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A History of the County of Oxford
… in several towns and cities. 25 Successful smaller companies included specialist engineering firms, and traditional companies such as Bartletts' builders, refounded in 1960 as … industries arose to rival either Smiths' or the blanket companies. In the mid 1970s the blanket industry, despite …
A History of the County of Oxford
A History of the County of Oxford
… unit. 12 All three firms became private limited companies by 1910, though they remained essentially family …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Midlands, principally for import of coal and salt; both companies offered preferential rates for coal passing through … continued to fall until the 1810s. 90 Thereafter both companies suffered increasingly from railway competition, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… it in several local villages, 357 and professional touring companies visited Witney in the later 18th century, … by established employers and particularly by the blanket companies, 431 of which most remained family businesses with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Like its predecessor it negotiated contracts with local companies for street lighting, and for gas and (later) …