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 167,647 pages of information and 247,064 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.

Masteradio

From Graces Guide
1947. Models D100 and D111.
Model D111.
Model D111 (detail).
September 1947
1948.
January 1949.
March 1949.
October 1949.
April 1950.
October 1951.
September 1953.
September 1953.
1955.
1955. Model TE21C 21" Television.

of Euston Road, London, NW1.

of Vibrant Works, Treforest, Glamorgan.

1930s The company was established in the late 1930s by Harold Burns and George Benning.

WWII. During the war years they manufactured some fairly sensitive defence equipment for the British government.

1947 British Industries Fair Advert for "Yours in Harmony". Model D110/W and D111 Radios, and the Car Radio. Manufacturers of Radio Receivers, Car Radio Sets, Vibratorpacks. (Music and Radio Section - Olympia, Ground Floor, Stand No. C.1534) [1]

1953 Manufacturer of TV sets [2]

1956 Acquired R. M. Electric.

1958 Acquired by Francis Sumner (Holdings).[3]

1960 Acquired by Radio and Allied Industries.[4]

By the end of 1962 was owned by GEC.[5]


See Also

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  • [1] The Masteradio Website

Sources of Information

  1. 1947 British Industries Fair Advert 228; and p181
  2. Choosing your Television Set. Published by Freelance in 1953.
  3. Birmingham Daily Post, March 19, 1958
  4. Pontypridd Observer, Dec 31, 1960
  5. The Times, Dec 31, 1962