Dronsfield Brothers
Dronsfield Brothers Ltd. of Atlas Works, Oldham, Lancashire. Telephone: Main (Oldham) 3857. Telegraphic Address: "Atlas, Oldham". (1937)
See Joseph Standring Dronsfield and William Dronsfield
1860 Company founded.
1920 Photograph here[1] showing two Dronsfield Bros lorries outside the Atlas Works, with their loads of milling(?) machines, and happy chauffers.
1922 Card grinding and roller covering machinery
1934 Patent x 2 - Improvements in and for use in connection with apparatus for milking cows.
1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Hand Lawn Mowers, 4 in 1 Turf Machine. Dairy Utensils. (Stand No. A.435)
1959 Private company.
1961 Textile machinery manufacturers and roll grinding machines for the paper trades. 300 employees.
1972 Order for a roll grinding machine received from India.[2]
1983 Receivers appointed.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Directory 1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners
- Directory 1917 Worrall's Yorkshire Textile Advert p264
- [2] [3] Wikipatents
- 1937 British Industries Fair Page 356
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE