George H. Hughes
George H. Hughes of St. Stephen's Wheel Works, Aston Manor, Birmingham, 6. Telephone: Aston Cross 1515/18. Telegraphic Address: "Hughes, Birmingham". (1937)
1869 Company established.
Specialised in the manufacture of wheels for prams, hospital equipment and invalid chairs.
1920 Mr W. J. Fieldhouse of G. H. Hughes was appointed to the 1920 Trade Board for the Perambulator and Invalid Carriage Trade in Great Britain[1]
1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Wheels, rubber Tyring and Axles for works' trucks, trollies, sack barrows. Portable Machinery Wheel Barrows, Hospital Appliances. Water Barrows. Baby Carriages. Tricycles. dinner Wagons, Street Orderlies, Rickshaws, Toys, etc. (Stand Nos. D.815 and D.714)
1958 Maker of pram and industrial wheels, merged with Wolseley Engineering to become Wolseley Hughes.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette 13 February 1920
- Birmingham’s Industrial Heritage by Ray Shill. Published by Sutton Publishing 2002. ISBN 0-7509-2593-0
- 1937 British Industries Fair Page 376