History of Coates Brothers & Co Ltd, 1877-1977
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- Author(s) McGregor, Gillian (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1977
- Pages 103pp; illus
- Publisher Westerham Press
- Place Published Westerham
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Commissioned narrative history. Popular presentation. Much about post 1945 overseas expansion. Also much about contemporary business - structure, products, research. Table of annual 'sales turnover' total, 1877-1950. Also family tree descended from Henry Coates, 1775-1862. Chapters include: 'The family found the business'; 'Early days, 1877-1900'; 'Family difficulties - John Coates retires'; 'Manufacture in early days'; 'Development in the 1920s - J B M Coates joins'; 'Easton Street and the great expansion '; 'New factories and techniques following World War II'; 'The start of overseas operations'; 'Overseas expansion gets underway'; 'Overseas organisation, 1947-77 - a personal note by J B M Coates'; 'The development of advanced technology'; 'The Group organisation, 1977'; 'Organisation by companies'