1951 Directory for the British Glass Industry: Users W

Note: This is a sub-section of 1951 Directory for the British Glass Industry

WALKER (R.) & CO. 29/39 HAMMERTON STREET, BRADFORD. T.N· Bradford 26688. Established 1924.
Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Manufacturers and processers of constructional glass products.

WALLACE (A.), 98 WEBBER STREET, LONDON, S.E.1. T.N., WATerloo 5228. Established 1895.
Stockist of plate, sheet and safety glass. Manufacturer and processer of constructional glass products; motor-car glass replacements.
Proprietor: A. Wallace.

WARNER (S.) & SON LTD., 423/431 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON. T.A., "Glasscraft, Croydon". T.N., UPLands 7616 (5 lines).
Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Manufacturers and processers of constructional glass products; stained glass windows; leaded lights; patent glazing; mirrors; microscope slides.
Trade Name: Warnerson.

WARREN (BENJAMIN JOHN), R.B.S.A., 26 OAKWOOD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM 11 T.N., SPRingfield 1779. Established 1909.
Ecclesiastical and domestic stained and painted glass.

WATSON (W.) & SONS LTD. Head Office: 313 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C.1. T.A., "Optics, Holb, London". T.N., HOLborn 2767/8. Works: BELLS HILL, BARNET, HERTS. T.N., BARnet 4404/5. Established 1837. Lenses; prisms; magnifiers; graticules; microscopes; telescopes; spectroscopes and spectrographs.
Managing Director: A. P. G. Walters.
Secretary: T. Hetherington.

WAY & SON (SOUTHSEA) LTD. Head Office and Works: 55 GROSVENOR STREET, SOUTHSEA, HANTS. T.N., Portsmouth 2359 and 2350. Works: RADNOR STREET, SOUTHSEA, HANTS. Established 1850.
Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Manufacturers and processers of constructional glass products; leaded lights; patent glazing.
Directors: F. M. Way; D Nabarro; D. W. J. Haylock.
Secretary: F. D. Powell.

WEBB (GEOFFREY), SACKVILLE HOUSE, EAST GRINSTEAD, SUSSEX. T.A., "East Grinstead 138" . T.N., East Grinstead 138. In practice since 1903. One gas kiln.
Stained glass, mostly for churches.

WEBB, MAJOR & CO. LTD., COMMERCIAL ROAD, WEYMOUTH.
Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Processers of glass; leaded lights; wall panelling; patent glazing.

WEBSTER (GORDON), 5 NEWTON TERRACE, GLASGOW, C.3. T.N., DOUglas 4893. Established 1930. One gas kiln.
Craftsman and designer in stained glass.

WEIRS GLASS LTD. Head Office and Works: ETRURIA ROAD, HANLEY, STOKE-ON-TRENT. T.N., Stoke-on-Trent 5136. Works: LLANDUDNO JUNCTION, N. WALES. T.N., Llandudno Junction 81238. Established 1909.
Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Manufacturers and processers of constructional glass products; stained glass; leaded lights; wall panelling; " Kleer Vue" all-glass showcases.
Trade Name: Kleer Vue.
Directors: E. Omerod; M. Taylor; F. S. Weir; A. E. Hill; E. Buxton (Secretary).

WELSH GLASS WORKS LTD. Head Office and Works: DUMBALLS ROAD, CARDIFF. T.A., "Reflective, Cardiff". T.N., Cardiff 6800/1. Works: CAMBRIAN PLACE, SWANSEA. T.N., Swansea 2180/1.
Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Manufacturers and processers of constructional glass products; leaded lights; wall panelling; mirrors.
Managing Director: S. Shepherd.
Secretary: I. Shepherd.

WESTERN GLASS CO., 11 ROSEHALL STREET, GLASGOW, C.4. T.N., DOUglas 0102. Established 1930.
Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Processers of glass; leaded lights; copper lights; patent glazing.
Managing Director: R. C. Wands.

WESTMANCOTT (THERMOMETERS) LTD., 31 BRITTON STREET, LONDON, E.C.1. T.N., LONdon Wall 9403. Established as V. C. Westmancott 1946; Limited Company formed 1951.
Thermometers, clinical, industrial, meteorological, scientific and general purpose.
Managing Director: V. C. Westmancott.
Secretary: G. S. Gledhill.

WHILEMS (C. J.) LTD., ILFORD OPTICAL WORKS, FOREST ROAD, BARKINGSIDE, ESSEX. T.N., HAinault 2554. Established 1938.
All glass requirements for scientific instrument manufacturers and research workers; sheet and plate glass, cut and ground to exact dimensions; lenses, prisms and flats to any standard of accuracy; mirrors back silvered and front surface aluminized; blooming of optical components.
Directors: C. J. Whilems; M. C. Randall.

WHITLEY (J. NEWTON), STAINED GLASS WoRKS, FOX TERRACE, STAPLETON ROAD, BRISTOL 5. T.N., Bristol 56590. Established 1844.
Stained glass; leaded lights.
Managing Director: J. Newton Whitley.

WIDGER (G.) & SONS LTD. Head Office: 32A QUEEN STREET, NEWTON ABBOT, S. DEVON . T.A., "Widger, Newton Abbot 567". T.N., Newton Abbot 567. Works: THE MOUNT, REAR OF 7 LIPON TERRACE, PLYMOUTH. T.A., "Widgersons, Plymouth". T.N., Plymouth 3405/6 and 5759. EARLS MILL, STATION ROAD, PLYMPTON. T.A., "Widger, Plympton 3148". T.N., Plympton 3148. Established 1841.
Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Manufacturers and processers of constructional glass products; craftsmen in stained glass.
Director and General Manager: A. F. Seymour.
Secretary: D. K. L'Estrange.

WILKINS (F. A.), BRIGHTON STREET, COVENTRY. T.N., Coventry 5004. Established 1933.
Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Processers of glass; leaded lights; wall panelling; patent glazing.
Managing Director: D. Hill.
Secretary: F. N. Wilkins.

WILKINSON (ALFRED L.). Studio: 223 ARCHWAY ROAD, HIGHGATE, LONDON, N.6. T.N., MOUntview 9411. Established 1930.
Craftsman and designer of stained glass.

WILKINSON (F.) & CO., PLATTS GLASS WORKS, STOURBRIDCE. T.A., "Platts, Stourbridge". T.N., Stourbridge 5208.
High-quality hand-cut tableware and stemware.
Proprietor: J. E. Wilkinson.

WILKINSON (F.) & CO. (GLASS & PAINT) LTD. Head Office: 66 ARGYLE STREET, BIRKENHEAD. T.N., Birkenhead G131/3 (3 lines). Works: MARION STREET, BIRKENHEAD; 8/10 PRESCOT STREET, LIVERPOOL 7. T.N., Liverpool ROYal 7645. Established 1876.
Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Manufacturers and processers of constructional glass products; stained glass; leaded lights; patent glazing.
Managing Director: G. R. Hill.
Secretary: G. D. Hill.

WILLIAMS (R. J.) & SON (TORQUAY) LTD., LOWER UNION LANE, TORQUAY, DEVON. T.N., Torquay 2877. Established 1905.
Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Manufacturers and processers of constructional glass products.
Managing Director: L. R. Edwards.
Secretary: F. M. Edwards.

WILLIAMS & WATSON LTD. Head Office: 75/79 VICTORIA STREET, LIVERPOOL 1. T.A., "Giassman, Liverpool". T.N., CENtral 3791. Works: 130 RECENT ROAD, BOOTLE, LIVERPOOL 20. T.A., "Winworks, Bootle". T.N., BOOtle 2096. Established 1820. Two furnaces: gas.
Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Manufacturers and processers of constructional glass products; craftsmen and designers in stained glass and leaded lights; lantern lights.
Managing Director: W. L. Herriot.
Secretary: A. W. Roberts.

WILSON (C. W.) & SONS LTD. Head Office: SANS STREET, SuNDERLAND. T .A., "Wilson, Sunderland 2253". T.N., Sunderland 2253/4. Works: RUSSELL STREET, SUNDERLAND. Established 1854. Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Manufacturers and processers of constructional glass products; leaded lights; mirrors.
Directors: A. Brown (Managing); J. E. Steel; J. Steel; R. E. Wilson; H. A. Manthorp.
Secretary: A. G. Howe, A.C.A.

WILSON (H. WARREN), A.R.C.A., 8 LANHERNE, KINGSTON HILL, SURREY. T.N., KINgston 4978.
Ecclesiastical and domestic stained glass.

WINGENT (T. W.) LTD., 12 HIGH STREET, WEST WICKHAM, KENT. T.N., SPRingpark 4418. Established 1945; Incorporated 1949.
Special lampblown apparatus: high-vacuum equipment (pumps diffusion, stopcocks, gauges, etc.); installation of high-vacuum pumps and equipment; Geiger-Muller counters of various types; electrolytic apparatus to order; cathode-ray bulbs, oscillographic and television; special scientific equipment to customers' specification.
Directors: T. W. Wingent (Managing); Dorothy Edith Wingent (Secretary).

WINTER (T.) LTD., 16 CAMDEN STREET, PARADE, BIRMINGHAM 1. T.N., CENtral 6001/2. Established 1900.
Processers of glass; mirrors; reflectors; motor-car lamp lenses; cells for microscope slides; bent glasses.
Managing Director: A. Ross McDougall.
Secretary: Miss L. M. Winter.
See Advertisement, page 26.

WIPPELL (J.) & CO. LTD., CATHEDRAL YARD, EXETER; PRESTON STREET, EXETER. T.A., "Exeter 54234". T.N., Exeter 54234. London Office: 11 TUFTON STREET, S.W.1. T.N., ABBey 4528. Established 1834.
Stained glass windows.
Directors: E. H. Wippell; D. H. Wippell; J. H. Wippell; H. F. Ford, O.B.E.; H. A. Lewis.

WISEMAN (M.) & CO. LTD. Head Office: 72/80 LEATHER LANE, LONDON, E.C.l. T.A., "Asticlips, Smith, London". T.N., HOLloway 4912/ 4 (3 lines). Works: 91/93 MANOR FARM RoAD, ALPERTON; ALGHA WORKS, SMEED ROAD, LONDON, E.3; 2 AMWELL STREET, LONDON, E.C.1; MAUCHLINE OPTICAL WORKS, MAUCHLINE, AYRSHIRE; VALE OF LEVEN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, STRATHLEVEN, DUMBARTONSHIRE. Established 1898.
Ophthalmic lenses and instruments; spectacles; bifocal lenses.
Trade Names: Perivale; Brent; Bivue; Solvue.
Managing Director: M. Wiseman.
Secretary: J. H. Nutchey.

WOOD (A. D.) 8 WHISKTN STREET, LONDON, E.C.1. T.N., TERminus 5804. Established 1946.
Specialists in the manufacture of high-vacuum and gas-analysis stopcocks; suppliers of interchangeable joints and volumetric glassware.
Proprietor: A. D. Wood.
Secretary: F. J. Ventham.

WOODCOCK (J. W.), 19A GREVTLLE STREET, HATTON GARDEN, LONDON, E.C.1. T.N., HOLborn 9623. Established 1921.
Watch and clock glasses.
Managing Director: L. Ross Champkins.
Secretary: Dora Booth.

WOODWARD (W. & A.) 90 BETHWIN ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, S.E.5. T.N., RODney 4689 (Ext. 2). Established 1945.
Thermometers, chemical and clinical.

WOOLLEN & CO. LTD. Head Office: 86 WEST STREET, SHEFFIELD 1. T.A., "Ideas, Sheffield ". T.N., Sheffield 21546. Works: 455 PRING STREET, SHEFFIELD 3. Established 1897.
Neon signs; road studs; white opal-glass faced letters; shade embossed and decorated glass; nameplates; fasciae; window and counter display glass.
Directors: A. Daley (Managing); P. W. Platts; J. W. Richardson.
Secretary: L. Daley.
See Advertisement, page 410.

WOOLLEY (JAMES), SONS & CO. LTD. Head Office: VICTORIA BRIDGE, MANCHESTER 3. T.A., "Pharmacy, Manchester". T.N., BLAckfriars 2323 (12 lines). Works: MARY STREET, STRANGEWAYS, MANCHESTER. T.A., "Pharmacy, Manchester". T.N., DEAnsgate 3575. Established 1796.
Lampblown laboratory, scientific and medical glassware and apparatus.
Managing Director: Col. Stanley Watson, D.S.O., M.C., B.Sc.
Secretary: Miss A. B. Marsden, B.A.

WRAY (OPTICAL WORKS) LTD., ASHGROVE ROAD, BROMLEY, KENT. T.A., "Wray, Bromley". T.N., RAVensbourne 0112/3 and 1729. Established 1850.
Lenses; prisms; photographic lenses; prism binoculars; magnifiers; cameras.
Trade Names: Magnivu; Farvu; Raylite; Brystar; Crystar; Lustrar; Supar; Wrayflex.
Managing Director: A. W. Smith.
Secretary: V. A. Howe.

WRIGHT (ALEXANDER) & CO. LTD. Head Office: 1 WESTMINSTER PALACE GARDENS, ARTILLERY ROW, VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, S.W.1. T.A., "Precision, Sowest, London". T.N., ABBey 2207. Works: 28 HIGH STREET, TOOTING, LONDON, S.W.17. T.N., BALham 6616. Established 1843.
Lamp blown analysis apparatus; hygrometers; manometers.
Trade Name: Simmance.
Managing Director: J. W. Foreman, M.I.Mech.E.
Secretary: G. A. Edwards, F.I.A.C.
See also Section C.

WRIGHT (E. R.) & SON, 28/29 HANOVER BUILDINGS, SOUTHAMPT0N. T.N., Southampton 76530. Established 1862.
Stockists of plate, sheet and safety glass. Manufacturers and processers of constructional glass products.

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