Britool originally incorporated way back in 1915.
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| Original factory now under different ownership |
Britool expanded rapidly and by 1920 expanded their business into a large factory based on Owen Road in Wolverhampton.
It was Jenks Brothers who set up the company and I dare say that lots of Mechanics have since taken a strong grip of the Britool Tools.
The main production range was Spanners and Wrenches and Britool soon became very well known for their high quality products.
Britool however didn't limit themselves to just Spanners they soon expanding and in a 1920 advert claimed to make all descriptions of small tools.
The original company name was "British Tool and Engineering Co Ltd" soon to use the well known brand name Britool.
In 1937 apparently the company was taken over by John Shaw and Sons, however the word was that Jenks Brothers already had taken control of John Shaw and Sons, many years later it was written in a handbook that the Company was the manufacturing part of John Shaw and Sons (Wolverhampton).
It was 1969 when the company was taken over by James Neille a toolmaker that now included Britool and Eclipse, if your a mechanic of the older generation like myself then you may well have come across Neille or Eclipse tools.
The later advert gives a good idea on the range of tools available.
So now how things move on as in 1991 the company was taken over by Facom.
The main production range was Spanners and Wrenches and Britool soon became very well known for their high quality products.
Britool however didn't limit themselves to just Spanners they soon expanding and in a 1920 advert claimed to make all descriptions of small tools.
The original company name was "British Tool and Engineering Co Ltd" soon to use the well known brand name Britool.
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| Picture taken back in 2002 |
In 1937 apparently the company was taken over by John Shaw and Sons, however the word was that Jenks Brothers already had taken control of John Shaw and Sons, many years later it was written in a handbook that the Company was the manufacturing part of John Shaw and Sons (Wolverhampton).
It was 1969 when the company was taken over by James Neille a toolmaker that now included Britool and Eclipse, if your a mechanic of the older generation like myself then you may well have come across Neille or Eclipse tools.
The later advert gives a good idea on the range of tools available.
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| An advert from 1967 |
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| Advert from 1974 |
So now how things move on as in 1991 the company was taken over by Facom.
If you type Facom into any search engine you will surely be amazed and the massive range of tools they supply.
So that's just a little snippet about the British Tool and Engineering Co, Britool.
Thanks for reading.
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