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History (Part 3 / 3)




However, there was no time to waste. The next morning Robert Stokes was in the builder's offices, planning and engaging him for the rebuilding. Permission had to be obtained for the work, but given the importance of the factory to the war effort the Reconstruction Panel of the Ministry of Supply allocated labour and raw materials and the work was completed in six months.

Immediately following the war, plans were made to further increase capacity, but, given the restrictions then existing on labour and materials, and without the urgency that war had demanded, a building licence was not granted until 1952 and the work finished in 1954. By then the demand for paint had eased and industry competition was keen.

Specialist, industrial paints, coatings and "own brand" domestic paints for other retailers are now produced by the factory.

Robert Stokes died in 1953. He was succeeded as Chairman and Managing Director by his son Edwin who, on his retirement, was subsequently succeeded by the present Robert J. Stokes.

Today 3 members of the fourth generation of the Stokes family are directors of the company.

Now the company added another side, ceramic tile distribution, to its operations.

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