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 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 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.

Fothergill and Harvey

From Graces Guide
May 1948.
July 1948.
1953. From Autocar magazine of 13th March.

of 37 Peter Street, Manchester 2.

of Rock Nook Mill, Littleborough.

of Ealees Mill, Littleborough.

1847 Founded by Thomas Fothergill and Alexander Harvey.

1948 Introduced a new woven upholstery fabric called Tygan.

Later established a subsidiary Fothergill Cables to manufacture high specification PTFE coated electrical cables for military and aerospace markets.


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