Friday, February 13, 2009

ABEL BLACKBURN & CO LTD see BLACKBURN see NORFOLK

ABEL BLACKBURN & CO LTD
Manufactured by A Blackburn & Co ; Cleckeaton ; Yorkshire GB
made for Norfolks cars 1904-1905 ; some texts say until 1910

see cross refences to NORFOLK (USA) & (GB) -1904-1910; BLACKBURN (GB)

with regard to Blackburn this small reference to making commercials
BLACKBURN (GB)Commercials Brief history 1908-1939

see May 1997 Classic and Vintage Commercials (GB)Page 34 Volume 2 Issue #9
Below
a very brief snipet of history part of a weekly series A to Z of Classic Commercials series part 21 Bernard to BMC ; Blackburn makers of Nolfolk cars 1904-1905 ; then added 10 and 20hp commercials from 1908

and as for NORFOLK (USA) /(GB) -1910 there small brief history on the maker
see July 1982 Motorsport (GB) page 882-883 given in a letter by Steve Dickance of Yorkshire

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