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Originally Posted by Heatercathodeshort
I used to stock Crompton [Parkinson?] /Hawker lamps insisted by some of my customers. They definitely were a high Quality lamp well respected in the trade, supplied to schools, local authorities and industry.
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Just an aside -
Crompton-Parkinson. Part of Brooke-Crompton-Parkinson/Hawker-Siddely group, and later Tyco. Manufactured lightbulbs and luminaires at their Wheatley Plant in Doncaster. My home town and I worked their for a short time during school holidays. Like most of the heavy industry in that location, now gone, replaced by 5-a-side pitches! This part of Doncaster, along with my village Kirk Sandall (next along) was very tight-knit around a few key factories. You either worked for 'Cromps', 'Harvesters' (international harvesters, later Case Ltd) across the road, Rockware glass (most of my family) or 'Pilks' (Pilkingtons). And every factory had a social club!
