The stories of many of the companies and brands involved in the manufacture of teasmades. They are arranged here alphabetically.
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View all Automatic Utilities models Automatic Utilities Ltd was George Absolom‘s first known company. Sadly Companies House retains no details of this company. On May 2nd 1932 George submitted an application for a patent on his invention, an electric automatic tea maker, soon to be marketed as the Teesmade.
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View all Automatic Water Boiler models The Automatic Water Boiler Company appear to have been the first company to commercially market a teasmade. The Automatic Water Boiler Company was headed by gun maker Frank Clarke. It seems Frank’s living was made as a marketing guru in the Gadget Shop
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View all Bombay Radio models The Bombay Radio Company was based at 73-75 Marine Lines, opposite Marine Lines Station, Queen’s Road, Bombay, India. It was incorporated on 2 December 1926 and was controlled by Abdulla Fazelbhoy and Sons. In January 1928 Wireless World confirms that they were the
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View all Goblin Teasmade models The British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Company was founded in 1902 by consulting engineer Hubert Cecil Booth (1871-1955). Hubert Cecil Booth F.C.G.I., M.I.C.E., (1871-1955) was born in Gloucester, England. At the age of 18 he moved to
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View all Hawkins and Ekco-Hawkins models Laurence George Hawkins visited the United States in 1910 and observed that electrical consumer goods such as toasters, coffee pots, and pressure cookers, had been successfully launched into the domestic market. At that time such products were little known in the UK. He
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British Vacuum Cleaner acquired the Magneta Time Company in about 1937. The Magneta Time Company remained as a separate division of BVC. They manufactured master clocks for use in post offices, telephone exchanges and other commercial and industrial settings. By 1947 Magneta were manufacturing the Goblin Timespot, Industrial Radio Receivers
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View all Pifco models Provincial Incandescent Fittings Co Ltd was established by Joseph Webber in 1900, to sell lighting appliances and accessories. It became a public company in 1902. In 1949 their name was officially shortened to Pifco. Pifco manufacturered many appliances, including teasmades, as well as fairy lights, torches,
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RBC was the last teasmade manufacturer in Britain, making Swan D01 Teamades in Burton on Trent.
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Bill Russell (22 July 1920 – 16 February 2006), from High Wycombe, was a Major with REME in World War II and after leaving in 1947, he joined the home appliance manufacturer, Morphy Richards. He became Chief Development Engineer, helping to design a pop-up toaster, an electric iron and a
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Hot on the heels of the Automatic Water Boiler Company, an Aberdeen firm, Shirras, Laing and Co, patented an automatic tea maker in 1902. They were electrical and heating engineers, sheet metal workers, lamp manufacturers, oil merchants, ironmongers and marquee manufacturers. On 29th December 1902 an article about their invention
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Sunbeam Products is an American brand that has produced electric home appliances since 1910. In 1997 Sunbeam reported massive increases in sales for its various backyard and kitchen items. Dunlap purchased a controlling interest in Signature Brands, which included Mr Coffee, during this time. But Sunbeam was in severe crisis.
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Swan Brand was originally a brand of Bulpitt and Sons, who were well established kettle manufacturers.
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