J. G. Ingram & Son Ltd The London India Rubber Works was founded 1847 making toy balloons in a small workshop in Hoxton. The company expanded to a 3.5 acre site in Hackney Wick in 1866 site now occupied by Oslo House in Felstead Road and became specialist in the manufacture of

hot water bottles, boots, gloves, tubing, baby feeding teats and surgical equipment They were renowned for the high quality hand made seams which prevented bursting. This process was known as Vulcanisation which had been patented by Charles Goodyear in 1844 photo Prefab houses in

Prince Edward Road showing chimney of Ingram & Son Ltd, Hackney Wick March 1945, HackneyArchives