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1930s Company was reorganised as part of the broad move to regroup the gas, water and electricity industries. Other companies formed around this time to do similar groupings were [[South Western Industrial and Water Corporation|South West Gas and Water Corporation]], [[United Kingdom Gas Corporation]], [[Caledonian Gas Corporation]]<ref>The Times Dec. 14, 1964</ref> | 1930s Company was reorganised as part of the broad move to regroup the gas, water and electricity industries. Other companies formed around this time to do similar groupings were [[South Western Industrial and Water Corporation|South West Gas and Water Corporation]], [[United Kingdom Gas Corporation]], [[Caledonian Gas Corporation]]<ref>The Times Dec. 14, 1964</ref> | ||
1936 W. A. SCOTT, F.C.A., J.P. was Chairman of The General Gas & Electricity Co. Ltd.<ref>Kington Times 25 April 1936</ref> | |||
1938 Gasworks at Bampton, Oxon.<ref>Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press 23 July 1938</ref> | |||
1946 Acquired all the ordinary capital of Clifton Securities Co. Ltd., which carries on electric cable ...<ref>Belfast News-Letter 13 March 1963</ref> | 1946 Acquired all the ordinary capital of Clifton Securities Co. Ltd., which carries on electric cable ...<ref>Belfast News-Letter 13 March 1963</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:05, 2 September 2024
1930s Company was reorganised as part of the broad move to regroup the gas, water and electricity industries. Other companies formed around this time to do similar groupings were South West Gas and Water Corporation, United Kingdom Gas Corporation, Caledonian Gas Corporation[1]
1936 W. A. SCOTT, F.C.A., J.P. was Chairman of The General Gas & Electricity Co. Ltd.[2]
1938 Gasworks at Bampton, Oxon.[3]
1946 Acquired all the ordinary capital of Clifton Securities Co. Ltd., which carries on electric cable ...[4]
1947 Transferred its gas interests to a separate company, North Western Gas Corporation (formed by the operating group, Clifton Securities Co Ltd). The remainder became a purely holding company.
1949 Name changed to Reliance-Clifton Cables and Industrial Products