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 247,104 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.

R. and A. Millett Shops

From Graces Guide

One of several businesses established[1] by a family of Polish refugees (in fact they were from Dombrova, Galicia) who settled near Southampton[2]

1970 Merger proposed between the 2 main branches of the Millett family business - Millets of Bristol (sic) and R. and A. Millett; the third major member of these similarly named businesses, Milletts Stores (1928) (sic) Ltd was the only public company. There were plans to inject the newly merged entity into the public company.[3] But late in the year the planned merger was called off[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Mar. 5, 1996
  2. The Times Aug. 11, 1970
  3. The Times Aug. 11, 1970
  4. The Times Dec. 22, 1970
  • The Times Aug. 11, 1970