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Colin Laycock (c1880-1953), president of J. Beardshaw and Son
1953 Obituary [1]
We have learned with regret of the death, on January 7th, of Mr. Colin Laycock, president of J. Beardshaw and Son, Ltd., Baltic Steel Works, Sheffield.
Mr. Laycock, who was seventy-three, had been associated with the firm for fifty-eight years. He was appointed a director in 1911, joint managing director in 1916, and chairman and managing director in 1936.
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