Telsen Electric Company Ltd
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in 1924 by Mr A. Macnamara at 207 Aston Road.
In 1930 they moved to 56 Miller Street and shortly after moved to their new factory at the corner of Philips Street and Thomas Street.
Incorporated in 1933, the Telsen Electric Company Ltd were manufacturers of wireless broadcast receivers, components and construction kits.
They had a cabinet making department turning out polished furniture into which wireless receivers were built, mainly from their own components. They were also buying Bakelite cases from Edwin Elliot in Birmingham.
They produced every component one might require for the building of a wireless receiver at home,
including the blueprint
Blueprint
A blueprint is a type of paper-based reproduction usually of a technical drawing, documenting an architecture or an engineering design. More generally, the term "blueprint" has come to be used to refer to any detailed plan....
layouts to encourage tidy construction of receivers to the Telsen designs.
The components were listed in a catalogue which later became incorporated into the Telsen Radiomag which was published in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
by James Cond Publishers.
This magazine was produced around 1933 / 1934 and ran for the six issues of volume one. The size of the magazine increased to A4 size after issue two, as did the price which was 3d for issue two and 6d for issue three but fell back to 3d for issues five and six.
Blueprints were supplied with the larger format magazine as loose sheets.
There are no dates on the magazine covers and it appears that publication was irregular.
In 1935 Telsen was bought out of receivership by David Rosenfield Ltd and the business was moved to Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
where they produced a range of electrical appliances including Clothes Irons, Toasters and Christmas Bubble light
Bubble light
A bubble light is a decorative device consisting of a liquid-filled vial that is heated and lighted by an incandescent light bulb. Because of the liquid's low boiling point, the modest heat generated by the lamp causes the liquid to boil and bubble up from the vial's base. The liquid is almost...
s and Fairy Lights
Fairy lights
In the United Kingdom, a common name for Christmas lights. A string of electrically powered lamps usually used for decoration and for special effect are known as fairy lights...
. These items can still often be found for sale at auction.
Here they were trading as The Telsen Electric Co.(1935) Ltd and were at Fitzgeorge Street, Rochdale Road, Manchester 9.
Today the Aston factory is a multi-unit industrial centre called "The Telsen Industrial Centre"
It is owned by Midlands Industrial Association Ltd and let by Prince Warnes Properties