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Beeston Motor Co
From Graces Guide
of Coventry
Associated with the New Beeston Cycle Co
1898 May. First annual dinner held. Includes Dr. C. W. Ilife; Rowland Hill, Chairman of the Company; S. Gorton, Managing Director; W. Taylor, Works Manager.[1]
1898 December. AGM. Report. Success of the motor tricycle with a ladies model added Also a quadricycle.[2]
1899. 4th March. Meeting of debenture holders held at Coventry. Present were: Rowland Hill presided; C. W. Iliffe, Doctor and Director; and S. Gorton, Director.[3]
1899 Sale of the Beeston car[4]
1900 Company in liquidation (see advert)
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Autocar 1898/05/28
- ↑ The Autocar 1898/12/10
- ↑ The Autocar 1899/03/11
- ↑ The Times, April 13, 1996