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D R Curtis - Printer
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Don Curtis began his business in 1935 from his parents' home at 273 Wellingborough Road. He undertook all types of small printing work. In 1938 he was called to do his National Service, and then served for the remainder of World War Two, as Sergeant Don Curtis with the RAF in Cairo. During the war both his parents had died so when he returned home, he moved to King's Road, and there he re-started his business. He moved his family to High Street South, and expanded the business in 1951 with a second hand remodelled Heidelberg Auto Platen Press. He bought another in 1959 and an Accrat "Z" model folding and crimping machine in 1963 when he also had a brick built store added to the premises. After his son had joined him in the business, he bought a further Heidelberg printing press in 1967, and the following year had a new shop front built by P. Marshall and the new "bow" window was made by W H Cave and son of Bozeat.
The mainstay of the business was business cards and stationery, invitations, tickets, posters and also personal stationery and wedding invitations. He also did much work for local clubs and societies, printing many posters, tickets and raffle tickets and as he became known to a wider circle through these, so he began to print for other sports clubs further afield. A letter from Margate Football Club in 1963, asked for a quote for 15,000 tickets "as we are rather dissatisfied with our present printer, and we have one of your circulars".
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