Old Photos of Witham

Frame assembly’ from Crittall catalogue

Taken: 1951-1953, Source: Crittall Windows catalogue no.163, 1953. Published by Crittall Manufacturing Company Ltd., Braintree. Large book. Copy lent by John Thurgood of Terling. There is another copy at Braintree museum., Ref: M1945

Frame assembly’. Photo (12) from a series illustrating the making of a window. From page 18 of catalogue. The caption says ‘Tenons of glazing bars are first heated electrically and then headed over by pneumatic pressure.’ John Thurgoood, who worked there, says this picture was taken at the Witham works. See link for notes on the catalogue.

RefM1945
PublisherCrittall Manufacturing Company Ltd.
Date taken1951-1953
SourceCrittall Windows catalogue no.163, 1953. Published by Crittall Manufacturing Company Ltd., Braintree. Large book. Copy lent by John Thurgood of Terling. There is another copy at Braintree museum.
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