Some early companies in Letchworth Garden City
By Linda Dunn
Letchworth Garden City Laundry was founded in 1909 by C.F.Townsend and Mr Jackson.
C.f.Townsend designed the building and machinery and was responsible for the chemicals used.He was also a freelance journalist and editor of the trade magazine “The Power Laundry”.
For a list of some of the original companies in Letchworth see Andrew Miller’s website
Edit: This link no longer appears to exist – editor
This page was added on 27/05/2010.
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There is an advert in the 1907 Directory for the Garden City Laundry, Noron Way North, Letchworth. Is there any connection.
Thanks for pointing that out, Brian. Unfortunately, links provided by authors of older articles don’t always survive. I’ve noted this in the article.
The link doesn’t work any more