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 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 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.

T. Grieve and Co

From Graces Guide
1921. From Leicester Chamber of Commerce Year Book.

of Queen Street Works, Leicester

1890 Company founded.

1914 Manufacturers of hosiery machines. Specialities: fully automatic knitting machinery for seamless footwear, ribbed or plain for hose and half-hose. Licensed valuers to the hosiery trade. Employees 220. [1]

1926 Private company.

1935 Acquired by Bentley Engineering Co

1961 Manufacturers of hosiery latch needles. 653 employees. [2]

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