J. Gerrard and Sons
From Graces Guide
of Manchester. of Swinton (1961). aka Garrard's of Swinton
Builders and contractors
1864 Company started.
The joinery department produced some of the finest joinery in the North West of England with examples at Manchester Town Hall Extensions, Manchester Free Trade Hall, Bank of England, Albert Hall Manchester, Stockport Plaza, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral and John Rylands Library. The saying in the 1950's was that Gerrard's built half of Manchester.
1969 Amalgamated with the Fram Group and became Fram Gerrard. Later taken over by the Leonard Fairclough Civil Engineering Group in 1973 later to become AMEC in the 1980's.
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Sources of Information
- With thanks to David Roughley