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 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 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.

Pilgrim House

From Graces Guide

Electrical, electronics and fire detection

1988 Formed by the merger of RHP (after the bearings division had been spun out) and Burgess Group, which had been built up by Bob Morton[1]

Agreed to acquire Kidde Fire Protection[2] from Hanson Trust in order to build a larger fire protection business but the deal was referred to the US Federal Trade Commission

1988 Acquired by Williams Holdings

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, October 11, 1988
  2. The Times, August 17, 1988