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1912 Edwin Barker left the partnership of Smith, Barker and Wilson, machine tool makers, of Forest | 1906 Death of Fred Smith, partner in Smith, Barker and Willson, engineers tool makers, of Ovenden<ref>The London Gazette13 November 1906</ref> | ||
1912 Edwin Barker left the partnership of Smith, Barker and Wilson, machine tool makers, of Forest Mills, Ovenden, which was continued by George Henry Willson<ref>The London Gazette 18 February 1913</ref> | |||
1922: General purpose lathes. Directors: Geo. H. Willson (Governing), Mrs. [[Laura A. Willson|L. A. Willson]], J. Richardson (also Works Manager). | 1922: General purpose lathes. Directors: Geo. H. Willson (Governing), Mrs. [[Laura A. Willson|L. A. Willson]], J. Richardson (also Works Manager). | ||
Revision as of 10:17, 25 May 2018
of North Ovenden, Halifax. Machine Tool Manufacturers. Telex: "Lathe, Halifax."
1899 Established
1906 Death of Fred Smith, partner in Smith, Barker and Willson, engineers tool makers, of Ovenden[1]
1912 Edwin Barker left the partnership of Smith, Barker and Wilson, machine tool makers, of Forest Mills, Ovenden, which was continued by George Henry Willson[2]
1922: General purpose lathes. Directors: Geo. H. Willson (Governing), Mrs. L. A. Willson, J. Richardson (also Works Manager).
1945 'Mr. G. H. Willson
The death has occurred at Walton-on-Thames of Mr. George Henry Willson (71), a former well-known Halifax machine tool maker, of the firm Smith, Barker and Willson. Ovenden. His wife, Mrs. Laura Willson, who died four years ago, was associated with him in the business and took a prominent part in a number of house-building enterprises. Their only son. Mr. George Willson, of Willson Lathes, Ltd., died three years ago.'[3]
Presumably later became Willson Machine Tools (Halifax)