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 164,598 pages of information and 246,144 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.

William Dibben and Sons

From Graces Guide
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Contractors of St Mary's Road, Southampton (July 1949); of Lower William St., Northam Southampton (August 1949).

1874 Company founded.

1927 Public company.

1954 Area distributor for the Unimer building system offered by United Merchants[1]

1961 Builders' and decorators merchants, tool merchants, glass-workers, ironmongers, leaded lights and brick manufacturers. Specialists in steel fabrication, sheet metal work and tiled fireplaces. 1,100 employees. [2]

1961 Merged with Metal Agencies Co to form UBM[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times May 19, 1954
  2. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  3. The Times Apr. 26, 1961