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Lars Magnus Ericsson started the LM Ericsson telephone factory in 1876. The company started out repairing telegraph equipment and other manufacturers telephones, but already in 1878 Ericsson began producing and selling his own telephone equipment. Ericophon In 1954 Ericsson designed the Ericophon (also colled “The Cobra”) that was produced in millions of examples in a […]
The Rootes Group started as an automobile dealership in Kent, and was founded by William Rootes in 1913, and by 1924 they were the largest car and lorry distributor in the whole United Kingdom. Acquisitions Roots Group acquired a long list of British automotive brands. Hilmann Motor Car Company Limited Rootes bought the majority of […]
Joseph Crosfield & Sons Ltd was established in Warrington, England by Joseph Crosfield in 1814. The factory produced Soap, chemicals and candles. Today the company is a part of Unilever
The Sussex based toy factory Nicoltoys, produced a large amount of toys, ranging from wooden cars to fine brass microscopes. Their factory was located in Robertsbridge, Sussex, where it had the telephone number “Robertsbridge 11” We are as always, very curious and would love to know about Nicoltoys and their history. If you know more […]
McCaw, Stevenson & Orr, Limited was a printing company that ended up creating one of the best known glue brands Seccotine. The company printed books, placards and postcards. Seccotine The company didn’t stick to their main product as a printing house. In 1894 Sohn Stevensen got a patent for their refined liquid fish glue Seccotine. […]
Vulcan Motors and Engineering Company Limited was created by the two brothers Thomas and Joseph Hampson in 1902. They built their first experimental car together in 1899, and after creating the company in 1902 they began producing their first Vulcan cars, with a 4 BHP belt driven engine. In 1914 they began producing commercial vehicles, […]
Charles H Roe Limited was a Coach builder based in Leeds. The company was founded in 1923 by Charles Henry Roe, and was specialized in building buses. The company was taken over by Park Royal Vehicles in 1947, and later Leyland Motors in 1962. Construction of buses under the Charles H. Roe name continued until […]
In Sweden, it’s legal to drive a tractor at a younger age, than you are allowed to drive a car. At the same time you are allowed to modify a car, and register it as a tractor.This has turned into a tradition with a cult following, of building the so called EPA’s and A-Tractors. EPA […]
When the pope is on tour he is transported in special vehicles, affectionately known as popemobiles. These often have a platform surrounded by bulletproof glass. The popes car, carries the red lettered registration plate “SCV1”SCV is short for “Status Civitatis Vaticanae” (State of the Vatican City). This page contains a long list of vehicles that […]
Vickers Limited built a large variety of products. Church bells, airships, jet planes, machine guns and Rolls Royce engined caterpillar tracked tractors, just to mention a few. The company started back in 1828, as a foundry, and one of their early successes were their church bells. The Vickers church bells were cast in iron, not […]
