Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,349 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.
of Wilne Mills, Draycott, near Derby.
Manufacturer of Benwell fireworks.
Post WWII: rapid growth[1]
1959 Chairman and MD: Bernard Weller.
1963 Explosion destroyed many buildings at the firework factory[2]
1992 Chemring Group acquired Haley and Weller, their main competitor.
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