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c.1971 Main contractor for the second phase of the '''Barbican''' development in the City of London<ref>The Times Apr. 27, 1971 </ref> but later in the year withdrew from the contract<ref>The Times Aug. 24, 1971</ref>
c.1971 Main contractor for the second phase of the '''Barbican''' development in the City of London<ref>The Times Apr. 27, 1971 </ref> but later in the year withdrew from the contract<ref>The Times Aug. 24, 1971</ref>


1972 Mr. Peter Wormald is appointed MD.<ref>Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 20 October 1972</ref>
1972 Peter Wormald is appointed MD.<ref>Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 20 October 1972</ref>
 
1986 Founding chairman Charles Turriff retires and is replaced by Astley Whittall.<ref>Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 18 April 1986</ref>


1992 Turriff Construction Corporation and other companies in the Turriff group were put into liquidation<ref>The London Gazette  1 June 1992</ref>
1992 Turriff Construction Corporation and other companies in the Turriff group were put into liquidation<ref>The London Gazette  1 June 1992</ref>
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July 1960.
July 1960.

WWII The company was largely engaged in construction of airfields

1946 Shares listed on the Stock Exchange[1]

1954 The Chairman and MD is W. G. Turriff.[2]

1960 HQ of the Turriff companies was at the new Turriff building on the Great West Road near Brentford.

c.1971 Main contractor for the second phase of the Barbican development in the City of London[3] but later in the year withdrew from the contract[4]

1972 Peter Wormald is appointed MD.[5]

1986 Founding chairman Charles Turriff retires and is replaced by Astley Whittall.[6]

1992 Turriff Construction Corporation and other companies in the Turriff group were put into liquidation[7]

Notes

  • 1941 W. G. Turriff Ltd, 2 Euston Place, Leamington Spa. Contractor.[8]
  • 1949 W. G. Turriff Ltd, 6 Adelaide Road, Leamington Spa. Surfacing. Construction or repair roads, yards, drives, paths etc.[9]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Dec. 23, 1946
  2. Birmingham Daily Post - Wednesday 15 December 1954
  3. The Times Apr. 27, 1971
  4. The Times Aug. 24, 1971
  5. Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 20 October 1972
  6. Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 18 April 1986
  7. The London Gazette 1 June 1992
  8. Coventry Evening Telegraph - Saturday 06 September 1941
  9. Tewkesbury Register - Saturday 19 March 1949