Allbook and Hashfield
of London (1918)
Maker of specialised industrial sewing machinery (1965)
of Nottingham (1973)
1925 Advert for staff: Allbook & Hashfield, Ltd., 17, Crouch-fill, Finsbury-park, N.4.[1]
1940 Advert for CAPSTAN SETTER-OPERATORS; Air Ministry work-permanent. Allbook Hashfield, Ltd, Bury-strcet, Guildford.[2]
1945 Advert: Allbook and Hashfield Brosser Machine for sale or would exchange for Allbook & Hashfield Fur Machine[3]
1965 Acquired by Giltspur Investments[4]
1973 part of Giltspur Engineering Group; would be moved to the Nottingham premises of a new fellow subsidiary Matra-Matic[5]
1974 Industrial sewing machine order from China[6]
1980 Giltspur Investments was acquired by Unigate[7]
1986 Queens Award for Export to Giltspur Precision Industries, trading as Allbook and Hashfield[8]
1987 MBO of Allbook and Hashfield[9]