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 164,342 pages of information and 246,084 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.

Crookes Laboratories

From Graces Guide
January 1936.
November 1946.
1947.
January 1947.
October 1953.
October 1953.
November 1955.

of Park Royal, London, NW10. Telephone: Elgar 6313. Cables: "Collosols, Harles, London"

1947 British Industries Fair Advert for halibut oil and as makers of vitamin products: Crookes Halibut Oil, Lacto-Calamine, Vitamin Products and Pharmaceutical Specialities. Exhibit tells the story of Crookes Halibut Oil from Fish to Capsule and illustrates the effects of various vitamin deficiencies. (Chemists' Supplies Section - Olympia, Ground Floor, Stand No. A.1291) [1]

1951 Patent - An improved box or carton. [2]

1951 Patent - An improved pack for bottles and other merchandise. [3]

1960 Acquired jointly by Arthur Guinness, Son and Philips Electrical[4]

1971 Company acquired by Boots. [5]


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Sources of Information

  1. 1947 British Industries Fair Advert 11; and p74
  2. [1] Wikipatents
  3. [2] Wikipatents
  4. The Times, Oct 29, 1960
  5. [3] Boots Website