Brummie a long time ago
master brummie
I worked at a place in Spring Lane, Malvern, just round the corner from Chance. Went past it everyday. Very unassuming building, very low key industrial estate premises apparently put there in 1947, unlike those photos of the Smethwick factory in this thread. They would have been the lab glass offshoot of Pilkington at that time (71 to 76), but as everyone will know, they went private in 1992, keeping the name.
You will know this,
"In the early 20th century, many new ways of making glass evolved at Chance Brothers such as the innovative welding of a cathode ray tube used for radar detection."
But did you know this,
"In 1933, the company was reported to be involved in an attempt to contact "any intelligent life" on the planet Mars, using adapted lighthouse optics from a mountaintop, the Jungfrau, in Switzerland."
Source. Wikipedia.
Just a tidbit.
Andrew.
You will know this,
"In the early 20th century, many new ways of making glass evolved at Chance Brothers such as the innovative welding of a cathode ray tube used for radar detection."
But did you know this,
"In 1933, the company was reported to be involved in an attempt to contact "any intelligent life" on the planet Mars, using adapted lighthouse optics from a mountaintop, the Jungfrau, in Switzerland."
Source. Wikipedia.
Just a tidbit.
Andrew.