Hadfields Paints and the German Connection
Channel: Mitcham Notes
Date: 2023-04-16

Carl Hans Blume's varnish business in Germany at the end of the 19th century was successful enough that he opened a branch factory in Western Road, Mitcham. During World War 1 his business was confiscated by the Government and sold off.

George Hadfield bought the site, whose varnish, then paint business was there until the site was redeveloped for housing in the 1980s.

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Mitcham History Notes

https://mitchamhistorynotes.com/2015/03/11/blume-charles-h/
https://mitchamhistorynotes.com/2015/04/25/hadfields/


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