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Victor Hugo Watson

Victor Hugo Watson

Born near the Kennington Oval but his family returned to Yorkshire when he was very young and he saw himself as a Yorkshireman. In 1908 he joined Waddingtons, a printing firm which developed a specialism in playing cards and in the '30s moved into jigsaws for which there was a craze. Was responsible for acquiring the rights to Monopoly.

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Victor Hugo Watson

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Co-op bank - Monoploy

Victor and Marjorie came to London from Leeds specifically to select names fo...

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Samuel Jones

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Founding of the state of Victoria in Australia

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Epsom and Ewell Golden Jubilee

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