Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,710 pages of information and 247,104 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
David Albert Victor Rist (1887-1960) of A. Rist and later Rist's Wires and Cables
1887 Born in London where he started out in business
Moved to Lowestoft.
WWI As wires and cables were so essential the company moved to Nuneaton.
Post WWI The company moved to Newcastle-under-Lyme (Rolls Royce premises).
Albert Rist was involved in many small businesses, and there are around two dozen patents in his name.
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