Radiation
of Thimble Mill Lane, Aston, Birmingham, 6. Telephone: Central 2169. Telegraphic Address: "Raditherm". Also at North Circular Road, London; Warrington; Leeds and Luton. (1937)
1919 Public company formed to acquire any or all of the shares of John Wright and Eagle Range, Richmond Gas Stove and Meter Co and carry on the business of gas stove and gas appliance makers and dealers[1]. Also acquired Davis Gas Stove Co[2].
1923 Regulo thermostats (said to have been invented in 1915) were first fitted by Radiation as standard to its gas ovens[3].
1925 Other subsidiaries were Arden Hill and Co, Fletcher, Russell and Co and Wilsons and Mathiesons Ltd[4].
1926 They disposed the industrial section of their furnace business, hitherto carried on at Grappenhall Works, Warrington, together with the business of Brayshaw Furnaces and Tools to Messrs. S. N. and E. R. Brayshaw. Fletcher Russell and Co, Warrington, continued to manufacture and supply dental laboratory and general technical apparatus and appliances, which were its own furnace specialties, and the Davis Furnace Co, Luton, continued to manufacture and supply its "Revergen" furnace in its various forms. The Brayshaw Company acquired additional works to deal with its furnace trade. Its milling cutter and small tool products were from now on manufactured at its Mulberry-street, Manchester, works.[5]
1937 British Industries Fair Advert for Gas Fires, Cookers and Water Heaters. Regulo controlled New World Gas Cookers, High "Beam" Gas Fires, Gas Radiators, Gas operated Hot Water Apparatus, and Large Cooking Apparatus for hotels and boarding houses. (Gas: Industrial and Domestic Section - Stand Nos. Ca.603 and Ca.502) [6]
1944 Nautilus Fire Co Ltd was a subisidary of Radiation Ltd[7].
1948 Radiation offered a number of solid-fuel appliances - the Siesta stove, the Yorkdale range, and the Sutton coke grate. Had developed a cooking range for railway use that could use locomotive fuel, in addition to the normal range for this use which burnt "oil gas" [8]
1952 Designed the Parkray solid fuel convector fire in response to the proposal of the 1952 Ridley Committee[9]
1953 Advert on this page for New World Gas Cooker. [10]
1954 Had designed the Parkray convector solid-fuel fire to fit into existing grates, in response to the proposal of the 1952 Ridley Committee[11]
By 1958 had acquired Jackson Electric Stove Co - the Luton factory was totally devoted to electric appliances; gas appliances were made by the gas division and by subsidiary Bratt Colbran, makers of space heating equipment; had introduced further Ductair warm air heating equipment[12]
1959 The name of Jackson Electric Stove was changed to Jackson Industries
1958 Acquired Parnall (Yate) Ltd, which broadened the company's range of domestic appliances, especially washing machines and gas water heaters, as well as the supply of castings[13]. Parnalls included Ascot Gas Water Heaters.
1961 Radiation consolidated its central heating equipment under the Parkray brand, whether working on gas, oil or solid fuel[14]. See also Radiation Parkray.
1961 Manufacturers of gas, electric and solid fuel appliances. Other group activities include light engineering products, light alloy castings, specialised products in vitreous enamels etc. [15]
1967 Taken over by Tube Investments[16].
1981 Glow Worm Boilers and Radiation-Ascot, both part of Tube Investments, were 2 of 6 boiler makers investigated for collusion in raising prices[17]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 7 June 1919
- ↑ The Times, 30 June 1919
- ↑ Stotty 'n' Spice Cake: The Story of North East Cooking By Bill Griffiths, 2006
- ↑ The Times, 19 March 1925
- ↑ The Engineer 1926/11/26
- ↑ 1937 British Industries Fair Advert p553; and p404
- ↑ The Times, 20 April 1944
- ↑ The Times, Apr 22, 1948
- ↑ The Times, Apr 01, 1954
- ↑ [1] History World
- ↑ The Times, Apr 01, 1954
- ↑ The Times, Apr 02, 1958
- ↑ The Times, 26 May 1958
- ↑ The Times, May 02, 1961
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, 24 August 1967
- ↑ The Times, Jun 30, 1981