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 167,701 pages of information and 247,103 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.

Mecca

From Graces Guide

of London

1933 The company has its origins in the Mecca Agency Limited, a company co-founded by Carl L. Heimann and Byron Davies to operate the recently created dance hall chain Mecca Dancing

Post-WWII Alan Fairley and Carl Heimann acquired Mecca[1]

1970 Operated city centre cafes and restaurants, cabaret and booking agencies, the Miss World competition, 80 dance halls, 80 bingo halls, ice and roller skating rinks, a chain of betting shops; acquired by Grand Metropolitan Hotels[2]

Part of Diageo

Later part of Rank Organisation


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times July 21, 1987
  2. The Times June 26, 1970