Simplex Electric Co
From Graces Guide
of Empire House, 159 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, 3. Telephone: CENtral 7777. Telegraphic Address: "Empirical, Birmingham". (1937)
'Credenda' Works in Oldbury, Worcestershire; 'Simplex' Works in Garrison Lane, Birmingham.
- 1898 Simplex Conduit Company formed, later renamed Credenda Conduit Co and then Creda.
- 1933 Creda electric cooker with oven. With a cast metal hotplate-griller and a red-ring hotplate (later addition). One of the early electric cookers to be fitted with a Credastat automatic oven thermostat - patented by the Credenda Conduit Co. Ltd. of Birmingham, 1931. Whole cooker enamelled in mottled pale grey, by Simplex Electric Co. ltd, Birmingham. Used daily in donor's home from 1934 to 1967. Credastat was optional extra on Creda cookers at this time. Inscription on oven door: Creda/BRITAINS BEST/ELECTRIC. Made by Simplex Electric Co. - Birmingham. [1]
- 1937 British Industries Fair Advert for 'Creda' Electric Cookers; Fires; Water Heaters; Tubular Heaters; Wash Boilers; Irons; Kettles; Toasters; canteen Equipment, etc. and 'Simplex' Electrical Installation Equipment, comprising Conduits, Fittings, Switchgear, Industrial Lighting Equipment, Flameproof Lanterns, Floodlights, Mersey Cables. (Electricity: Industrial and Domestic Section - Stand Nos. Cb515 and Cb.414) [2]
- 1951 Advert on this page for Creda cookers. [3]
- 1961 Patent - Improvements in and relating to electric immersion water heaters. [4]
- 1962 Patent - Improvements in and relating to electric switchboards. [5]
- Became a subsidiary of Tube Investments.
Sources of Information
- [5] Light Bulbs