Wharfedale Wireless Works Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Briggs, Gilbert
- Wharfedale
- Rank Organisation Ltd
- Verity Group Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bradford, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Sound & video recording & reproduction equipment production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1932 when established at Bradford by Gllbert Briggs, 1890-1978, who was in the textile export business at Bradford from 1906-31, ending up as a partner in Thomas B Lund & Co which collapsed in 1931. He then developed a niche business making high quality loudspeaker components and sound systems that quickly emerged as world leaders, being sold under the Wharfedale brand. Briggs, himself, became known as 'father of hi-fi sound'. Works at Bradford, 1932-37, at Brighouse, 1937-46, and at Idle, 1946-58, with offices at Bradford. 1959 acquired by the Rank Organisation Ltd. Sold on to Verity Group Plc in 1980s
Publications:
- A Pair of Wharfdales. Story of Gilbert Briggs and his Loudspeakers by Briggs, David
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Briggs, Gilbert
- Wharfedale
- Rank Organisation Ltd
- Verity Group Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bradford, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Electrical & electronic engineering Sound & video recording & reproduction equipment production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1932 when established at Bradford by Gllbert Briggs, 1890-1978, who was in the textile export business at Bradford from 1906-31, ending up as a partner in Thomas B Lund & Co which collapsed in 1931. He then developed a niche business making high quality loudspeaker components and sound systems that quickly emerged as world leaders, being sold under the Wharfedale brand. Briggs, himself, became known as 'father of hi-fi sound'. Works at Bradford, 1932-37, at Brighouse, 1937-46, and at Idle, 1946-58, with offices at Bradford. 1959 acquired by the Rank Organisation Ltd. Sold on to Verity Group Plc in 1980sPublications:
- A Pair of Wharfdales. Story of Gilbert Briggs and his Loudspeakers by Briggs, David