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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> | ||
1935 The company acquired a controlling interest in the Tring Gas Light and Coke Co Ltd.<ref>Bucks Herald 29 March 1935</ref> | 1935 The company acquired a controlling interest in the [[Tring Gas Light and Coke Co]] Ltd.<ref>Bucks Herald 29 March 1935</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> | 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> | ||
Latest revision as of 10:07, 23 November 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]
1935 The company acquired a controlling interest in the Tring Gas Light and Coke Co Ltd.[2]
1936 W. A. SCOTT, F.C.A., J.P. was Chairman of The General Gas & Electricity Co. Ltd.[3]
1938 Gasworks at Bampton, Oxon.[4]
1946 Acquired all the ordinary capital of Clifton Securities Co. Ltd., which carries on electric cable ...[5]
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