Main Gas Appliances
of Gothic Works, Wyre Street, Padiham, near Burnley
Presumably a subsidiary of R. and A. Main (which had been acquired by Thorn Electrical Industries).
1968 The Domestic Appliances Division (of Thorn Electrical Industries) had a good year and Tricity Cookers succeeded in improving its already substantial share of this highly competitive market. The demand for Main gas appliances continued at a very high level throughout[1]
1969 Part of the Thorn Group[2]
1974 Part of Thorn Domestic Appliances[3]
1983 Main Gas Appliances Ltd was incorporated
1986 Thorn EMI sold its heating division to Myson. Name changed to MDA (1986) Ltd.
1987 Main Gas Appliances (Part of the Myson Group) is one of the leading companies manufacturing domestic appliances (Water Heaters, ...)[4]
1989 MDA (1986) Ltd. was removed from the register of companoes
1990 Main Gas Appliances of Wyre Street, Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire[5]