Clarkes (Redditch)
of Sinew Works, Prospect Hill, Redditch, Worcs. Telephone: Redditch 100. Cables: "Sinew, Redditch", manufacturer of springs and pressings.
Founded using £25 won in a competition to design a cover for an ABC timetable.
1920 Advertisement - see side panel.
1923 Advertising 'Jumper Silks'. Clarkes, Sinew Works, Redditch.[1]
1937 Spring manufacturers. "Sinew" Springs. [2]
1947 British Industries Fair Advert for "Genteel" Armbands. Also "Sinew" Plate Hangers, "Kooksandee" Oven Tongs, Food Covers and Excellent Novelties. Precision work to customers drawings or instructions from all classes of materials. (Fancy Goods - Olympia, 1st Floor, Stand No. G.2065) [3]
1966 'Makers of Springs and Pressings since 1920'[4]
1969 The company had a wide range of customers, from Concorde to guided missiles and the motor trade as well as coils for grenades and mortars for the Ministry of Defence. Acquired by John Folkes Hefo[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 19 December 1923
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1947 British Industries Fair Advert 23; and p62
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 13 October 1966
- ↑ The Times Jan. 9, 1969