Richard Lloyd and Co
From Graces Guide
of Galton Works, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham
- 1803 Company founded.
- 1892 Advert.
- 1896/7 Directory: Advertiser. More detail
- 1918 Private company.
- 1919 Make, import and factor tools.
- 1937 Engineers' supplies. "Galtona" Small Tools.
- 1937 Company made public.
- 1943 Name changed.
- 1961 Engineers, manufacturers and suppliers of machine tool equipment including milling cutters, ground thread taps and engineers' tools. 643 employees.
Sources of Information
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p73
- Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1892
- Peck's Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1896-97: Advertisers
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries