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 169,975 pages of information and 247,937 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.

Chubb Fire Security

From Graces Guide

of Maerdy Road, Ferndale, Rhondda.(1977) Maker of fire extinguishers

of Sunbury-on-Thames (1988)

1967 Pyrene was taken over by Chubb and Sons

1971 Pyrene was renamed Chubb Fire Security

1973 Amalgamation of Pyrene, Minimax and Read and Campbell forming the largest fire protection Company in Great Britain.[1]

1985 Transferred vehicle manufacturing to Gloster Saro

1984 Gloster Saro take-over of a main competitor, Chubb Fire Services of Feltham, in December brought a jobs boost to the city of Gloucester.[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. North Wales Weekly News 11 October 1973
  2. Western Daily Press 02 March 1985