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A History of the County of Oxford
… closed in 2002. 5 New plant was installed at Smith and Philips' and at Walkers' factories at their reopening after … later. 12 The other firms remained smaller, Smith and Philips' employing around 350 people in the early 1970s, and … 120. 13 New practices prompted a strike at Smith and Philips's in 1970, when women workers claimed loss of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… merged with the large Manchester wholesalers J. & N. Philips to form a combined firm, 11 and in 1924, following … blankets produced were to government contract. Smith and Philips' Bridge Street factory was requisitioned in 1941 and … despite strikes at New Mill in 1919, and at Smith and Philips' Bridge Street and Crawley mills in 1936. 29 Other …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 436 though in 1936 most of the 400 workers at Smith and Philips' Bridge Street and Crawley mills went on strike …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… John. It was altered and restored by the late Sir George Philips, Bart., by whom it had been purchased in 1844. …