De La Rue then as a stationer and printer. In 1831 he secured his business a Royal Warrant to produce playing cards. In 1855 it started printing postage stamps and in 1860 banknotes. In 1896, the family partnership was converted into a private company. In 1921, the de la Rue family sold their interests. The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1947. Then called "Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited", it changed its name in 1958 to "The De La Rue Company Limited". A takeover bid for De La Rue was made by the Rank Organisation plc in
Rue de la Huchette no less than four pubs and several bars. The rue de la Huchette existed as early as 1200 as the "rue de Laas", a road running adjacent to a walled vineyard property known then as the "clos du Laas". The property was sold and divided for urban development in the early 13th century, grew many noble properties in the centuries following, but from the 17th century the "rue de la Huchette" was known mostly for its taverns and "rotisseries" ("meat-roasters"). The inhabitants of the "rue de la Huchette" in the period leading up to the Second World War are portrayed