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Hobbies Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Skinner, John H
  • Hobbies Weekly
  • Industrial & Commercial Holdings Ltd
  • Hobbies (Dereham) Ltd.

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Dereham, Norfolk, Norfolk, East of England, England

Sectors:

  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Hand inc edge tool production
  • Precision instruments production Optical equipment inc eyewear production
  • Luxury / consumer goods production Toys, games, hobby, decoration, etc, products manufacture

Notes:

Established 1880s by John H Skinner as J H Skinner & Co to make cameras and fretwood products, especially tools and toys. Published Hobbies Weekly from 1895. Known as Hobbies Ltd from 1897. In decline 1950s and acquired by Industrial & Commercial Holdings Ltd in 1964. Liquidated 1968 but revived as Hobbies (Dereham) Ltd.

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