A. and F. Parkes and Co
of Coldfield Works, Dartmouth Street, Birmingham.
See Richard Parkes
1837 Company founded
1867 Partnership change. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned George Parkes, Frank Parkes, Harriett Parkes, and Lydia Parkes, carrying on business as Edge Tool Manufactures and Cut Nail Manufacturers, at the Coldfield Works, Dartmouth street, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, under the style or firm of A. and F. Parkes and Co., was dissolved this day by mutual consent, so far as regards the said Lydia Parks. All debts due to and owing by the said Partnership, will be received and paid by the said George Parkes, Frank Parkes, and Harriett Parkes, by whom the business will henceforth be carried on under the aforesaid style or firm of A. and F. Parkes and Co...'[1]
1887 Became private company
1961 Listed as a subsidiary of William Park and Co. [2]
1961 Manufacturers of edge tools, garden tools, and shovels. 190 employees. [3]
1962 Birmingham works closed. [4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:27 September 1867 Issue:23305 Page:5266
- ↑ The Times, February 13, 1961
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, February 26, 1962