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    JOHN THOMPSON

    Expansion and Diversity:  1945 to the 1960s

    Following World War 2 changes in technology led to a fall off in automotive and aircraft work and there was a move towards the construction industry and its associated products, such as concrete mixers, digger buckets, stillages, etc.. 

    During the late 50s and 60s the company produced, amongst a great variety of products, thousands of washing machines bowls for Hotpoint and Servis.  The factory expanded to the other side of the railway in 1948, indicating that the company’s post-war recovery had been rapid. 

    In the 1953 Wolverhampton Handbook John Thompson Ltd’s premises are said to cover 80 acres.  The advert from that handbook (shown left) illustrates part of their works at Ettingshall, indicating the size the company had now reached.

    The advert refers to sixteen subsidiary companies and the c