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 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 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.

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From Graces Guide

of Bridgewater House, 58 Whitworth Street, Manchester. Telephone: Manchester Central 7101. Cables: "Cetrombia, Manchester"

  • 1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Producers of Brocades, Cambrics, Cellulars, Dress Fabrics, Drills, Flannelettes, Furnishing Fabrics, Ginghams, Haircords, Khangas**, Lawns, Linbrics, Linings, Organdies, Panamas, Poplins, Proofed Fabrics, Pyjama Cloths, Rayons, Sheetings, Shirtings, Tropicals, Velvets, Voiles, Woollens, Worsteds. (Earls Court, Ground Floor, Stand No. 52) [1]
  • Note: **
    • Khanga or kanga - a piece of cotton cloth, usually brightly decorated, wound around the body as a woman's dress (East Africa). [Origin: Swahili] [2]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1947 British Industries Fair p277
  2. Chambers English Dictionary