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Coates
| The Coates brush company was founded in 1847 by the original owner James Coate in London. In about 1875 the company was relocated to two factories one in Axminster, Devon and the other in Chard, Somerset where they continued making shaving, hair and toothbrushes. In 1941 the shaving brush company, A Simpson lost their factory during the blitz and in the spirit of wartime cooperation Coate’s allowed them to continue production at their water powered factory in Chard.
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