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Article: From miners' lamps to wires and cables ; Mervyn Edwards
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- Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK)
- Article date:
- January 3, 2009
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Mervyn Edwards
Charts the history of Rists, which was one of the major
manufacturing employers in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
W HEN Princess Margaret dropped by at Rist's Wires and Cables
Limited, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, in December, 1958, the company had
already been in existence for some 56 years.
The royal visit merely boosted its already-high profile.
However, the firm's expansion into Newcastle did not occur until
the middle of the 20th century.
Its history dates back to 1902, when a firm called Prested
Miners' Gas Indicating Electric Lamps Limited was formed in North
London.
The business made miners' lamps which incorporated an indicating
device that would detect the presence of methane.
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