W. Abbott and Sons
From Graces Guide
of Ludgate Hill, London, boot and shoe retailer
c.1860 Business started
1910 Incorporated as a limited company, a public company which was then floated on Stock Exchange; 13 branches in London; 4 branches in Paris[1][2]
1953 Proposed sale of the footwear manufacturing subsidiary to Somervell Brothers and then the company would be liquidated[3]
1954 Acquired by B. and L. Davis; would become an investment holding company; acquired Selmer, dealer in musical instruments.[4]
1958 W. Abbott and Sons Ltd, maker of musical instruments, had seen increased sales during the past year; the company acquired Thames Valley Moulders Ltd; name of the group was changed to Musical and Plastic Industries[5]
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