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1962 New factory constructed at Shepcote Lane, Sheffield<ref>The Times, Mar 26, 1962</ref> | |||
1964 [[Boulton and Paul]] sold their wire and wire products interests to Tinsley Wire<ref>The Times, Jan 15, 1964</ref> | |||
1973 Twenty per cent owned by [[British Steel]] | 1973 Twenty per cent owned by [[British Steel]] |
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of Sheffield
1962 New factory constructed at Shepcote Lane, Sheffield[1]
1964 Boulton and Paul sold their wire and wire products interests to Tinsley Wire[2]
1973 Twenty per cent owned by British Steel
1973 British Steel sold its carbon- and mild-steel wire-making activities at Warrington (Rylands and Whitecross) and at Middlesbrough (Dorman Long) into a new company Rylands-Whitecross, jointly owned by Tinsley Wire Industries and British Ropes[3]
1994 was Britain's largest wire manufacturer and Sheffield's largest private employer[4]