Wynn, Timmins and Co
of Century Works, Commercial Street, Birmingham.
1887 Takeover of R. Timmins and Sons. 'TRADE CHANGE. The old-established steel-toy business of Richard Timmins and Sons, of Pershore Street, has been sold to Messrs. W. and C. Wynn and Co., of Commercial Street, who propose extending their works with a view to the eventual concentration of the amalgamated businesses at one place.'[1]
1892 Incorporated as a Limited Company.
1896/7 Directory: Advertiser. More detail [2]
1914 Manufacturers of hand tools for all trades, iron and steel stampers, die sinkers, press work in sheet and metal. Employees 200. [3]
1914 Directors: W. H. Wynn, H. S. Wynn, W. L. Wynn.
1937 Tool manufacturers. [4]
1969 Taken over by Balfour and Darwins of Sheffield, and the works in Birmingham closed.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 08 July 1887
- ↑ Peck's Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1896-97: Advertisers
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries