Lighting Trades
From Graces Guide
of 55 Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, London, SW18. Telephone: Battersea 1902. Telegraphic Address: "Litetrades, 'Phone, London"
1920 Company incorporated, initially as Record Gas Mantle Co; the company name was subsequently changed to Lighting Trades Ltd.
1921 First AGM of the company[1]
1926 Acquired J. and W. B. Smith
1930 ICI which had a controlling interest in the company, purchased the remaining shares for cash[2].
1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Incandescent Mantles, Gas Burners for domestic and street lighting work. Gas Fires, including the "Handiheater" fitted with patent block fuel, without gs or air control. "Kernscreen" Models. Modern Gas Fittings. (Stand No. Ca.604)
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Sources of Information
- [1] Pressure Lamps Unlimited
- 1937 British Industries Fair Page 383