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Maker of radiators for a whole host of mostly vanished British-made trucks.
The "Withnell radiator tube" (also known as a "Joule tube") has replaceable cooling tubes seated in rubber grommets between the upper and lower coolant tanks to better withstand vibration and pounding, especially in heavy off-road equipment.
Six years after this ad was posted, Norman Isherwood & Co. at Bolton & Shipley and Marston Excelsior Ltd. at Leeds were combined into one company, Marston Radiators Ltd. by Imperial Metal Industries Limited. In 1989, the company became DENSO Marston Limited when it was purchased by that Japanese company to make and supply car radiators for the new Toyota factory in Burniston, Derbyshire . In 2007, it left the car market to focus on cooling systems for non-automotive applications. It is the only company outside of Japan to be awarded the prestigious "Mother Company" status. The company's website states:
In line with DENSO’s vision of steadily reducing environmental impact in global production, DENSO Marston has been a zero waste to landfill site since 2009. Our grounds are also home to the DENSO Marston Nature Reserve, helping to offset carbon emissions whilst also giving something back to the local community.Impressive! You don't see many North American companies behaving like this.
Norman Isherwood was my grandfather and it is interesting to read this. I didn't realise part of the company still exists in another guise.
ReplyDeleteWho was your grandmother?
DeleteOlive woodcock?
DeleteMy grandmother was Elsie Isherwood
DeleteI worked at Norman Isherwood in 1971 and at Marston Radiators through to 1977
ReplyDeleteI was in the foundry for 6 months during my industrial spell from university, then I used to visit customers with Gerry Forsyth from the drawing office. I had a crush on Gwendolyn and went on a New Year holiday to Scotland together.
A wonderful place to work, great people, lovely culture.
Did you work in Bolton? My dad was Bill Lowe.
DeleteOr was it Gwyneth not Gwendolyn? Time blurs even the most fabulous memories
ReplyDeleteStan was the works engineer, fabulous sense of humour
And Dr Trevor Lamb, the Chief Exec, what a visionary
I worked at the then Marston Excelsior laterDenso Marston on the shop floor from 1960 to 2001Happy Days doo you know if Dr T J Lamb is still around ?
DeleteWhen I was Technical Director at International Radiator Services Ltd I tried very hard to purchase Marston Radiators Ltd. Fenwick Alison was MD of Marston then and he made it clear I wasn’t a welcome purchaser. He made it clear he had Nippondenso in his sights
ReplyDeleteA pity, I didn’t win. I had a very soft spot for Marston Radiators being apprenticed there under Geoff Beeston and Rodney Cooke
I worked in the foundry for 6 months in 1970 as industrial experience from university
ReplyDeleteI returned the following year to work with Stan the maintenance manager during the new factory build
Alwyn Cunliffe was the clerk of works for the new factory
I remember closing Gladstone Street factory around the same time too