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 167,859 pages of information and 247,161 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.

New World

From Graces Guide
Carlton New World. Wilsons and Mathiesons. Exhibit at Beamish Museum.
January 1929. New World gas cookers.
May 1931.
January 1934. New World.
New World cooker. Wilsons and Mathiesons. Exhibit at Leeds Museum.
Possibly 1930's. Eureka 'New World', John Wright and Co, Radiation Oven.
1940s. New World 45 Cooker. Exhibit at Ceredigion Museum.
Exhibit at National Wool Museum, Geelong.
1953 New World Gas Cooker
New World 32. Exhibit at York Castle Museum.

of Birmingham, maker of gas cookers and gas fires

of Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington (1982)

1923 Radiation introduced the New World gas cooker, which had a new design of burner for the hob which should be economical to use, and would have the option of an automatic regulator of oven temperature. [1] It had been in development for many years and had cost the company a large amount of money. It would be fitted with the Regulo control.[2].

1930s Introduced the Beam gas fire[3]

1952 Part of Radiation Group[4]

1967 Radiation was taken over by Tube Investments[5].

1975 Radiation Gas Fires Ltd was renamed New World Gas Heating Ltd

1977 New World Gas Heating Ltd was renamed Radiation-Ascot Ltd, presumably including the Ascot Gas Water Heaters business.

1977 New World Gas Cookers Ltd., was at Grappenhall Works, Warrington.

1987 TI Group sold its New World division to Birmid Qualcast; New World was the largest cooker maker in Britain[6]

1988 The Birmid Qualcast group was acquired by Blue Circle[7].

1994 Blue Circle sold its New World Domestic Appliances business to a management buy-out[8]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Mar. 15, 1923
  2. The Times Mar. 19, 1924
  3. The Times Mar. 24, 1938
  4. [1] Historic England
  5. The Times, 24 August 1967
  6. The Times, May 23, 1987
  7. Qualcast website [2]
  8. The Times Aug. 4, 1994