Industries i6i 



well-known London Stationers, Spicer Bros. Ltd., now Spicers Ltd. 

 Spicers Ltd. have developed on this estate a flourishing group of factories, 

 where Woodpulp Containers, Envelopes, Waxed Wrappings, D'oyleys, 

 Account Books, and other products of the stationers' craft are made. 



Forming part of the factory extension at the Sawston Mills is the 

 activity of Dufay-Chromex Ltd. Over the last ten or twelve years, 

 experimental work in connection with the manufacture of non-itiflammable 

 colour film, under the Dufaycolor process, has been developed, and the 

 manufacture of this well-known colour fdm is proceeding. 



There are also other activities at Sawston. The manufacture of chamois 

 ("shammy") leather has been carried on for over a hundred years.^ Like 

 that of paper, it was no doubt started here because of the good supply of 

 water and the easy means of transport. The refuse from the skins goes to 

 make soap, glue, dubbin, or manure for fruit trees. Glove-making is also 

 carried on, making Sawston a imique example of an industrial village in 

 Cambridgeshire . 



Miscellaneous Industries have sprung up spasmodically in Cambridgeshire 

 with no particular reason for their location. Wisbech provides example 

 of an extensive tent-manufacture, which was of great importance in 

 providing equipment for the Boer War, as weU as for flower-shows, fairs, 

 garden-parties, and camps. In this town there is also a label factory 

 (Messrs Burall) which was one of the first firms to produce the chp-on 

 type of label as opposed to the more usual eylet-and-string model. 



At Littleport, Messrs Hope Bros, have recently set up a factory for shirt- 

 making giving employment to over 300 people; at Whittlesford there is 

 vinegar-brewing ; while at Whittlesford and Pampisford there are artificial 

 manure works. 

 ■ In Cambridge itself there are some famous firms manufacturing brushes 

 — the Cambridge Brush Company, the Kleen-e-ze Company, and the 

 Premier Company. The Cambridge Tapestry Company is important for 

 the special study that has been made of the repair of ancient fabrics and 

 upholstery, by means of which many medieval treasures have been saved 

 for posterity. Finally there must be mentioned the firms of box-manu- 

 facturers, turners, and furnishers, the Cambridge Metal Stamping Company, 

 and the Cambridge Gas Company. But this does not exhaust the list. 



■ For a description of the process, see T. M. Hughes and C. Hughes, Cambridgeshire 

 (1909), p. 103. 



