Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 163,844 pages of information and 245,954 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 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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