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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: Oppenheimer Pharmaceutical/Drug Co in North London 1900
« on: Saturday 23 August 14 10:01 BST (UK)  »
Hi Janet,
I am leaving on holiday tomorrow and will only be back in 10 days so will not be able to do much research before then.  I did however go into a Google search for Robolene and found this link.
www.ebay.co.uk › Collectables › Bottles/ Pots › Medicine/ Cures  this is for a vintage bottle and it is exactly as I remember it.  I still have a Robolene spoon which was just a long shaft oval shaped spoon to get right to the bottom of the jar.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1923-Robolene-Swan-Ink-Fountain-Pen-Carrs-Biscuits-Lavender-Soap-Prices-/141343447615?pt=UK_art_prints_GL&hash=item20e8b9da3f&nma=true&si=R7aguU6MChDM8XjVZ1qdqz4Yd3g%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

This link shows an advertisement for Robolene and gives the manufacturers as 'Oppenheimer Son &Co. Ltd.  As you can see it gives the address as 179 Queen Victoria St, LONDON, EC4. But it comes from a 1923 paper.

Hope this is of interest to you. I will see what I can find when I get back.
Regards
Trish

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: Oppenheimer Pharmaceutical/Drug Co in North London 1900
« on: Thursday 21 August 14 19:22 BST (UK)  »
My grandfather, Frederick Michael Wells was the owner (or so I believe) of Oppenheimer and Son. I am not sure when he bought the company but I guess he sold it around 1956 or so.  He stayed on as a director until his death in 1966. When I visited him after the war (I was born and grew up in South Africa) I thought his office as well as the 'factory' was at 1 Clapham Rd. My grandfather was involved with the City and became Lord Mayor of London in 1947-48. The products I remember were Robolene (absolutely yummy and as he brought the bottles  out to us on his annual visits, they were strictly rationed by my mother! It was not available in SA) Woodwards Gripe Water and a cough mixture which was ghastly ( I can't remember the name at the moment). Maybe his tenure at Oppenheimer and Son was after your mother worked there, but I do not know.

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