Thornton Pickard Manufacturing Co Ltd

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  • Precision instruments production Photographic, cinematographic, etc, equipment production

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Established c1888 by John E Thornton and Edgar Pickard in Manchester. Made innovative and high quality cameras and other photographic equipment. 1891 relocated to Altrincham. Incorporated 1897. 1921 merged with others to form Amalgamated Photographic Manufacturers Ltd which closed 1939. J E Thornton later made motor cars for very short period

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