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Cryselco

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Cryselco was founded in 1895 with its factory in Woburn Road, Kempston producing electric lamps. By the 1950s the company was employing over 600 workers. In the late 1980s the company moved to new premises at 274 Ampthill Road, Bedford.

Sources:

  • The Newspaper Cuttings Collection, Local Studies Library, Bedford Cemtral Library

Cryselco by Bedfordshire Libraries, 2014


Page last updated: 7th May 2014