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 173,093 pages of information and 249,768 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Aish and Co

From Graces Guide

of Vanguard Works, Poole and Yelverton Road, Bournemouth

Electrical engineers

1887 Founded[1]

1914 Advertised an electrical vacuum cleaner[2]

1930s Responsible for complete electrical and power installations[3]

1936 Frigidaire distributors for Bournemouth and district[4]

1970s Began supplying naval defence technology to the Australian navy[5]

1974 The company was acquired by the Horstmann Gear Co. Aish was at that point described as specialists in electronic and marine electrical control equipment, with its base in Poole and a workforce of 400.[6]

1988 Horstmanns sold Aish.

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Sources of Information

  1. Salisbury Times 20 October 1950
  2. Swanage and Wareham Guardian 27 June 1914
  3. Swanage Times & Directory 13 May 1932
  4. Bournemouth Graphic 17 July 1936
  5. Western Daily Press 15 June 1981
  6. Somerset Standard 21 February 1975