Notes Granted 4 January 1988 Crest Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Gules upon water barry wavy Azure and Argent an ark Gules and rising behind the same a sun in splendour Gold. [34] Escutcheon Gules semy of flames an Inescutcheon Or thereon four flames also Gules. Supporters On the dexter side a lion guardant Or incensed Proper and over the sinister shoulder a wreath of laver baldricwise also Proper and on the sinister side a swan its wings elevated and addorsed Proper the underside thereof semy of anchors Azure. Compartment A grassy mount with poplar stumps and saplings thereon all Proper. Motto Fiat Lux per cent of its share capital to the (American) Diamond Match Company in return for the assets and goodwill of the British Diamond Match Company. [ citation needed] S. J. Moreland and Sons

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In 1885 - factories in Stratford, Manchester, York and Glasgow. [ clarify] [18] Swan Vesta matches, originally a brand of the Diamond Match Company Diamond Match The box appears to be free from damage and clean apart from three small patches of corrosion on the striker It will burn for 40 minutes so is ideal for starting open fires The top has a 3 The day following the march, Lowe announced in the House of Commons that the proposed tax was being withdrawn. [25]

In the 1980s, factories in Gloucester and Glasgow closed, leaving Liverpool with the last B & M match factory in the UK. It shuttered in December 1994, [32] and was renovated into today’s 'the Matchworks' (grade 2 listed building) and the Matchbox. The former Australian match factory in Melbourne closed in the mid-1980s. This was converted into offices in 1989. [33]When Swedish Match acquired Bryant & May the confectionery arm of the business was sold and eventually the new owners stopped production of Vitafruit. Fifth Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Sweating System (Report). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1890. OCLC 976630092. Bryant and May Match Factory, Bow, Greater London". historicengland.org.uk. Historic England . Retrieved 27 February 2021. Bryant & May was a British match manufacturer, which today only exists as a brand name owned by Swedish Match. The company was formed in the mid-19th century as a dry goods trader, with its first match works, the Bryant & May Factory, located in Bow, London. It later opened other factories in the United Kingdom, Australia, and other parts of the world. Wilkinson Match's shares were acquired by US company Allegheny International from 1978 with Allegheny taking full ownership in 1980. In 1987 Allegheny filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Swedish Match re-acquired the company. In 1990 Swedish Match sold the Wilkinson Sword business, retaining the match business. [30] Closure [ edit ]

it is difficult not to feel considerable doubt as to the wisdom of the proposed tax on matches... [which] will be felt by all classes to whom matches have become a necessity of life.... this tax which is intended should press on all equally will in fact only be severely felt by the poor which would be very wrong and most impolitic at the present moment. [24] In 1927 Bryant & May combined with J. John Masters & Co. Ltd (match importers and owners of the Abbey Match Works, Barking, Essex) and the Swedish Match company's interests in the British Empire (except for major plant in India and elsewhere in Asia) to become the British Match Corporation. [28] Albright and Wilson The match boxes were made through domestic outwork under a sweating system, [b] which left workers uncovered by the Factory Acts. Such workers received 2 1⁄ 4to 2 1⁄ 2d per gross of boxes. The workers had to provide glue and string from their own funds. [16] [17]On the same day as the meeting in Victoria Park, Queen Victoria wrote to the prime minister, William Gladstone, to protest about the tax: BRYANT AND MAY FACTORY, MAIN BUILDING". historicengland.org.uk. Historic England . Retrieved 27 February 2021. Raw, Louise (2011). Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and their Place in History. London: Continuum International. ISBN 978-1-4411-1426-6.