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Universal Tools Co., Ltd.

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Universal Tools Works
Tramway Path

Tool & Jig Maker

The factory opened in 1940, and can be seen in this aerial photo from May 1946.

Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

Made parts for De Havilland Mosquito during WW2, see Grace’s Guide to British Industrial History.

 

1/8/1940

1/8/1940 Flight Magazine

UNIVERSAL TOOLS, Ltd., have now equipped their new factory with large range of presses up to 75 tons; having own tool room. Prompt deliveries can be effected of pressings, assemblies, etc., also electric welding; A.I.D. approved; over 30 years’ experience with difficult problems.— Universal Tools, Ltd., Tramway Path, Mitcham. ‘Phone: Mitcham 2634.

1948

1948

1956 phonebook ad

1956


Norwood News – Friday 13 April 1956
Image © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Norwood News – Friday 10 August 1962
Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

Arney’s Lane

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Road without houses that leads off the west side of Carshalton Road, south of Drake Road and north of The Goat Inn at Beddington Corner. It divides the terraces of houses in Carshalton Road between numbers 23 on the north side and number 24 on the south side. Numbers 124 to 53 Carshalton Road was originally called Tramway Terrace.

This 1866 OS map shows an unnamed lane leading to Willow Cottage.

1866 OS map

The 1894 OS map shows the road named as Arney’s Lane, leading to willow Lodge. The name refers to the gelatine makers Arney & Company, and the lane lead to where Gerard Arney lived, according to Eric Montague.

1894 OS map

The road is, in 2020, an unmade, private road used for parking by residents of nearby houses. It leads to the footpath at the back of the houses that is shown on earlier maps as Tramway Path.

Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.