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>>>> But even that still leaves a question mark over the date of the photo,
>>>> because why should vans parked outside the Orkney Street factory carry
>>>> the Nine Elms/Macaulay code? It would work if the area covered by the
>>>> Macaulay exchange also included Orkney Street - I'm still trying the
>>>> find that out. Perhaps Spike or someone else knowledgeable about
>>>> London telephone coverage in the early 1950's, knows.
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>Had 5 minutes to spare so checked the phone book for 1950 on Ancestry. >
>"Fryer F. & Co Ltd, Clothing Mfrs, Orkney St Wks, S.W.II (sic) MACaulay >4411"
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>Other years are available.
Ah, thanks. That confirms the Orkney Street factory was on the Macaulay exchange _before_ the 'new factory' on Wandsworth Road was opened in 1953. It narrows down the date of the photo to either pre WW2, say 1933 - 1939, or post WW2, 1945 to 1950. But I think the exact date of the photo has now become a side issue, given the amount of informat1on now assembled about Fryer and it'd Orkney Street factory.