Index of Companies Abbey Line-Shipping and General Amalgamated Cotton Mills Trust Ltd­ Merchants 210 Textiles 228 Abbey National Building Society­ Amalgamated Society of Building Societies 52 Woodworkers-Timber 240 Abbey Road Studios-Leisure and Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Media 154 Workers-Building and Aberdare Cables Ltd-Electricity, Construction 44 Electrical Firms and Amalgamated Weavers' Association­ Communications 86 Textiles 229 Aberdeen University Press-Printers and Amies (Hardy)-Clothing 64 Publishers 191 Anchor Chemical Co. Ltd-Chemical Accrington and Church Industrial Co­ Industries 55 operative Society Ltd-Co-operative An... :.Jr Line Ltd-Shipping and General Societies 72 Merchants 210 Ackermann-Art Dealers and Anderson (C. F.) & Son Ltd-Timber Auctioneers 9 240 The Actuaries Club-Insurance 129 Anderson Boyes & Co. Ltd-Electricity, Addis-Hardware and Household 124 Electrical Firms and Adrema Ltd-Office Equipment 177 Communications 86 AFN Ltd-Motor Industry and Bicycles Anelay (William) Ltd-Building and 171 Construction 44 Agnew (Thomas) & Sons-Art Dealers Angus (E. G.)-Rubber 209 and Auctioneers 9 Anodising & Platings Ltd-Chemical Airspeed-Aviation 19 Industries & Metal 55, 163 Aiton & Co. Ltd-Engineering 93 APV Company Ltd-Engineering 93 Albright & Wilson-Chemical Aquascutum-Clothing 64 Industries 55 Arden & Cobden Hotels Ltd-Hotels Aldred (Shirley) & Co. Ltd-Chemical and Catering 127 Industries 55 Aristoc Ltd-Clothing 64 Allen (David) & Sons Ltd-Advertising Armstrong (Sir W. G.) Whitworth & 5 Co. Ltd-Engineering 93 Allen & Hanburys Ltd-Pharmaceuticals Armstrong (Thomas) & Brother Ltd­ and Cosmetics 185 Goldsmiths, Jewellers, Silversmiths Allen (George) & Unwin (Publishers) and Watchmakers 121 Ltd-Printers and Publishers 191 Army & Navy Stores Ltd-Department Allen & Overy-Law Firms 151 Stores 81 Allen (Thomas) Ltd-Transport and Arnold (E. J.) & Son Ltd-Printers and Road Haulage 244 Publishers 191 Aliens (David)-Printers and Arnold (William) & Son (Huddersfield) Publishers 191 Ltd-Engineering 93 Allerton Industrial Co-operative Society Artagen Properties Ltd-Architects, Ltd-Co-operative Societies 72 Chartered Surveyors and Estate Alliance Assurance Co. Ltd-Insurance Companies 7 129 Arthur & Co. Ltd-Textiles 229 Alliance Box Co. Ltd-Paper and Arthur Andersen & Co.-Accountancy Packaging 181 Ashton-under-Lyne & District Savings Allied Suppliers Group-Food 106 Bank-Banking and Finance 15 Alsford (J.) Ltd-Timber 240 Ashton-under-Lyne Working Men's Co­ Alvis Ltd-Motor Industry and Bicycles operative Society Ltd-Co-operative 171 Societies 72 254 Index of Companies 255 Ashworth & Parker Ltd-Engineering Bahr Behrend & Co. Ltd-Banking and 93 Finance 16 Asiatic Steam Navigation Co.-Shipping Bakers (John) & Bessemer Ltd-Iron and General Merchants 210 and Steel 143 Aspreys-Goldsmiths, Jewellers, Baker Perkins Holdings pic­ Silversmiths and Watchmakers 121 Engineering 94 Aspro-Nicholas Ltd-See Nicholas Balfour & Darwins Ltd-Iron and Steel International in Pharmaceuticals 143 and Cosmetics Balfour Beatty & Co. Ltd-Building and Assam Co. Ltd-Beverages and Soft Construction 45 Drinks 33 Balfour Williamson & Co.-Banking and Associated Electrical Industries­ Finance 16 Electricity, Electrical Firms and Ballantyne Press-Printers and Communications 86 Publishers 192 Associated Equipment Company­ Baltic Mercantile & Shipping Exchange Transport and Road Haulage 244 Ltd-Shipping and General Associated Portland Cement Ltd-See Merchants 211 Blue Circle in Building and Bambergers Ltd-Timber 240 Construction Bamforth & Co. Ltd-Bookselling, Association of Average Adjusters­ Newsagents and Stationers 36 Insurance 129 Bank of England-Banking and Association of Certified & Corporate Finance 16 Accountants-Accountancy 1 Bank of Ireland-Banking and Finance Association of Consulting Engineers­ 17 Engineering 94 Bank of London & South America Ltd­ Aston Martin Ltd-Motor Industry and Banking and Finance 17 Bicycles 171 Bank of New South Wales-Banking and Atkinson (James)-Printers and Finance 18 Publishers 191 Bank of Scotland-Banking and Atkinson (John) & Sons (Sowerby Finance 18 Bridge) Ltd-Textiles 229 Bank of West Africa-See Standard Atkinson (J.) & Sons Ltd-Building and Chartered Bank in Banking and Construction 44 Finance A~as Assurance Co. Ltd-Insurance Banker's Clearing House-Banking and 129 Finance 18 Austin (James) & Sons (Dewsbury) Barber Walker & Co. Ltd-Mining Ltd-Iron and Steel 143 167 Austin Motor Co. Ltd-Motor Industry Barclay & Fry Ltd-Bookselling, and Bicycles 171 Newsagents and Stationers 36 Austin (Stephen) & Sons Ltd-Printers Barclays Bank pic-Banking and and Publishers 191 Finance 18 Austin Reed Group-Clothing 64 Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial & Australia and New Zealand Banking Overseas) Ltd-Banking and Group Ltd-Banking and Finance Finance 19 16 Barclay, Perkins & Co. Ltd-Brewing, Australian Mercantile Land & Finance 38 Co.-Banking and Finance 16 Baring Bros & Co. Ltd-Banking and Automobile Association, The-Motor Finance 19 Industry and Bicycles 172 Barker & Co.-Motor Industry and Avery & Co. Ltd-Engineering 94 Bicycles 172 Avro Aircraft-Aviation 12 Barkers-Department Stores 81 Axminster Carpet Co.-Textiles 229 Barnsley Brewery Co. Ltd, The­ Brewing 38 Bagster (Samuel) & Sons Ltd-Printers Barnsley British Co-operative Society and Publishers 192 Ltd-Co-operative Societies 72 256 Index of Companies Barnsley Newspapers-Leisure and Bennett Opie Ltd-Food 106 Media 154 Bennett (Sir John) Ltd-Goldsmiths, Barnsley Permanent Building Society­ Jewellers, Silversmiths and Building Societies 52 Watchmakers 121 Barratts-Clothes 64 Bennett's Iron Foundry Co. Ltd-Iron Barraud Clockmakers-Goldsmiths, and Steel 144 Jewellers, Silversmiths and Bentalls pic-Department Stores 81 Watchmakers 121 Bentall (E. H.) & Co. Ltd-Agricultural Barrow Hepburn & Gale Ltd-Furs and Industries 6 Skins 116 Bentley (Richard) & Son-Printers and Barrows Stores Ltd-Department Publishers 193 Stores 81 Bentley Motors Ltd-Motor Industry Bartholemew & Son Ltd-Printers and and Bicycles 172 Publishers 192 Benzol-Oil 179 Bartrum, Harvey & Co. Ltd-Textiles Berger (Lewis) & Sons Ltd-Decorating 229 Materials 79 Bass Charrington-Brewing 38 Berisfords Ltd-Textiles 229 Bassett (George) & Co. Ltd­ Berry (H.) & Co. Ltd-Engineering 94 Confectionery 69 Berry Brothers & Rudd Ltd-Wines and Batchelors Peas Ltd-Food 106 Spirits 247 Bath & Portland Group pic, The­ Berwick Salmon Fisheries Co. Ltd­ Building and Construction 45 Food 106 Batley Co-operative Society Ltd-Co­ Best (R. H.)-Metals 163 operative Societies 72 Beswick Co-operative Society Ltd-Co­ Batsford (B. T.) Ltd-Printers and operative Societies 73 Publishers 192 Bevington, Vaizey & Foster-Insurance Baume & Co. Ltd-Goldsmiths, 129 Jewellers, Silversmiths and Biba-Clothing 64 Watchmakers 121 Bibby (J.) & Sons Ltd-Food 106 Baxendale & Co. Ltd-Building and Bibby Line Ltd-Shipping and General Construction 45 Merchants 211 Baxter (W. E.) Ltd-Printers and Bingley Co-operative Society-Co­ Publishers 192 operative Societies 73 Beardmore-Engineering 94 Binns (John) & Sons Ltd-Textiles Beatson Clark & Co. Ltd-Glass 119 229 Beaufoy & Co.-Food 106 Birds Eye-Food 106 Beaumont Press-Printers and Birkenhead Brewery-Brewing 38 Publishers 192 Birmingham Law Society-Law Firms Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd-Leisure 151 and Media 154 Birmingham Small Arms-Motor Bedford (John) & Sons Ltd-Metals Industry and Bicycles 172 163 Birtwistle (William) Group-Textiles Beecham Group pic, The­ 229 Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics 185 Black (A. & C.) Ltd-Printers and Begbie, Robinson, Cox & Knight­ Publishers 193 Accountancy 1 Blackburn ( J.) Ltd-Printers and Bell (Artliur) & Sons Ltd-Wines and Publishers 193 Spirits 247 Blackburn Aircraft Ltd-See Hawker Bemrose Corporation-Printers and Siddeley Group in Aviation Publishers 192 Blackburn Co-operative Society Ltd­ Ben Line-Shipping and General Co-operative Societies 73 Merchants 211 Blackburn Savings Bank-Banking and Benefit Footwear Ltd-Clothing 64 Finance 19 Bennett (D.) & Co.-Shipping and Blackie Publishing Group-Printers and General Merchants 211 Publishers 193 Index of Companies 257 Blackwell Publishing Group-Printers Bowring (C. T.) & Co.-Insurance & and Publishers 193 Shipping and General Merchants Blackwood (William) & Sons Ltd­ 129,212 Printers and Publishers 193 Bradford Co-operative Society-Co­ Blue Circle Industries pic-Building and operative Societies 73 Construction 45 Bradford Dyers' Association Ltd­ Blumental Ltd-Wines and Spirits 247 Textiles 230 Blundell, Spence & Co. Ltd­ Bradford Equitable Building Society­ Decorating Materials 79 Building Societies 52 Blyth, Greene & Jourdain & Co. Ltd­ Bradford Old Bank Ltd-Banking and Banking and Finance 19 Finance 19 Bodden (William) & Son Ltd-Textiles Bradford Savings Bank-Banking and 230 Finance 19 Boddington's Breweries pic-Brewing Bradley (E. H.) & Sons Ltd-Building 39 and Construction 45 Boilermakers Society-Electricity, Bradshaw (E. B.) & Sons Ltd-Food 107 Electrical Firms and Bradshaw's Guides-Printers and Communications 86 Publishers 193 Bolderstone Glass House-Glass 119 Brakspear's Brewery-Brewing 39 Bollinger-Wines and Spirits 247 Brandt's (William) Sons & Co.­ Bolton (Thomas) & Sons Ltd-Metals Banking and Finance 19 163 Brannam (C. H.) Ltd-China, Cutlery, Bolton & District Weavers' & Winders' Porcelain and Pottery 61 Association-Textiles 230 Brettle (George) & Co. Ltd-Textiles Bomford & Evershed Ltd-Agricultural 230 Industries 6 Bridge End (Todmorden) Co-operative Bonthrone (Alexander) & Sons Ltd- Society Ltd-Co-operative Food 106 Societies