Catalogue description WINGROVE & ROGERS LTD

Legal, financial and miscellaneous documents

Contents

B/WR/1/1 - 25 MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE (see also sections 10, 18, 19 and 26)

(Including business letters, minutes of AGM of Polar Ltd., 1948-1958; private correspondence of Major Wingrove, 1948-1963; agreement files, 1926-1960) 1919 - 1968

B/WR/2/1 - 10 LEGAL (see also sections 12 and 21)

(Including patents files, 1920-1956, notably that re: dispute with Plessey's over condenser patent, 1931-1956; also leases, 1955-1965) 1920 - 1965

B/WR/3/1 - 3 INVESTMENT (see also sections 13 and 24)

(Including Radio Communication Co., confidential file, 1927; West Derby 'Waste Lands' Charity, 1963-1967) 1927 - 1967

B/WR/4/1 - 6 FINANCE (see also sections 14 and 23)

(Including Directors' Reports, c.1920-1969; Profit and Loss files, 1945-1968) 1920 - 1969

B/WR/5/1 - 8 OPERATIONAL (see also section 15)

(Including truck records, 1920) 1937 - 1968

B/WR/6/1 - 39 SALES AND SERVICE (see also section 16)

(Including capital orders file, 1958-1969; Polar Ltd. catalogues, c.1930-1939; British Electric Vehicles trucks pamphlets) 1930 - 1979

B/WR/7/1 - 5 STAFF AND WAGES (see also sections 17 and 22) 1926 - 1971

B/WR/8/1 - 13 BUILDINGS

(Including correspondence estimates, plans, re: Old Swan and Kirkby works, 1924-1966) 1924 - 1966

B/WR/9/1 - 17 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

(Including relations with, wartime contracts and Civil Defence) 1927 - 1968

B/WR/10/1 - 24 MISCELLANEOUS

(Including Engineering and Allied Employers Liverpool Association, c.1936-1967) 1933 - 1977

B/WR/11/1 - 17 ADMINISTRATION (see also section 20)

(Including minutes, directors' attendance books, letters, etc.) 1919 - 1980

B/WR/12/1 - 28 LEGAL

(Including Articles of Association, patents, trademarks, specifications, etc.) 1928 - 1957

B/WR/13/1 - 18 INVESTMENT

(Including shares, certificate books and papers for meetings) 1925 - 1976

B/WR/14/1 - 54 FINANCIAL

(Including ledgers, cash books and year end accounts) 1919 - 1977

B/WR/15/1 - 15 OPERATIONAL

(Including photographs and manuals) 1919 - 1980

B/WR/16/1 - 90 SALES AND SERVICE

(Including order books and catalogues, etc.) 1928 - 1980

B/WR/17/1 - 28 STAFF AND WAGES

(Including commissions, training, staff notes and pension, etc.) 1934 - 1980

B/WR/18/1 - 32 MISCELLANEOUS

(Including material for history, war material, etc.) 1919 - 1981

B/WR/19/1 MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE

(concerning service agreements) 1949 - 1974

B/WR/20/1 ADMINISTRATION

(minute book of director's meetings of Polar Ltd.) 1925 - 1981

B/WR/21/1 - 20 LEGAL

(Including Certificate of Incorporation, Articles of Association, patents, trademarks, mortgage, service agreement, assignment, deeds of appointment and trust deed) 1919 - 1979

B/WR/22/1 - 8 STAFF AND WAGES

(Including Factories Act file, accident report(s), disabled persons file, staff pension scheme, etc.) 1937 - 1983

B/WR/23/1 - 13 FINANCE

(Including private ledgers, register of mortgages, year end and management accounts and forecasts) 1927 - 1988

B/WR/24/1 - 4 INVESTMENT

(Including share transfer certificates, shares, file marked Polar Ltd., file of deceased shareholders) 1920 - 1976

B/WR/25/1 - 20 OPERATIONAL

(Including order book, truck calculation book (with loose inserts) and photographs) 1917 - 1948

B/WR/26/1 MISCELLANEOUS

(framed photograph of Mr. William Rogers, founding director, 1919-1961) n.d.

B/WR/27/1 - 2 MISCELLANEOUS

(Including outline history and World War I exemption certificates) 1915 - c.1977

B/WR/28/1 LEGAL

(Articles of Association) 1962

B/WR/29/1 FINANCE

(30th AGM papers) 1950

B/WR/30/1 - 3 OPERATIONAL

(Including photographs and works manager's instructions) c.1932 - 1986

B/WR/31/1 STAFF

(2 photographs of 70th party for Mr. W. Rogers) 1961

B/WR/31/1 - 2 ADDITION TO ARCHIVE FROM C.G. WINGROVE 1946 - 1963

Wingrove and Rogers Ltd, electrical engineers

This collection is stored in the reserve store and is available by advance appointment only.

1. Sections 11 - 18 Deposited 20 February 1981

2. Sections 19 - 26 Deposited August 1992

3. Sections 27 - 32 Deposited January 1993

Wingrove & Rogers Ltd. was founded in 1919, as electrical engineers producing control gear for another local firm, British Electric Vehicles Ltd., of Southport, who manufactured electric industrial trucks and mining locomotives. In the early 1920s with the advent of broadcasting, the firm made coils for radio equipment. In 1924 they moved to premises in Old Swan, Liverpool, and made a wide range of electro-mechanical devices. In 1926 British Electric Vehicles Ltd. was acquired, transferred to Liverpool and became known as the BEV division. The firm continued producing fork lift trucks and electric vehicles until the 1980s when it ceased trading.

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