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active 1960s-1990s, linear measure (tapes & rules) manufacturer; England

Rabone Chesterman Limited

1963
1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969
1949-1977, audio equipment manufacturer, England

Ferrograph

1949 - 1977
1965-1980, ceramic manufacturer, Tunstall

Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Limited

1965 - 1980
1950-2000, radio communications, electronics manufacturer, British

Racal Electronics Plc

1950 - 2000
1958-current (2007), ocean systems, agricultural engineering, Massachusetts, United States

The Sippican Corporation

1958
c.1960s-current (2022), video character generator hardware and graphics presentation equipment manufacturer, England

Aston Broadcast Systems

1969
1962-current (2011), pharmaceutical product manufacturer, British

Dista Products Limited

1962
1948-1977, goldsmiths, assayers and photographic chemists, Hendon

Johnsons of Hendon Limited

1948 - 1972
1947-1966, marine and aero navigation instrument designer; manufacturer, British

Kelvin and Hughes Limited

1947 - 1966
1963-1987, researcher; manufacturer of electronic communication equipment, United Kingdom

Marconi Company Limited

1963 - 1987
1969- current (2012), manufacturer of meteorological instruments, Rustington, England

Shortland Bowen Instruments Limited

1969
1950-2000, manufacturer car parts, electronics, consumer goods, Indianapolis

Arvin Industries Incorporated

1950 - 2000
1955-1979, commerical and industrial electronics manufacturer, Britain

EMI Electronics Limited

1955 - 1979
1962-1978, electronics manufacturer, United Kingdom

Rank Bush Murphy Group

1962 - 1978
active 1954-1971, pharmaceutical researcher and manufacturer, UK subsiduary of Swiss parent

CIBA Laboratories Limited

1954 - 1971

Curtis, Deborah

1957
1947-current (2011), biochemist, pathologist, Colombian

Patarroyo, Manuel Elkin

1946
1968-2000, electronics manufacturer, France

Thomson-CSF

1968 - 2000
1958-2002, telephone designer and manufacturer, Japan, Japanese

Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. Ltd.

1958
1946; railway employee, railway clerk, railway manager, railway company director

Eccles, Graham

1946
1963-1991, geophysical surveying; seismographical surveying, German

Prakla Seismos

1963 - 1991
1956; railway employee, railway traffic manager, station master, railway manager, railway infrastructure company director, railway company chairman

Holden, SIr Michael

1956
born 1949, photographer and photojornalist, UK

Knott, Herbie

1949
1946; soldier, railway industry body director

Lyons, General Adrian

1946
1951-1961, lens, camera and film manufacturer, London

Ross-Ensign Ltd

1904 - 1961
1956; railway employee, railway engineer, railway civil engineer, railway civil engineering manager, railway company director

McNaughton, Andrew

1956
1949-1983, camera manufacturer, Japan

Yashica

1949 - 1983
1964-1996, research department, British

British Rail Research, Derby

1964 - 1996
1946-1968, manufacturer of balances, London, England

Stanton Instruments Limited

1946 - 1968
1957; engineering manager, railway freight company director, railway infrastructure manager, railway infrastructure company director, railway company director

Gisby, Robin William

1957
Founded 1966, artist collective, Japan

Computer Technique Group

1912
1954; railway employee, railway operations manager, railway freight manager, station master, railway company director, civil servant, charity chairman, railway company director

Baker, Stuart Kemp

1954
1949; railway employee, railway manager, railway project manager, railway industry body director, railway consultant, railway manager

Benham, Philip Martin

1949
1946; railway employee, railway manager, railway passenger manager, railway company director

Warburton, Ivor William

1908
1956-current (2009), camera and binocular manufacturer, Hong Kong, China

W Haking Enterprises Limited

1956
1952-1974, manufacturer of electronic equipment, Germany

Uher

1953 - 1974
1967-1992, glass maker, King's Lynn, England

Wedgwood Glass

1967 - 1992
1951; personnel manager, health body leader

Hadley, Gareth

1951
1953-current (2009), pharmaceutical manufacturer, Hoddesdon, England

Merck, Sharp and Dohme Limited

1953
c.1950-c.1982, recording equipment manufacturer, England

Reslosound Limited

1950 - 1982
1948-1969, railways management company, United Kingdom

British Railways

1948 - 1969
c.1950-c.1975, public address equipment manufacturer, Middlesex, England

Grampian Reproducers Ltd.

1950 - 1975
1947-1990s; aircraft maintenance, manufacturer of electronic equipment; Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England

Airtech Ltd

1947 - 1999
1950-2006, photographer, Ireland

Carlos Clarke, Bob

1950 - 2006
active 1950s-1986, haulage company, North Allerton, England

Sunter Brothers Limited

1955 - 1986
1949-2003, manufacturer of optics and imaging equipment, Japan

Olympus Optical Company Limited

1949 - 2003
1955-?, glass manufacturer, St Asaph, Wales

Chance-Pilkington

1955
b 1952, erotic photographer, Cambridge

Watson, Trevor

1952