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Parkinson Cowan Appliances

From Graces Guide
March 1960. Renown Seven gas cooker.

of Grosvenor Gardens, London

1907 Private company.

1926 Company made public.

1928 The company was renamed Parkinson and Cowan - new shares quoted[1].

1955 Parkinson Stove Co was a member of the group, making Parkinson Renown gas cookers.

1958 Parkinson and Cowan had 3 divisions[2]:

Name changed to Parkinson Cowan[3].

1961 Manufacturers and dealers in gas fires, cookers and water heaters. 1,000 employees.[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, 17 July 1928
  2. The Times, 2 June 1958
  3. The Times, 6 June 1958
  4. * 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE