Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,237 pages of information and 244,492 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.

B. and B. Trailers

From Graces Guide

of Park Street and later of Wood Street, Leamington Spa.

1946 Company formed by Bird and Billington - both were formerly with Automotive Products

Early products included engineering components, chassis and gas cookers.

The first major batch of caravan chassis was sold to Pearman Briggs

1960 Acquired by Wrights Ropes which in 1963 were in turn acquired by British Ropes

1964 Sold by British Ropes to Bullough Securities. [1]

1982 Acquired by Alois Kober; see their web site

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, November 10, 1964