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  1. PhilipHarris

    Philip Harris

    We'll update as we are definitely still around... thank you for sharing
  2. PhilipHarris

    Philip Harris

    That is correct, we recently became Findel Education Limited (trading as Philip Harris) in 2022. although we've been owned by Findel for a number of years.
  3. PhilipHarris

    Philip Harris

    Yes that is exactly how it looked when we visited a couple of weeks ago. At least it is still there... I'm sure too Mr Harris himself would not be averse to progress in the name of the Queensway tunnels. We still have teachers now using our equipment from the 60s!
  4. PhilipHarris

    Philip Harris

    Thank you for sharing. Guess that is long gone now. We managed to visit Ludgate Hill recently.
  5. PhilipHarris

    Philip Harris

    Glad you liked working for us, I love the modern day Philip Harris too. This is so lovely to hear! We've had a look at Edmund Street but it is all new offices. Ludgrove Hill is just about still standing. We have catalogues in our archive from the era you worked there, perhaps you'd recognise them.
  6. PhilipHarris

    Philip Harris

    We probably did. Believe it or not we attended a glass blowing workshop recently!
  7. PhilipHarris

    Philip Harris

    Some amazing stories there thank you!
  8. PhilipHarris

    Philip Harris

    Some amazing stories there thank you!
  9. PhilipHarris

    Philip Harris

    We still do supply a lot of industry - chocolate sounds amazing though!
  10. PhilipHarris

    Philip Harris

    I can imagine that was the case for a lot of children who had family members working with us!
  11. PhilipHarris

    Philip Harris

    Hi my name is Jo and I work for Philip Harris, who were once based in Birmingham on Ludgate Hill. We are still very much in business and are now based just outside Manchester. But what got us thinking was that we were at a trade show in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago and we wanted to delve a...
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