Ernest Turner
The Ernest Turner Group
- Ernest Turner (London) Ltd
- Ernest Turner (Weaving) Ltd
- Ernest Turner Electrical Instruments Ltd
- Ernest Turner (Dould) Ltd (C. Dould and Son)
- Factories at — London, Derby and High Wycombe
as Ernest Turner, of 247-9 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London (1922)
as Ernest Turner of Chiltern Works, 53-73 Totteridge Avenue, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Telephone: High Wycombe 301. Cables: "Gorgeous, High Wycombe". (1929)
as ? of Northdown House, Northdown Street, London, N1. (1937)
as Ernest Turner (Dould) Ltd of Northdown House, Northdown Street, King's Cross, London, N1. Telephone: Terminus 6674. Cables: "Gorgeous, London". Works at Spa Lane Mills, Derby. (1947)
as Ernest Turner Electrical Instruments Ltd of Chiltern Works, 53-73 Totteridge Avenue, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.(1970)
Joseph Ernest Turner went into business on his own account.
1907 Patent by Ernest Turner, of 249 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London "Improvements in and relating to Joints for Wind Shields, Hoods and the like"
1922 E. T. Trimmings and Upholstery Cloths - see advert.
1929 As Ernest Turner - Advert in British Industries Fair Catalogue as an Optical, Scientific and Photographic Exhibit. Manufacturer of Electrical Measuring Instruments of first class quality for Wireless purposes in Aeroplanes and Transmitting Stations, etc. Also Sub-standard and Laboratory Instruments. (Scientific Section - Stand No. O.10) [1]
1937 Aeroplane cabin fittings and upholstery. "E.T." Upholstery and Fittings. "Wulatex" Upholstery Cloth. [2]
1943 "Transfer of Derby business ... webbings, has been taken over by the London firm Ernest Turner (Weaving) Ltd., and now becomes Ernest Turner Group Factory No. 5. The factory in Spa-lane was built in 1874. Gradually the whole of the Ernest ...[3]
1945 AA image on this page for Ernest Turner (London) Ltd. [4]
1947 As Ernest Turner (Dould) Ltd - British Industries Fair Advert as Manufacturers of Trimmings for all Industries, especially Furnishing and Ladies' Wear, including Cords, Gimps, Fringes, Tassels, Braids, Girdles, Railway Specialities. (Textiles Section - Earls Court, Ground Floor, Stand No. 125) [5]
1954 Turner, Ernest, Electrical Instruments, Ltd. Makers of electrical measuring instruments, plastic mouldings, electronic flash discharge and stroboscopic equipment, metal pressings and small turned parts. Directors: N. Turner {Chairman and Managing}, A. Turner; J. A. Murray {Technical). Head Office and Works: Chiltern Works, Totteridge Avenue, High Wycombe, Bucks T.: High Wycombe 1301-2-3. T.A.: Gorgeous, High Wycombe. Codes: Bentley’s 2nd. Associated Companies: Ernest Turner (London) Ltd.; Ernest Turner (Dould) Ltd.; Ernest Turner (Weaving) Ltd.[6]
Films
1948 "The documentary made by the film unit of the Ernest Turner Group of Companies, has been chosen by the Foreign Office for showing in America. Featured in the film are scenes taken at the Group's Spa-lane and Phoenix Mills, Derby.[7]
"The Ernest Turner Gazette, which shows the activities of the Ernest Turner Group during 1947-48, and The Hall Mark, showing the manufacture of high quality paint at a Bristol factory... "[8]
"Alan Turner, chairman and managing director of Ernest Turner, Ltd. He began making films before the war. A friend helped him to buy a 9.5-mm. camera, and with it he produced a number of shorts, depicting activities in the Ernest Turner ..."[9]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1929 British Industries Fair Advert 124; and p169
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ Derby Daily Telegraph 03 April 1943
- ↑ [1] Image courtesy of Aviation Ancestry
- ↑ 1947 British Industries Fair Advert 488; and p279
- ↑ 1954 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ Derby Daily Telegraph 02 April 1948
- ↑ Derby Daily Telegraph 13 October 1948
- ↑ Kinematograph Weekly 21 October 1948