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    T Foster & Sons Fazeley Street

    Thank you so much for your contributions which are both informative and helpful. I have been promised some additional information from other sources and I will share this when it is to hand.
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    T Foster & Sons Fazeley Street

    Many thanks. This is an interesting lead.
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    T Foster & Sons Fazeley Street

    Very useful. Many thanks
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    T Foster & Sons Fazeley Street

    Many thanks. Good to get back to the 1800's even if only just!
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    T Foster & Sons Fazeley Street

    Many thanks for your response. The story I was told was that prior to WW2 washing up was done using soap flakes or a small piece of soap in a wire cage suspended under the taps. During the war the government needed the raw materials used to make soap for the war effort and asked Shell to come...
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    T Foster & Sons Fazeley Street

    I am researching the history of T Foster & Sons of Fazeley Street, Birmingham. There were coal merchants and fuel suppliers. One of their customers was the Shell Chemical Company. In 1950's they became distributors of the first washing up liquid called TEEPOL. Eventually they set up a...
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