Empire Rubber Co
of Dunstable, Beds. Telephone: Dunstable 533. Cables: "Spandit, Souwest, London". London Office: 25 Victoria Street, SW1. Telephone: Abbey 2855. (1947)
of Works Road, Letchworth, Herts
1927 Herbert Glencairn Wright Chichester-Miles set up a business as merchants and suppliers of rubber components to the automobile industry under the name Empire Rubber Company. [1]
1929 H. G. Miles Ltd was incorporated as a private company to acquire this business which continued to trade under the name Empire Rubber.
1937 Rubber manufacturers. "Brose" Radiator and Connector Hoses. "Spandit" Rubber Products. "Stepsure" Footboard Treads. [2]
1938 A factory was built at Dunstable for the business.
1940 - WWII. Manufactured service respirators, lines of communication, helmet protectors and earplugs. [3]
1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of "Spandit" Range of Rubber Articles including "Spandit" Carrier Cash Mats, Typewriter Mats, Sundry Lines for Stationery and Allied Trades. (Olympia, 1st Floor, Stand No. G.2089) [4]
1967 Proprietors were H. G. Miles[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times May 15, 1946
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ [1] BBC Home - WW2 People's War: Memories of Evacuee Life
- ↑ 1947 British Industries Fair p95
- ↑ The Times May 31, 1967