Brampton Fittings
Brampton Fittings, of Handsworth, Birmingham
Brampton Brothers girder forks for motorcycles were used in 1920s and 30s
1937 Renold and Coventry Chain Co reached an agreement with Tube Investments that Renolds would discontinue the manufacture and sale of cycle fittings and accessories; the general business in chains and transmissions would continue as before[1].
1937 The Birmingham works and the Brampton cycle fittings business, which was concentrated there after the merger, were disposed of.
1937 Brampton Fittings became a private company.
1950 Associated with Walton and Brown
1956 Tube Investments established the British Cycle Corporation as a subsidiary to take over and control Tube Investments' bicycle-making subsidiaries in the Birmingham area. These included Armstrong Cycles, Brampton Fittings, Hercules Cycle and Motor Co, Phillips Cycles, and Walton and Brown[2]; the activities would be concentrated in a large factory at Handsworth; large redundancies followed.
1961 Manufacturers and dealers in cycles, motor cycles and motor car fittings and parts and steel pressings. [3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Friday, Apr 09, 1937
- ↑ The Times, 21 August 1956
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE