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1985 Renamed Ratcliffe Springs Ltd
1985 Renamed Ratcliffe Springs Ltd


1987 [[United Spring Co|United Spring and Steel]] made a takeover bid for Ratcliffe Industries of Rochdale, Lancashire. <ref>Sandwell Evening Mail 16 November 1987</ref>
1987 [[United Spring Co|United Spring and Steel]] made a takeover bid for Ratcliffe Industries of Rochdale, Lancashire. <ref>Sandwell Evening Mail 16 November 1987</ref>, forming [[United Industries]].


1988 Renamed [[United Spring Co|Ratcliffe Springs and Pressings]] Ltd
1988 Ratcliffe Industries was renamed Ratcliffe Springs and Pressings Ltd
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Latest revision as of 17:25, 29 May 2024

November 1943.
November 1944/October 1945.

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1951
1955.
1958.
1960.
1961.
1965. Ratcliffe Springs.
May 1969.
1969.

Crawford Spring Works, Norman Road, Rochdale.

1942 Advertising for staff as F. S. Ratcliffe (Rochdale) Ltd.[1]

1956 Public company.

1961 Precision spring manufacturers. 250 employees.[2]

1974 Advertising for staff as F. S. Ratcliffe (Rochdale) Ltd, Crawford Spring Works, Norman Road.[3]

1985 Renamed Ratcliffe Springs Ltd

1987 United Spring and Steel made a takeover bid for Ratcliffe Industries of Rochdale, Lancashire. [4], forming United Industries.

1988 Ratcliffe Industries was renamed Ratcliffe Springs and Pressings Ltd

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Sources of Information

  1. Rochdale Observer - Saturday 25 April 1942
  2. * 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  3. Heywood Advertiser - Thursday 07 March 1974
  4. Sandwell Evening Mail 16 November 1987