Richard Allan Radio
of Caledonia Road, Batley, Yorks.
c.1948 The company was started by a group of friends in Batley. The name was derived from the sons of two founder members: Jack Garfield, whose first son was named Richard, and the son of one of the other founders (possibly Mr Worley?) who was named Allan. Hence Richard Allan.
The original Bafflette loudspeaker had a shape determined by the lack of wood after the second world war, so it was designed to make the most economical use of the wood available.
At the time radio shops ran schemes whereby customers bought a radio and then could hire lead acid batteries (where they did not have mains electricity) which were exchanged/recharged as required.
1958 Arthur Falkus and Denis Newbold left Richard Allan to set up Fane Acoustics, also in Batley
1990s The company became Richard Allan Audio Ltd
2021 Now part of the MAGNUM group of companies (see [1]) based in Brighouse
See Also
Sources of Information
- [2] Richard Allan