Spaull & Co Ltd

Ghostsign in Grange Walk, Bermondsey. It reads "Spaull & Co Ltd" who were a clay pipe manufacturing company in operation from 1880 to 1942.

Perhaps surprising that a company manufacturing clay pipes should have lasted to 1942, however the company started selling other products, and in later years in Kelly's Directory they were listed as a Glass and Bottle Merchants.

The factory was located in nearby Westcott Street and later in Bermondsey Street and the building in Grange Walk was used as the company offices and also as a place for workers to stay in the attic rooms.

Info from alondoninheritance.com/london-buildings/new-deal-for-east-london-rotherhithe