Taken from the servo on Gladstone Road, this photo shows an impressive view of the fire remembered by so many who lived nearby at the time, the smoke could be seen a long distance away.
Photo supplied by: Wayne Bishop
Englishman Jack Dewes established Westminster Carpets at Dandenong, Victoria in 1948-49. The company initially produced low priced rubber bonded carpet for the floors of motor cars, but quickly adopted for use in homes and offices.
The manufacturing process produced carpet directly from carded wool, eliminating the spinning and weaving processes. Its 'Westminster' brand was a haircord floor covering initially made from 80% goat hair and 20% highland wool on a rubberized hessian backing, and produced in a large range of single colours. In 1954 the factory also released carpet tiles, 10 inches (25cm) square, in a similar colour range.
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By 1965, Westminster carpets were being produced in 26 different single colours on 40-inch-wide rolls and were being made from a combination of goats' hair and man-made fibers like nylon and Evlan.
In the late 1970s the company was renamed Minster, removing the West from its street facing signage. Bunnings built a warehouse on the site in the 2000s, later moving to a former Masters site on the former GMH grounds, near the South Gippsland Freeway.
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