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[[Image:Im1927EM-Atlanta.jpg|thumb| 1927.]] | |||
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of 1-3 Brixton Road, London, SW9. Telephone: Brixton 2110 | |||
1920 Eight women started an engineering company in Loughborough, specialising in the manufacture of "Oil Burners, hand scraped Surface Plates, Inventors’ Models and Accurate Machining and fitting to your drawings". The aforementioned surface plates were "guaranteed accurate to + or - 0001". | 1920 Eight women started an engineering company in Loughborough, specialising in the manufacture of "Oil Burners, hand scraped Surface Plates, Inventors’ Models and Accurate Machining and fitting to your drawings". The aforementioned surface plates were "guaranteed accurate to + or - 0001". | ||
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1928 the company was voluntarily wound up. | 1928 the company was voluntarily wound up. | ||
1929 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturers of "Atalanta" Screwdrivers in various sizes. "Atalanta" Hand Chucks to take taps, etc., from 0 inch to ⅛ inch. "Atalanta" Drilling Jigs for drilling through round or square bar from ¼ inch to ¾ inch. (Stand No. MM.74) <ref> [[1929 British Industries Fair]] Page 11 </ref> | |||
1931 Atalanta, Ltd., of 1-3, Brixton Road, London showed small tools, household fixtures and the like at the The Shipping, Engineering and Machinery Exhibition at Olympia. This address was also the address of [[Sidney G. Jones]], Ltd., agent for "Mikron" hobbing machines<ref>The Engineer 1931</ref> | 1931 Atalanta, Ltd., of 1-3, Brixton Road, London showed small tools, household fixtures and the like at the The Shipping, Engineering and Machinery Exhibition at Olympia. This address was also the address of [[Sidney G. Jones]], Ltd., agent for "Mikron" hobbing machines<ref>The Engineer 1931</ref> | ||
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of 1-3 Brixton Road, London, SW9. Telephone: Brixton 2110
1920 Eight women started an engineering company in Loughborough, specialising in the manufacture of "Oil Burners, hand scraped Surface Plates, Inventors’ Models and Accurate Machining and fitting to your drawings". The aforementioned surface plates were "guaranteed accurate to + or - 0001".
The founders included Rachel Parsons, Caroline Haslett and Annette Ashberry.
Sharerholders included Lady Katharine Parsons and Lady Eleanor Shelly-Rolls.
By 1922 The firm had relocated to Fulham Road, London SW6
1925 Moved again to Brixton Road, SW9.
1928 the company was voluntarily wound up.
1929 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturers of "Atalanta" Screwdrivers in various sizes. "Atalanta" Hand Chucks to take taps, etc., from 0 inch to ⅛ inch. "Atalanta" Drilling Jigs for drilling through round or square bar from ¼ inch to ¾ inch. (Stand No. MM.74) [1]
1931 Atalanta, Ltd., of 1-3, Brixton Road, London showed small tools, household fixtures and the like at the The Shipping, Engineering and Machinery Exhibition at Olympia. This address was also the address of Sidney G. Jones, Ltd., agent for "Mikron" hobbing machines[2]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1929 British Industries Fair Page 11
- ↑ The Engineer 1931
- Rachel Parsons [1]