Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grattan Warehouses

From Graces Guide

A mail order company

1930 Grattan Road Warehouses Ltd was incorporated to carry on the business of drapers, tailors, etc

1933 Name changed to Grattan Warehouses Ltd[1]

c.1947 Became a Public company?

1960 13th AGM was told that a number of small subsidiaries had been sold, some of which were manufacturers; the company concentrated on its mail order business through its catalogue and local agents[2]

The company had an in-house credit reference agency, Westcot

1981 Renamed Grattan plc


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Sources of Information

  1. Companies house filing
  2. The Times May 16, 1960