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.

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of Manchester Road, Denton, near Manchester.

Founded by Harold Hands and John Irving to manufacture rubber proofed cloth.

1937 Manufacturers of electrical insulating materials. "Slipknot" Insulating Tape.

1943 Acquired by Callender's Cable and Construction Co.

1961 Subsidiary of BICC[1]

1987 Acquired by the Scapa Group.[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, May 5, 1961
  2. Manchester Evening News, 05 June 1987