Trading With The Enemy Amendment Act

[RichardB]

Orders have been made by the Board of Trade requiring the undermentioned businesses to be wound up :-

129. The Wolf Safety Lamp Co., Boston Street, Sheffield.

Engineers and Lamp Manufacturers.

Controller : Thomas George Shuttleworth,

Royal Insurance Buildings,

Church Street, Sheffield.

8 May 1916

London Gazette

[vox]

The Wolf Safety Lamp Company was established in Leeds in the 1880's as a distributor for a German mining lamp manufacturer. In 1912 the Leeds company was bought and moved to South Yorkshire where it began to develop safety lamps more suited to British methods and regulations of mining and quarrying.

The company was incorporated in 1916 and in 1934 moved to the larger Saxon Road Works, where it is still sited today. Throughout the following decade many new developments were carried out in order to meet new safety regulations and demands for better lighting, the most significant was the development and the introduction of compressed air operated lamps. These are still manufactured today, though much improved due to modern light source and control technology.

The 1960's and 70's were a period of great change and diversification for the company as the demand for mine lighting decreased. The path of progress was to lead to the industrial sector of safety lighting and by the 1980's the company had developed new industrial safety lamp products establishing themselves as national and international market leaders.

Source: wolf-safety.co.uk

Saxon Road

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[SteveHB]

Also a mention to a Monica Maurice on the River Sheaf Walk (Saxon Road) information board, that reads;

"The Wolf Safety Lamp Company has been on the present site on Saxon Road

since 1933. It was founded by William Maurice a Derbyshire colliery manager,

however, it is William's daughter Monica who is most remembered. She became a director in 1934 and steered the company for the next 60 years.

Monica was a pioneer in woman's role in engineering. Known throughout Sheffield, the coalfields and the

world of safety engineering as 'The Lady of the Lamp'

she was awarded the OBE in 1975 in recognition of here contribution to safety in mining."

Obituary: Monica Maurice, link .. The Independent. 6th of October 1995

[RichardB]

This example 1916, the Act itself is from 1914 (repealed) and again in 1939.

[SteveHB]

1925,

Wolf (The) Safety Lamp Company (Wm Maurice) Ltd.

miner's safety lamp manufacturers, Star works, 38a, South Street, Park.