Tweedy Group
of Saunderrake Works, Chipping, near Preston (1951), makers of the high speed mixer for the Chorleywood process and other machines.
of Peel Mill, Gannow Lane, Burnley (1965)
1917 George Tweedy and Son, iron and brass founders, of Saunders Rake Works, Chipping[1]
1949 Eric Brooks and George Tweedy and Co patented "A potato slicing machine"
1953 Eric Brooks and George Tweedy and Co patented "Improvements in or relating to machines for peeling or preparing vegetables and the like"
c.1954 Tweedy made Peeling Machines and Crisp Hydro Extractors.
1957 Patented "Improvements in agitating apparatus" invented by Eric Brooks
1958 Patented "Improvements in or relating to sieves" and "Apparatus for cutting paper into folded or crimped strips" invented by Eric Brooks
1959 Patented "Apparatus for seed germinating" and "Improvements in rotors for mixing, pulverising and like machines" both invented by Eric Brooks; several more such patents in following years.
1961 Patented "Improvements in or relating to mixing,pulverising or like machines" invented by Kenneth Pickles, and several more patents followed.
c.1965 moved to Burnley
c.1966 Name changed to Tweedy (Chipping) Ltd (even though they were no longer in Chipping). Patented "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO DOUGH MANIPULATION MACHINES"
1967 Ward Foods Inc acquired a substantial interest in the group[2]
1972 Watsons of Burnley, a division of Tweedy of Burnley Ltd, contractor for General Sheet Metalwork, Welding and Fabrications[3]
1980 "TWEEDY OF BURNLEY are one of the leading manufacturers of Bakery Equipment with extensive markets in the U.K."[4]
By 1984 the company had become "Tweedy of Burnley" Ltd; patented "Improvements in dough moulding apparatus"