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iv. Advertisements. FLIGHT MARCH 29TH, 1945 Smiths of England MILESTONES SERIES No. I The ploughshares of the farmer, the weapons of the warrior, the tools of the worker have been forged 'for England through the centuries by those skilled and patient craftsmen, her Smiths. Blacksmiths and Goldsmiths, Tinsmiths and Coppersmiths ... all have won honour for the name they have given to this great family of Smiths. How fitting it is that a Smith should have set up a business of working in metals which has brought new and world-wide prestige to this same name! In 1851, when it was thought that the birth of a new era of Peace was being heralded by the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, The premises occupied by the firm for many years at No. 9 Strand a Mr. Smith opened his shop in Newington Cause- way, London, for the making and selling of fine English watches. Later his son started a similar shop at No. 9 the Strand. He was afterwards joined by his son, now Sir Allan Gordon-Smith, who today is Man- aging Director of the important group of precision manufac- turers in metal listed below. S. SMITH & SONS (ENGLAND) LTD MOTOR : Smiths Motor Accessories Ltd., K.L.G. Sparking Plugs Ltd., British Jaeger Instruments Ltd., Smiths Jacking Systems Ltd. CLOCKS & WATCHES : Smiths English Clocks Ltd., Enfield Clock Co. (London) Ltd., English Clock Systems Ltd.. A.B.E.C. Ltd., British Precision Springs Ltd. AIRCRAFT & MARINE : Smiths Aircraft Instruments Ltd., Henry Hughes & Sons Ltd., Marine Instruments Ltd.,Furzehill Laboratories Ltd. INDUSTRIAL : Smiths Industrial Instruments Ltd., A.T. Instruments Ltd. Scientific S.E.1T
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