Ilford

Ilford is a town in the London Borough of Redbridge in East London. It is a suburban development situated 9.1 miles (14.6 km) east north-east of Charing Cross.

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The area is predominantly residential, mostly of commuters into Central London, although it is locally reckoned a large proportion of London's taxi drivers live in the area.

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Ilford is represented in the House of Commons by MPs Lee Scott (Conservative Party, Ilford North) and Mike Gapes (Lab/Co-op, Ilford South)

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A number of major businesses have been founded in the town, including the eponymous photographic film and chemicals manufacturer Ilford. Originally called the Britannia Works and growing to occupy a large site in the centre of the town it was founded in 1879 by Alfred Hugh Harman and initially made photographic plates, later coming to worldwide attention for its black and white films and papers, as well as its range of Ilfochrome (formerly Cibachrome and developed in partnership with CIBA Geigy) and Ilfocolor colour printing materials. In 1989, Ilford was acquired by the USA-based International Paper company, also owners of graphic arts materials manufacturer Anitec and the two companies were merged in 1990 to become Ilford Anitec. Their UK base has moved to Knutsford, Cheshire.

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In 2004 the company went into receivership. The UK site was subject to a management buyout forming Harman technology Ltd in February 2005 and is now producing high quality monochrome products trading as Ilford Photo and inkjet products for the Swiss part of the old company. The Swiss part of the company was bought by the Oji Paper Company of Japan in July 2005.

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Also a major employer here was the radio, electronics and telecommunications company Plessey. Founded in 1917 in Marylebone but moving to Cottenham Road in Ilford early in 1919 then to Vicarage Lane where it remained, becoming one of the largest manufacturers in this field. Plessey were partners in the development of the Atlas Computer in 1962. The site closed in 1998 when the company was taken over.

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Nearest places:

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• Becontree
• Gants Hill
• Goodmayes
• Wanstead

Nearest stations:

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• Barking station
• Ilford railway station
• Gants Hill tube station
• Redbridge tube station
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London Borough of Redbridge: The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough in East London. The name comes from a bridge over the River Roding; it was made of red brick, unlike other bridges in the area made of white stone....

East London: :This article is about the city in South Africa. For the area of London, United Kingdom, see East London, England....

Charing Cross: The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile....




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