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  1. Marshall Amplification — 2023-10-07 09:45:58
    …tars. {{Image url="Marshall_logo.svg" class="right" title="Marshall logo" width="200" }} Among his many guitar playing customers were **Ritchie Blackmore, Big Jim Sullivan and Pete Townshend.** But they were all frustrated at the poor quality of…
  2. PIN — 2023-09-23 15:56:10
    …ide a weekend service. Martins bank had asked Chubb to produce a machine to be placed outside the bank that would allow customers to get cash when it was shut. The task was taken up by Kelvin Hughes, a subsidiary of Smiths Industries Ltd. Good…
  3. ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
    …rron's early machines used special cheques called "Barclaycash" that were chemically coded with impregnated carbon-14. Customers placed the cheque into a drawer, the machine detected and matched the cheque against a number code entered before pa…
  4. Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
    …o compliment the dish for some time. Because of the [[British_Empire | Raj]] Indian flavours were starting to appeal to customers and nearby rival chemists like **Twinberrow and Evans** had good sales in sauces. It is most likely that **Lea & Pe…
    … **ocean liners** sailing to and from [[England]] carried Worcestershire Sauce They even paid the waiters to serve it. Customers could purchase a bottle of this tasty delight to take home with them! {{Image url="WilliamHenryPerrins.jpg" class="r…
  5. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
    …o go into business with **Paul Bedford Elwell**. Soon Elwell and Parker were manufacturing accumulators and dynamos for customers like Trafalgar Colliery in the Forest of Dean, for electric lighting in the mine and the tramway in Blackpool. ::c::…
  6. Trouser Press — 2021-08-26 11:11:31
    … was invented by Peter Corby in 1930. Peter began producing the press in Windsor with the help of his father. His first customer was Austin Reed. ::c:: {{Image url="CorbyTrouserPress.jpg" class="left" title="Corby Trouser Press" width="400" }} =…
  7. Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
    …tent was invalid due to prior art by William Sawyer and others. By 1889, 10 years after the patent, there were only 710 customers. The problem was that electricity and its support infrastructure cost too much and, of course, had to be installed. …
    … Ten more years later, after electricity costs had come down, there were 3 million customers and all the basic light bulb patents had expired. (...) Seven years, and more than $100,000 in litigation expenses a…
  8. Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
    …cester" width="300" }}The machine toured the streets with a team of of men in white drill suits. On finding a potential customer, the salesmen demonstrated their wares by throwing street dirt onto people's carpets. The petrol motor started, and l…
  9. Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30
    …er solstice and burn it to celebrate the return of Sun God. The Cornish drew a man on a log to commemorate the very old custom of human sacrifice by burning on a bonfire. Revived in the 12th Century, the Yule Log which was supposed to ward of the…
    …|{{Image url="BoxingDay.jpg" title="Staff wait to recieve their gift Box" width="200" }}||Takes its name from a former custom of giving a '''Christmas Box''' - a gift of money or food inside a box - to the staff of servants, maids, grooms, cooks…
    …, butlers, deliverymen and tradespeople who called regularly during the year. This tradition survives in the custom of tipping the milkman, postman, dustmen and other callers of good service at Christmas time.|| == Pantomime == ||{{Im…

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