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Alan Stepney · 12th Jun 2012, 9:27 am

I saw some of their depots, service centres and regional offices whilst I was with Philips, and although I don't remember one in/near Wigan, there may well have been one there, or perhaps one of their engineers lived there.

The locations I do recall are:
Grays, Essex,
Wembley, Middx
Kingston-New Malden, Surrey
Chichester, & Fareham, later combined to Waterlooville, Hants
Aldershot, Hants
Salisbury, Wilts,
Weymouth, Dorset
Plymouth, Devon
Taunton, Somerset

Head Office at the time was Droylesden, Manchester

They also had all the ex-Civic workshops, some of which remained open, plus others that were still partly privately owned, and a few other chains that had become part of Philips, but used Loyds as a "central stores".

So, valves in that packaging could have come from a variety of routes.

12th Jun 2012, 9:27 am	#9
Alan Stepney Rest in Peace Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dorset, UK. Posts: 947	Re: "Loyds" valves. I saw some of their depots, service centres and regional offices whilst I was with Philips, and although I don't remember one in/near Wigan, there may well have been one there, or perhaps one of their engineers lived there. The locations I do recall are: Grays, Essex, Wembley, Middx Kingston-New Malden, Surrey Chichester, & Fareham, later combined to Waterlooville, Hants Aldershot, Hants Salisbury, Wilts, Weymouth, Dorset Plymouth, Devon Taunton, Somerset Head Office at the time was Droylesden, Manchester They also had all the ex-Civic workshops, some of which remained open, plus others that were still partly privately owned, and a few other chains that had become part of Philips, but used Loyds as a "central stores". So, valves in that packaging could have come from a variety of routes.