Parnall (Yate)




of North Circular Road, London (1954)
1946 Parnall Aircraft Ltd was renamed Parnall (Yate) Ltd[1].
1948 Parnalls had developed a utility brand of cooker and were developing others for export; also made the "Wringlet". Subsidiaries were[2]:
1953 Acquired Ewart and Son [3].
1954 (and 1956) Patents for inventions by Stanley Feneley Bickell for "Improvements in or relating to washing machines". Presumably these were commercialised as the Parnall Washing Machine
1955 Acquired Thor Appliances Ltd from Thor Corporation of Chicago; for some years Parnalls had manufactured Thor automatic washing machines, distributed by Thor Appliances[4].
1958 Radiation acquired Parnall (Yate) Ltd[5].
1961 Jackson Industries closed its Luton factory and transferred production to the Parnall factory at Yate[6]
1967 Parnall was mentioned in the defence document when Tube Investments bid for Radiation[7]