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My Grandmother, Beatrice Gildersleeve, lived next door to Mastins in Stanton House (just visible in the picture above). She would have been 8 in 1904 and remembered the fire at Mastins. Apparently the fire brigade came into Stanton House to check the party wall in case the fire was likely to breach it. In the dining room, which was on the left of the front door and abutted Mastins, there was a large mirror that ran most of the length of the wall. She remembered the fire brigade removing the mirror from the wall. Apparently it became so hot with the intensity of the fire they feared it might explode.

does any one have any knowledge of bakealite 1d tramway tokens with mastin bros name on them,i have found one and would like to know more about it, many thanks lee