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  • Andrew Davidson April 29, 2024 19:31

     Hi, I don't know if you're still interested in the Lightning Photographic Company, Torquay.

    I could tell you quite a lot, just let me know.

  • Paul Godfrey July 27, 2014 18:10


    Michael Pritchard said:

    Lightning Photographic Company (Southern) Ltd was incorporated in 1923. There was probably a connection.


    This one is Lightning Photographic Co (Western) . They were a D&P works and I believe they were trading until the mid 1970s. You would imagine "Lightning" was an indication of speedy service but it's possible this is a surname, as a family called Lightning were in the D&P trade in Diss Norfolk in the 1970s.
  • Paul Godfrey July 27, 2014 17:49
    Lightning Photographic Co were a developing and printing works in Torquay. They advertised in the Western Morning News for staff in 1925 and later during the 1940s. The envelope was supplied by Ilford Ltd as an advertisement for their "Selo"brand films. It appears that Lightning were involved in the D&P trade undertaking processing and printing for amateurs and the general public. Surprisingly an invoice of theirs is for sale on eBay at the moment. See:-http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/sis.html?_nkw=1949%20invoice%20The%20Ligh...
  • Krzysztof K. Slowinski July 26, 2014 14:05

    Mr. Pritchard,

    Thank you. Can you point out a source of the information, if available in the Internet ?

  • Michael Pritchard July 26, 2014 13:31

    Lightning Photographic Company (Southern) Ltd was incorporated in 1923. There was probably a connection.

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