Surmanco Ltd
The founder was Ernst [Ernest] Erver (1893-1953), who was from Solingen in Germany. In 1935, he registered Manicure Specialities Ltd, with £200 capital, at back of 154 Whitham Road. Erver planned to manufacture mass-produced cold-pressed manicure scissors. In 1938, he became naturalised. Before the War, he move to Moor Oaks Road, where he ran the business with his wife, Mathilde Helene, and their daughter, Ingeborg Edith Hildegarde (1920-2001). In 1941, Inge married George Reginald Sugden ....
