Broom Wade British Made. A history of Broom Wade Ltd, High Wycombe, 1898-2006
Details:
- Author(s) Tozer, Peter, & Ernie Ford
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2014
- Pages 166pp; illus
- Publisher Peter Tozer
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Library:
- Name High Wycombe Library
- City High Wycombe
- County Buckinghamshire
- Country England
- Postcode HP11 1BD
- Visit High Wycombe Library's website
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Notes:
Narrative history written by two former employees, latterly a senior project engineer and UK sales manager respectively. Has sections: 'Backdrop and engineers'; 'The beginnings'; 'Paraffin engines and colonial wagons'; '1919 to 1939'; 'War production'; 'The post was period'; 'The merger'; 'Engineering design / commercial contracts'; 'The Broom Wade Apprentice Association'; 'Stationary compressor pedigree'; 'Annual reports and accounts'; 'Shutdown, auction and closure'