snipped:
"It is one of the great British failures that we lost so much of that diversity in the post-war "conglomeration" of our industries, where if a name survived it survived only as a brand or label."
agreed. there was a 2-3 day thread on this about 8 months ago, and i believed it centered on Raleigh and on T.I. Industries... as they say in japan, "vely intelesting." e-RICHIE chester-upon-thistle, ct