Rotherham and Sons
of Spon Street, Coventry. Telephone: Coventry 4154.
Precision Engineers and Watch Manufacturers
In 1747 the firm of Vale was established.
The firm subsequently became Vale, Vale and Howlett; Vale and Howlette; Vale, Howlette, Carr and Rotherham; and then Rotherham and Sons.[1]
1810 The partnership was Samuel Vale, George Howlette, John Carr, and John Rotherham. [2]
Richard Kevitt Rotherham was a former apprentice of the firm which eventually became Rotherham and Sons.
By 1899 they employed 400-500 people plus about 200 out-workers and produced 100 watches a day.
1914 Manufacturers of watches and expanding bracelets; cycle and motor accessories; gas and electrical appliances. [3]
1929 British Industries Fair Advert for 'R and S' Watches. Manufacturers of English Gold and Silver Watches in all varieties; Gold and Silver Expanding Bracelets; Silver "Peri" Vanity Boxes; Plain Enamelled and Engine-turned; also Nozzles for Spinning Artificial Silk. (Watches and Clocks Section - Stand No. J.20) [4]
1937 British Industries Fair Advert for Accessories Applicable to the Engineering, Machinery and Allied Industries. (Engineering/Metals/Quarry, Roads and Mining/Transport) [5]
1937 Aircraft accessory manufacturers. "Rotherham" Aircraft Accessories. [6]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
1946 Patent - Improved slide-rest for a bench lathe. [7]
1952 Patent - Means for limiting reverse rotation of a rotary member of an instrument. [8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Coventry Herald - Friday 28 April 1911
- ↑ Apprentice records
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ 1929 British Industries Fair Advert 224; and p145
- ↑ 1937 British Industries Fair Advert p. 650
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ [1] Wikipatents
- ↑ [2] Wikipatents