Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Antiference

From Graces Guide
June 1949.
December 1951.
September 1953.
1955.
June 1955. Band 3 Aerials.
October 1961. Tru-Match.
September 1987. Curtain poles.

of Bicester Road, Aylesbury.

1937 Company founded by Norman Maxwell Best and Norman S. Beebe.

1938 Became private company.

1961 Manufacturers of radio and television aerials and aerial equipment, also manufacture tubular folding aluminium furniture. 600 employees.[1]

1970 Acquired by Grovewood Securities. [2]

1973 Subsidiaries included:

Also had interests in associated companies:

  • Chandlers (Printers) Ltd
  • Frederick Samuels Ltd

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  2. The Times, April 8, 1970