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A
historical study of the industrial & domestic glass from Chance & Pilkington
all text & images © Chance-Pilkington.co.uk
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BROADFIELD UNDER THREAT! Skerries Lighthouse, 1904 |
URGENT!
Broadfield House Glass Museum is under threat of closure, and a subsequent reduction in services.
As a 'Glassie' your help is appreciated in making your voice heard. Please visit the following links:
Glass Association
Friends of Broadfield House
Online Petition — PLEASE SIGN!
Photographs
Broadfield House 1 (5.5MB)
Broadfield House 2 (7.75MB)
Ruskin & Red House Glass Cone (3.0MB)
Please Note: If publishing any photograph of the internal of Broadfield House, they should be credited 'Courtesy of Friends of Broadfield House Glass Museum'. With thanks. These photographs may only be used for any purpose associated with the protest to close Broadfield House.
If possible a recipricol link to http://www.friendsofbroadfieldhouse.co.uk would be appreciated!
Flat Glass & Lighthouses
NEW
LINK: Chance
Encounters:
A new site giving an insight into the Chance factory, with recorded reminiscences
of former workers.
What's it all about?The title of this site 'Flat Glass & Lighthouses' represents the industries that the two companies (Chance Bros. & Pilkington Bros.) were mainly involved in. While Chance was actually the more diverse and concentrated on virtually all aspects of glass manufacture, Pilkington held mainly to its core business – the production of flat glass. |
Enter the Industrial World of Chance & Pilkington |
Chance Brothers, 1824-1981The main industries supported by Chance were; flat glass, optical glass, rolled-plate glass, blown glass, pressed glass. |
For
information on domestic glassware, visit |
Pilkington Brothers, 1826-dateThe main industries supported by Pilkington were; flat glass and rolled-plate glass. Developers of the float glass process. Now owned by the Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) group |
Go to:
Pilkington Official Site |
Notes:
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Briefly...Chance Brothers operated exclusively from Smethwick, England, from 1824 until 1981. Its flat glass production was absorbed into the parent company plant (Pilkington) at St. Helens in 1976. Chance Brothers at one time were the leading lighthouse, scientific and optical glass producers in the world. Pilkington Brothers was formed in 1826 and by the late 19th century had become Britains main producer of flat window glass. Its core business was, and still is, the production of flat glass. |
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