CONTENTS

Introduction 7

The Owners
Ackton Hall Colliery 11
Edward Adlington 13
W. Aitken & Co. . 16
Allerdale Coal Co. Ltd 17
Avon India Rubber Co. Ltd 18
John Baker & Bessemer Ltd 21
Reginald Clare Banks 22
J. Bibby & Sons Ltd 24
The Blaenmawr Colliery Co. Ltd 25
Albert Bramley 26
Bretby Colliery 28
British Dyestuffs Corporation Ltd 29
Budd & Co. 30
Burrell & Co. (Radlett) Ltd 33
Burt, Boulton & Haywood Ltd 33
A. Butler 36
Cambrian Collieries Co. Ltd 37
Carpenter & Sons 42
Frederick Chubb 44
Clarke Sharp & Co. 45
Clyne Merthyr Collieries Co. Ltd 46
Crampin Coal Supply Co. Ltd 47
Cribbwr Fawr Collieries Ltd 48
H. & E. Crundall Ltd 50
Earl of Dudley 51
East Cannock Colliery Co. Ltd 55
E. Foster & Co. 58
Henry Francis 64
Bernard T. Frost 64
Isaiah Gadd 66
Gann & Brown 69
Garth Collieries Ltd 70
E. R. Gell 71
George & Matthews 72
Glenavon Garw Collieries Ltd 72
M. & W. Grazebrook Ltd 77
Hall & Co. 78
John Heaton 79
Samuel Hibbert & Sons 80
N. Hingley &Sons Ltd 80
Read Holliday & Sons Ltd 87
Huntley & Palmers Ltd 89
Thomas Hutton 90
Norman Jackson 90
Jeram & Co. 92
Judd, Budd Ltd 93
Thomas Kenny & Son 97
A. Kirk 97
Lamont & Warne 98
London & South Western Railway Coal Club 104
Medway Oil & Storage Co. Ltd 107
Morris & Shaw Ltd 108
Mossfield Colliery 109
Mynydd Maen Colliery Co. Ltd 111
Nash Bros 112
North Rhondda Colliery Co. Ltd 113
North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd 115
Peake, Oliver & Peake Ltd 123
Penistone & District Gas Company 125
Pinxton Collieries Ltd 126
Pontefract Collieries Ltd 129
Ralls & Son 132
Robert Reid & Co. 133
R. H. Sharp & Son 135
W. H. Sharp & Sons Ltd 136
Sheffield Chemical Co. Ltd 137
Spooner & Bailey Ltd 138
Stafford Salt & Alkali Co. Ltd 139
Stephens & Co. 140
John Summers & Sons Ltd 142
G. W. Talbot & Son, Ltd 143
Tarbitumac Ltd 145
Tebay Co-operative Society Ltd 146
Thomas & Green, Ltd 147
John J. Tims 148
Torquay & South Devon Coal Co. (1923) Ltd 151
James Turney 152
Warwick Gas Light Co. 152
John Jay Williams 154
James Williamson & Son Ltd 157
Windsor Steam Coal Co. (1901) Ltd 158
W. E. Wise 160
William Wood & Sons (Huddersfield) Ltd 163
Yorkshire & Lincolnshire Tar Distillation Co. 164

Back-Tracking 165
      Brentnall & Cleland 165
      Littleton Collieries Ltd 167
      Walter Moore Ltd 167
      Wm Clarke & Sons 168
      Atkinson & Prickett Ltd 171
      Henry Briggs, Sons & Co. Ltd 171
      Amalgamated Anthracite 173
      A. R. Banks Ltd 173
      J. & G. Wells Ltd 173

Molasses Tankers 175
Errata: A Fifth Collection 176
Anecdotes 177
But Was It Copied Elsewhere? 179
Midland Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. 180
Acknowledgements and Sources 183
Models 184
Bibliography 184


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