Branch Works.I wonder what the factory prefix 'BW' actually stood for?
I wonder what the factory prefix 'BW' actually stood for?
In the tool trade it stood for British Whitworth, so I was told in 1944. Bernard
Formans Rd factory was BW1. Len.BW3 - Starters & generators. BW4 - Lamps (head lights, sidelights etc) BW5 - Gas Turbines. I think Formans Rd Batteries was BW1. I started life after college at BW3 c. 1960