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Oldfield & Schofield of Central Iron Works, Boothtown, Halifax
Machine tool makers.
1957 Taken over by Kerry Machine Tool Group[1]
1962 Kerry's merged the business with that of Henry Broadbent[2] as Broadbent-Schofield[3]
1963 Downturn in demand for heavy machine tools led to the company making a loss.
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