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.

Southall and Smith

From Graces Guide

of Villa Street Works, Hockley, Birmingham.

1902 Company founded.

1920 Private company. 50 per cent acquired by W. and T. Avery.

1928 The balance of the shares were acquired by Averys.

1961 Manufacturers of automatic weighing and filling machines for use in the packaging industry. Makers of "High Speed" automatic tea, coffee, sugar and flour weighers. 150 employees. [1]

1966 Merged with another part of the Avery Group, George Driver and Son, forming Driver Southall

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