Elsy and Gibbons
of Simonside, South Shields.
Manufacturers of Elson water heaters.
Probably John Henry Gibbons (1880-1966) and his son John Henry Gibbons (1907-1985) and John Henry Elsy (1887-1957) and his son
1919 Established as the South Shields Plumbing Co.
c.1923 Name changed to Elsy and Gibbons.
1964 Mentions R. B. Elsy, a director.[1]
1974 Employs 200 persons.[3]
1988 Yale and Valor bought Elsy and Gibbons, makers of water heaters.[4]
1991 Owned by Williams.[5]
1996 Spun out of Williams Holdings as part of Newmond
2012 Elsy and Gibbons was in liquidation[6]