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North and Sons

From Graces Guide
January 1920.
November 1927
August 1923

of London

of Watford, Herts. (1923)

1839 Formed as a watch-making company

1904 Commenced making automotive components

1905 Moved to Watford

1920 February. Issued catalogue of magnetos. [1]

1920 October. Exhibited at the Commercial Motor Exhibition at Olympia with magneto equipment for commercial vehicles. [2]

1926 Employing 630 on a 115,460 sq. ft. factory

1927 Watford magnetos.

1933 North and Sons Ltd, then one of the leading manufacturers of magnetos and also a manufacturer of speedometers and other instruments for motor vehicles, was purchased by Lucas in 1933 for £22,347. Lucas subsequently recovered half the purchase price from Smiths. Joseph Lucas Ltd took over the magneto side of the business and Smiths the instrument side.



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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Engineer 1920/02/06 p130
  2. ↑ The Engineer of 29th October 1920 p426
  • [1] Competition Commission Web Site
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