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Established in Blackheath, London in 1866 as pharmaceutical business. In 1890s the company started to make photographic items under the Primus trademark. In 1904 they acquired Bessus & Co and in 1907 added the firm of Chas. Tyler and English Bros. In February 1915 Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co Ltd came to exist in order to provide facilities for both companies’ manufacturing. However, companies sold products under their own names until the full merger in January 1926 forming Houghton-Butcher. |