Group    From 1903  To 1969

Trollope & Colls Ltd

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Construction firm. Formed in 1903 from the merger of George Trollope & Sons, and Colls & Sons. Acquired by Trafalgar House in 1969.

 

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Trollope & Colls Ltd

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289 Cambridge Heath Road

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Sayes Court

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