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Company information sheets
Many of the companies associated with our collections no longer exist, but some, such as Boddingtons, are still household names. Manchester's traditional heavy engineering industries were hit badly by the changing world economy of the 1960s and 1970s. The world-renowned locomotive manufacturer Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd in 1966 and the British Insulated Cables Company (BICC) closed the Trafford Park factory of W. T. Glover & Co. Ltd in 1970. Both companies had been in business for more than 100 years.
The companies featured in our information sheets illustrate the range and changing nature of business activity in the Manchester area. They include machine tool makers (such as Craven Brothers), scientific instrument manufacturers (such as Thomas Armstrong & Brother), textile merchants (such as Paterson Zochonis) and newer creative businesses (such as Factory Communications Ltd).
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- A. G. Thornton Ltd
- A.G. Thornton Ltd (Large Print)
- Beyer, Peacock
- Beyer, Peacock (Large Print)
- Boddingtons Breweries
- Boddingtons Breweries (Large Print)
- Craven Brothers
- Craven Brothers (Large Print)
- David Moseley and Sons Ltd
- David Moseley and Sons Ltd (Large Print)
- Dominic Bolongaro and Co.
- Dominic Bolongaro Co. (Large Print)
- Factory Communications Ltd
- Factory Communications Ltd (Large Print)
- Ferranti Ltd
- Ferranti Ltd (Large Print)
- Fowler and Co.
- Fowler and Co. (Large Print)
- Flatters and Garnett
- Flatters and Garnett (Large Print)
- G. Cussons and Co.
- G. Cussons and Co. (Large Print)
- James Woolley and Company
- James Woolley and Company (Large Print)
- Joseph Cockshoot and Co. Ltd
- Joseph Cockshoot and Co. Ltd (Large Print)
- Joseph Halden and Co.
- Joseph Halden and Co. (Large Print)
- J. T. Chapman Ltd
- J.T. Chapman (Large Print)
- Kendall and Gent
- Kendall and Gent (Large Print)
- Paterson Zochonis
- Paterson Zochonis (Large Print)
- Peduzzi and Co.
- Peduzzi and Co. (Large Print)
- Stavert, Zigomala and Co.
- Stavert, Zigomala and Co. (Large Print)
- The Linotype and Machinery Co. Ltd
- The Linotype and Machinery Co. Ltd (Large Print)
- Thomas Armstrong and Brother
- Thomas Armstrong and Brother (Large Print)
- Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Company
- Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Company (Large Print)
- W. Aronsberg and Co.
- W. Aronsberg and Co. (Large Print)
- W.T. Glover and Co. Ltd
- W.T. Glover and Co. Ltd (Large Print)
- Zanetti and Agnew
- Zanetti and Agnew (Large Print)