The company Hall & Lane Ltd. was founded in 1895 in Darwin Works, Leopold Street in Birmingham and existed until 1951. They were manufacturers of tin boxes, toys, and hardware, tin and celluloid window tickets, show cards. The firm was registered as a limited company in 1939, the Director, Mr. F C Hall, was also listed as 'Ironmaster, Toolmaker, Founder', and together with HF Hall, as Joint Directors of the Cambridge Metal Stamping Co., Robert Hitchon Ltd and Watkins & Carter Ltd. The toys they produced during and after World War I included pop guns and air guns, seaside buckets, money-boxes. The firm was acquired by Chad Valley in 1951, and the sons of its founder, Mr A F Hall, become Chairman of the Chad Valley Group in 1960.
Subject ID: 29138
MoreThe company Hall & Lane Ltd. was founded in 1895 in Darwin Works, Leopold Street in Birmingham and existed until 1951. They were manufacturers of tin boxes, toys, and hardware, tin and celluloid window tickets, show cards. The firm was registered as a limited company in 1939, the Director, Mr. F C Hall, was also listed as 'Ironmaster, Toolmaker, Founder', and together with HF Hall, as Joint Directors of the Cambridge Metal Stamping Co., Robert Hitchon Ltd and Watkins & Carter Ltd. The toys they produced during and after World War I included pop guns and air guns, seaside buckets, money-boxes. The firm was acquired by Chad Valley in 1951, and the sons of its founder, Mr A F Hall, become Chairman of the Chad Valley Group in 1960.
Subject ID: 29138
Subject ID: 29138