009 reunion ~ if you want to join us for 2010 please make sure we have your details on the Friends of the Old Paint Company on our database.

Booking details for the reunion will go out at the start of August.

     
      In December each year, an annual newsletter goes to everyone on the active database*:      
     

To get your name on our database,

please send your e-mail and postal details to any of the following

      
      e-mail contacts:           John Cain          Brian Law Ken Arbuckle      
                 Any photos of the Homerton / Stratford /Chadwell Heath sites  will be most welcome      
                     
      The John Hall [Hengrove] "Friends" reunion:      
      Contacts:

Tony & Joan Lageu on 01275 545107

      
           
           
      Any photos/memorabilia of the John Hall [Hengrove site]  site will be most welcome      
                     
                     
      The Cuprinol [Frome] "Friends" reunion:          
      Contacts for the Cuprinol [Frome ] staff :  

     
      David O'Brien   37 Preachers Vale, Coleford, Radstock, Somerset.  BA3 5PT      
           
      Any photos/memorabilia of the Cuprinol [Frome]  site will be most welcome        
                     
               
      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. Any photos of the British Paints / RCL site will be most welcome

      
           
           
                   
                     
     

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: June 2010

        
       

   or April 1st 1760 [ for the older members ]

        
                       
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