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 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 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.

G. J. Hayter and Co

From Graces Guide

of the Victory Works, Oxford Road, Bournemouth. Telephone: Bournemouth 5066. Telegraphic Address: "Hayter, 5066, Bournemouth"

  • Hayter made jigsaw puzzles in Bournemouth from 1920s.
  • 1929 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturers of the "Victory" series of Jig-saw Puzzles, Map Puzzles and Alphabetical Puzzles; Table Tennis Tables, Trestles and Sets of Accessories, Table Hockey, Table Lawn Tennis Courts and Trestles. (Stand No. C.55) [1]
  • 1970 Spear's purchased G. J. Hayter and Co.
  • The hand-sawn plywood puzzles were produced under under the Spear's banner until 1988, when sadly the labour-intensive operations involved made their production uneconomic.


See Also

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Sources of Information

  • [1] Bob Armstrong's Old Jigsaw Puzzles
  • [2] Spears Games Archive