Turner, Ernest, Group

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  • Textile production Industrial textiles production inc insulation, lagging & tyre cord

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Traced origins to 1898 when established by Ernest Turner, d1941. Initially textiles and fittings distributor to the carriage building trade. Based at Kings Cross. 1914 opened a second factory, at Derby, to supply the motor industry. 1922 acquired electrical instrumentation production business based at High Wycombe. By 1948 had 600 employees when made textiles for transport industry, including trimmings and narrow fabrics, and instrumentation

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