Arundel, Coulthard and Co
Presto of Arunco Works, Preston, Lancashire. Telephone: Preston 3140. Telegraphic Address: "Coulthards, Preston". (1937)
of Albert Street, Stockport. (1922)
1920 Became public company. Textile machinery.
1931 'New Manufactures to Meet New Conditions.— For many months, textile-machinery manufacturers have been investigating fresh fields for business development, and in this connection, Messrs. Arundel, Coulthard and Company, Limited, of Stockport and Preston, have broken new ground with very gratifying results. In the course of the last few months they have equipped a section of their works for the manufacture of lawn mowers for which they are obtaining quite an encouraging demand. This firm is independent of the textile-machinery making merger scheme.' [1]
Presto lawn mowers were being produced from the 1930's and Arundel Coulthard was taken over by Qualcast in the 1950's. Like many lawn mowers of the time, the presto ran on a Villiers two-stroke engine.[2]
1937 British Industries Fair Advert for 'Presto' All British Lawn Mowers. Also 'Presto-Hotspot' Firegrates. (Hardware, Ironmongery and Brassfoundry/Farm and Garden Equipment Section - Stand No. A.607) [3]
1954 Patent - Improvements in flyers for textile machines.
1957 Patent - Improvements in flyers for textile machines.
1961 Manufacturers of textile machinery, lawn mowers and machinery for winding, doubling and gassing yarns. [4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Engineering 1931/09/11
- ↑ http://www.oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk
- ↑ 1937 British Industries Fair Advert p502; and p329
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE