Gardiner, Sons and Co
of Nelson Street, Bristol
1825 Company established.
1893 Gardiner, Sons and Company Limited was registered, with a capital of £80,000, to acquire as a going concern the business of ironmongers, iron merchants and manufacturers, hitherto carried on at Nelson Street and elsewhere in the city of Bristol.[1]
1914 Builders and furnishing ironmongers, merchants and manufacturers of constructional and ornamental ironwork, sashes, casements, metal-framed show cases, hand-power lifts etc., hot water engineers. Employees 300. [2]
1960 Included refrigeration group serving domestic and commercial markets[3]
1961 Engineers and manufacturers of constructional steel work, metal windows, art metal work, lifts and fire-proof doors "Thermaguard" system of school construction, and "Muragard" curtain walling. Also bronze founders, iron and steel stockholders and builders' and plumbers' merchants. 900 employees.
1970 Was a subsidiary of Carlton Industries; acquired Alumin Building Components[4]
1981/4 Acquired by Hawker Siddeley in the take-over of Carlton Industries.
1985 Continued to expand bathroom and kitchen distribution.[5]