Richard Garrett & Sons, Suffolk, England

W.G.V. Balchin (Consultant Editor).  The Country Life Book of the Living History of England.  Country Life Books, 1981.

The company remained under original ownership from 1778 to 1932 and persevered under a related name until 1981.  Over 200 years--an impressive accomplishment.  The company was the first British firm to incorporate the American practice of flow line production, the predecessor of the assembly line.