Allen and Simmonds
Allen and Simmonds, marine and general engineers, of Thames Side Engineering Works, Reading
Maker of Piston rings
1906 Robert Allen and Ernest Richard Simmonds patented "Improvements in or connected with Furnaces"
1907 Description and drawings of pistons and rings shown at Olympia.[1]
1909 Maker of a steam road vehicle
1919 March. Advert for piston rings. 'Piston and valve engineers'[2]
1919 "Allen & Simmonds Motor Car & Aero Engine Manufacturers Ltd" of Reading.[3]
1920 "Allen and Simmonds, Ltd., Motor Coachbuilders, Reading".[4]
1920 Allen & Simmonds Ltd was wound up, by agreement with Robert Allen, chairman, and Allen & Simmonds (Reading) Ltd [5]
1920 Coachbuilder
1922 Winding up order on the company[6]
1925 Allen and Simmonds (1925) Ltd incorporated
1931 Allen & Simmonds Ltd and Allen & Simmonds (Reading) Ltd were removed from the register of companies[7]
1934 Motor-driven Cultivator. "Of the smaller types of power-driven cultivator, the Auto-Culto, marketed by Messrs. Allen and Simmonds, of Reading, appears to be an attractive machine. The smallest, with its 1-1 h.p. engine, will pass through a space 11 ins, wide, and that fact, coupled with its design incorporating two ground wheels to give stability, makes it of outstanding interest to market gardeners and those who have to do a fair amount of cultivation between rows of growing crops."[8]
1938 Maker of Godiva and Marvel lawn mowers
Post-WWII Allen and Simmonds (Auto-Colto) Ltd were makers of the Auto-Culto
Sources of Information
- ↑ Engineering 1907/10/18
- ↑ The Autocar 1919/03/29 p
- ↑ Reading Standard 09 August 1919
- ↑ Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette 02 January 1920
- ↑ The London Gazette 9 April 1920
- ↑ The London Gazette 8 February 1924
- ↑ The London Gazette 13 March 1931
- ↑ Commercial Motor 6 July 1934