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1907 Advert for 'Brown and Sharpe's and Starrett's fine tools on exhibition and in stock'. Rules, micrometers, gauges, calipers etc. <ref>Pocket-Book for Mechanical Engineers by David Allen Low. Published 1907 by Longmans, Green and Co</ref> | 1907 Advert for 'Brown and Sharpe's and Starrett's fine tools on exhibition and in stock'. Rules, micrometers, gauges, calipers etc. <ref>Pocket-Book for Mechanical Engineers by David Allen Low. Published 1907 by Longmans, Green and Co</ref> | ||
c1930 [[Charles George Twallin]] becomes chairman and remains until the 1950s | |||
1940 Advert for tools. <ref>Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p71</ref> | 1940 Advert for tools. <ref>Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p71</ref> | ||
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1951 Advert for tools and supplies. <ref>Mechanical World Year Book 1951. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p85</ref> | 1951 Advert for tools and supplies. <ref>Mechanical World Year Book 1951. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p85</ref> | ||
1956 Leeds branch opened | |||
1958 Bristol branch opened | |||
1963 Motor Show exhibitor. Tools. <ref>[[1963 Motor Show]]</ref> | 1963 Motor Show exhibitor. Tools. <ref>[[1963 Motor Show]]</ref> | ||
1974 The family business is bought by the Sterling Guarantee Trust | |||
1974 Moves headquarters from Whitechapel site to Sheffield | |||
1984 Southampton branch opened | |||
1985 Aberdeen branch opened | |||
1987 Crawley branch opened | |||
1988 Ashford and Ellesmere Port branches opened | |||
c1990 Becomes part of [[Charles Baynes]] | |||
Acquires [[Pillar Engineering]] and [[UK Tools]] | |||
2001 Company bought by [[Premier Farnell]] | |||
2007 Bought by [[BSS Group]] | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 06:39, 30 April 2014
of 2 and 4 Whitechapel Road, London. Branches at Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow
Matthew Buck, a saw maker from Sheffield, went to London and set up in business near Waterloo station.
His daughter Ann Buck married John Roe Hickman (1), a printer, who dies in 1840. Ann then opens a shop named Buck and Co.
Her son, John Roe Hickman (2) is apprenticed to his uncle George Buck and later goes into partnership with him and the business then becomes Buck and Hickman
1894 Catalogue of machinery. B&H are manufacturers and factors. [1]
1900 Catalogue of fine mechanical tools. [2]
1902 Becomes a private limited liability company with John Roe Hickman as chairman
1907 Advert for 'Brown and Sharpe's and Starrett's fine tools on exhibition and in stock'. Rules, micrometers, gauges, calipers etc. [3]
c1930 Charles George Twallin becomes chairman and remains until the 1950s
1940 Advert for tools. [4]
1945 Advert for tools and supplies. [5]
1951 Advert for tools and supplies. [6]
1956 Leeds branch opened
1958 Bristol branch opened
1963 Motor Show exhibitor. Tools. [7]
1974 The family business is bought by the Sterling Guarantee Trust
1974 Moves headquarters from Whitechapel site to Sheffield
1984 Southampton branch opened
1985 Aberdeen branch opened
1987 Crawley branch opened
1988 Ashford and Ellesmere Port branches opened
c1990 Becomes part of Charles Baynes
Acquires Pillar Engineering and UK Tools
2001 Company bought by Premier Farnell
2007 Bought by BSS Group
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 13th April 1894 p315
- ↑ The Engineer of 19th October 1900 p402
- ↑ Pocket-Book for Mechanical Engineers by David Allen Low. Published 1907 by Longmans, Green and Co
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p71
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p85
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1951. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p85
- ↑ 1963 Motor Show