Debenhams' role in Sun Engraving's history in Watford
As a former employee of Sun Printers and having members of my family working for Andre & Sleigh of Bushey, I feel it puts me in the perfect position to provide a bit more meat on the bone regarding a report in the Watford Observer (“Remembering Sun Engraving and Sun Printers”, March 26). This report says Watford owes its position as a printing town to a pioneer named George Jones’s decision to locate a large print works in Whippendell Road in 1906. That is not entirely accurate because George W. Jones Ltd had been acquired by Debenhams, the London department store, two years earlie...
Source: hillingdontimes.co.uk