Thanks
In addition to the good people of the London Rubber Company, the author expresses her grateful thanks to the following individuals and organisations who have assisted with this research:
Greg Anderson
Rowan Aust
Richard Baggaley
Mary Rose Barrington
Salvatore Bellavia
Alexander Bieri
Suzannah Biernoff
Adrian Bingham
Samantha Blake
Christian Bonah
Geoff Browell
Katrina M. Brown
Faith Buck
Patricia Caillé
Jo & Peter Cannings
Lucas Clawson
Tricia Close-Koenig
Jennifer Cohen
Emma Cole
Colin Corbett
Delia Cortese
Katrina DiMuro
Donna J. Drucker
David Drummond
Michael Dunn
David Edgerton
James Edmonson
Svenja Egli
Amanda Engineer
Richard Evans
Nigel Fahey
Ronald Falloon
Beatriz Ferrer-Quiles
Kathleen Fraser
Sarah Gibbs
Hannah Gibson
Mark Gilfillan
Elena Goranescu
Iain Gray
Charley Greenwood
Robin & Sarah Greenwood
Charley Greenwood
Susan Haines
Lesley A. Hall
Bruno Halm
Phoebe Harkins
Alana Harris
Phil Harvey
John & Pat Harvey
Susan Hawkins
Gary Heales
Christian Helm
Scott Howard
Agata Ignaciuk
Susan Jackson
Jemima Jarman
Bryan Johnson
Peter Johnson
Cathryn Johnston
Claire L. Jones
Christopher Josiffe
Peter Judge
Catherine Keen
Graham Keen
Lauren Klaffke
Julia Laite
Julia Larden
Anja Laukötter
Freddie Linares
Iain Logie Baird
Lionel Lowe
Alexia MacClain
Ross MacFarlane
Jeremy Mack
Alice Mackay
Rob Mackie
Michael Mainelli
Andrew Malleson
Kate Malleson
Diana Manipud
Garet Markvoort
Mary Clare Martin
Jose Martinez
Laura Mayhall
Janet McCabe
Ben Mechen
Joanne Metivier
Stephen Miller
Claire Nally
Kate O’Brien
Daniel O’Connor
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Christopher Olver
Katherine Ott
Scarlett Parker
Frances Pattman
Alison J. Payne
Francesca Peruzzo
Andrew Pinchefsky
Lawrence Poos
Oliver Porschmann
Regina Pötzsch
Greg Rea
Danny Rees
Leah Richbell
Alex Ritchie
Jim Roan
Jennifer Anne Rowley
Caroline Rusterholz
Lutz Sauerteig
Angela Saward
Bernard Scaife
Christabel Scaife
Sarah Scarsbrook
Peter Scott
Aisling Shalvey
Anthony Shepherd
Jonathan Simon
Percy & Elsa Skuy
Michael & Fiona Skyers and their beautiful family
Lianne Smith
Angela Smith
Jeanie Smith
Gordon & Mary Snow
Andrea Tanner
Michael Temple
Leslie Tentler
Chloe Jane Thomas
Bruce & Pam Tugby
Christin Vidgren
Ainsley Vinall
Angela Wagstaff
Simon Willgress
Catherine Williams
Lynne Williams
Jeanie Wills
Jane Winters
Jo Wisdom
Ness Wood
... and the author’s family
Arts and Humanities Research Council
BBC Written Archvies Centre, Caversham
Birkbeck Libraries
Birkbeck School of Arts, University of London
British Library
Business Archives Council
Business History Conference
CHARM Association
City Business Library at Guildhall Library
Département d'Histoire des sciences de la Vie et de la Santé, Université de Strasbourg
Dittrick Museum of Medical History
Division of Medical Sciences, Smithsonian Institution
Economist Intelligence Unit
European Association of the History of Medicine and Health
Hagley Museum & Library, Wilmington, DE 19807
King’s College London Archives, including the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
London Metropolitan Archives
London School of Economics Library
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland
National Science and Media Museum
Roche Historical Museum and Archive, Basel
Royal College of Surgeons Library
Science and Society Picture Library
Science Museum London
Senate House Library
Smithsonian Libraries
Society for Psychical Research
The Guinness Partnership
The History of Advertising Trust
The National Archives
The Wellcome Trust
UCL Institute of Education Library
University College London Libraries
University of Vienna Library
Vestry House Museum/Waltham Forest Local Studies Centre
Waltham Forest Oral History Workshop
Wellcome Collection
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Jessica’s book on the History of Durex, ‘Protective Practices. A History of the London Rubber Company and the Condom Business’, can be purchased through Bookshop.org, The London Review Bookshop, Belgravia Books, Waterstones, Blackwell’s, Foyles, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Walmart and in all good bookshops.
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Greg Anderson
Rowan Aust
Richard Baggaley
Mary Rose Barrington
Salvatore Bellavia
Alexander Bieri
Suzannah Biernoff
Adrian Bingham
Samantha Blake
Christian Bonah
Geoff Browell
Katrina M. Brown
Faith Buck
Patricia Caillé
Jo & Peter Cannings
Lucas Clawson
Tricia Close-Koenig
Jennifer Cohen
Emma Cole
Colin Corbett
Delia Cortese
Katrina DiMuro
Donna J. Drucker
David Drummond
Michael Dunn
David Edgerton
James Edmonson
Svenja Egli
Amanda Engineer
Richard Evans
Nigel Fahey
Ronald Falloon
Beatriz Ferrer-Quiles
Kathleen Fraser
Sarah Gibbs
Hannah Gibson
Mark Gilfillan
Elena Goranescu
Iain Gray
Charley Greenwood
Robin & Sarah Greenwood
Charley Greenwood
Susan Haines
Lesley A. Hall
Bruno Halm
Phoebe Harkins
Alana Harris
Phil Harvey
John & Pat Harvey
Susan Hawkins
Gary Heales
Christian Helm
Scott Howard
Agata Ignaciuk
Susan Jackson
Jemima Jarman
Bryan Johnson
Peter Johnson
Cathryn Johnston
Claire L. Jones
Christopher Josiffe
Peter Judge
Catherine Keen
Graham Keen
Lauren Klaffke
Julia Laite
Julia Larden
Anja Laukötter
Freddie Linares
Iain Logie Baird
Lionel Lowe
Alexia MacClain
Ross MacFarlane
Jeremy Mack
Alice Mackay
Rob Mackie
Michael Mainelli
Andrew Malleson
Kate Malleson
Diana Manipud
Garet Markvoort
Mary Clare Martin
Jose Martinez
Laura Mayhall
Janet McCabe
Ben Mechen
Joanne Metivier
Stephen Miller
Claire Nally
Kate O’Brien
Daniel O’Connor
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Christopher Olver
Katherine Ott
Scarlett Parker
Frances Pattman
Alison J. Payne
Francesca Peruzzo
Andrew Pinchefsky
Lawrence Poos
Oliver Porschmann
Regina Pötzsch
Greg Rea
Danny Rees
Leah Richbell
Alex Ritchie
Jim Roan
Jennifer Anne Rowley
Caroline Rusterholz
Lutz Sauerteig
Angela Saward
Bernard Scaife
Christabel Scaife
Sarah Scarsbrook
Peter Scott
Aisling Shalvey
Anthony Shepherd
Jonathan Simon
Percy & Elsa Skuy
Michael & Fiona Skyers and their beautiful family
Lianne Smith
Angela Smith
Jeanie Smith
Gordon & Mary Snow
Andrea Tanner
Michael Temple
Leslie Tentler
Chloe Jane Thomas
Bruce & Pam Tugby
Christin Vidgren
Ainsley Vinall
Angela Wagstaff
Simon Willgress
Catherine Williams
Lynne Williams
Jeanie Wills
Jane Winters
Jo Wisdom
Ness Wood
... and the author’s family
Organisations
Arts and Humanities Research Council
BBC Written Archvies Centre, Caversham
Birkbeck Libraries
Birkbeck School of Arts, University of London
British Library
Business Archives Council
Business History Conference
CHARM Association
City Business Library at Guildhall Library
Département d'Histoire des sciences de la Vie et de la Santé, Université de Strasbourg
Dittrick Museum of Medical History
Division of Medical Sciences, Smithsonian Institution
Economist Intelligence Unit
European Association of the History of Medicine and Health
Hagley Museum & Library, Wilmington, DE 19807
King’s College London Archives, including the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
London Metropolitan Archives
London School of Economics Library
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland
National Science and Media Museum
Roche Historical Museum and Archive, Basel
Royal College of Surgeons Library
Science and Society Picture Library
Science Museum London
Senate House Library
Smithsonian Libraries
Society for Psychical Research
The Guinness Partnership
The History of Advertising Trust
The National Archives
The Wellcome Trust
UCL Institute of Education Library
University College London Libraries
University of Vienna Library
Vestry House Museum/Waltham Forest Local Studies Centre
Waltham Forest Oral History Workshop
Wellcome Collection
----------------------------------
Buy the print book HERE
----------------------------------
Jessica’s book on the History of Durex, ‘Protective Practices. A History of the London Rubber Company and the Condom Business’, can be purchased through Bookshop.org, The London Review Bookshop, Belgravia Books, Waterstones, Blackwell’s, Foyles, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Walmart and in all good bookshops.
IMAGES: Taken from
London Image, 1964 - 1974.
Durex is a trademark of Reckitt Benckiser group of companies. The author has received no corporate funding in the research, production or promotion of this book.
Durex is a trademark of Reckitt Benckiser group of companies. The author has received no corporate funding in the research, production or promotion of this book.