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Bradbury & Company gained a huge number of Prize Medals at the various Exhibitions and Shows that were held both in Great Britain and Internationally. These Exhibitions were extremely popular in Victorian times and the Company was justifiably proud of its Medals. Sadly though even these have been forgotten and the Medals themselves probably melted down for scrap. Below is a list of major Awards that we have managed to identify as having been gained by Bradbury and Co, it is incomplete and again we would ask if you come across any information to please contact us.
| YEAR | EXHIBITION | MACHINE | AWARD | COMMENTS | 1867 | MANCHESTER | BELGRAVIA | FIRST (SILVER) | GREAT CENTENARY SHOW Held 27th, 28th, 29th August |
1867 | LIVERPOOL | BELGRAVIA | FIRST | - | 1868 | SOUTHPORT | BELGRAVIA | SILVER | - | 1868 | MIDDLETON | BELGRAVIA | FIRST (SILVER) | - | 1868 | MANCHESTER | BELGRAVIA | FIRST | - | 1868 | LIVERPOOL | BELGRAVIA | FIRST | - | 1868 | ROCHDALE | BELGRAVIA | FIRST | - | 1869 | ACCRINGTON | BELGRAVIA | FIRST | - | 1869 | MIDDLETON | BELGRAVIA | SILVER | - | 1870 | MIDDLETON | BELGRAVIA | SILVER | - | 1872 | LYONS | BELGRAVIA | GOLD SILVER |
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE et INTERNATIONALE July |
1872 | PARIS | BELGRAVIA | FIRST (SILVER) SECOND (BRONZE) |
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE de PARIS These Medals are later refered to as Gold & Silver |
1873 | VIENNA | BELGRAVIA | GRAND MEDAL | WORLDS EXPOSITION 1st May The Company gained three other Awards. |
1873 | NORTHAMPTON | LETTER H | FIRST | LEATHERWORK EXHIBITION | 1873 | TODMORDEN | ? | FIRST & SECOND | Exhibition held 6th September | 1874 | MANCHESTER | ? | GOLD | - | 1874 | LONDON | ? | GOLD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION of all FINE ARTS, INDUSTRIES & INVENTIONS |
1875 | ROCHDALE | ? | FIRST | - | 1875 | OLDHAM | ? | FIRST | - | 1875 | MIDDLETON | ? | FIRST | - | 1875 | STOCKPORT | ? | FIRST | - | 1875 | PARIS | ? | GOLD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION | 1875 | MANCHESTER at the Pomona Palace |
? | GOLD | MECHANICAL & INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION |
1878 | PARIS | ? | GOLD | EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE de PARIS Opened 1st May - November |
1879 | PARIS | ROTARY | GOLD | EXPOSITION des SCIENCES APPLIQUE A ' LINDUSTRIE |
1879 | YORK | ? | FIRST | FINE ARTS & INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION November |
1880/81 | MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) | ROTARY A1 REPAIRER |
GOLD SILVER |
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION Exhibition commenced in October In total 8 awards were given to the Company. |
1881 | ADELAIDE (AUSTRALIA) |
ROTARY | GOLD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION In addition 4 other medals awarded. |
1881 | PERTH (AUSTRALIA) |
ROTARY | GOLD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION | 1882 | LOCAL EXHIBITIONS | ROTARY | FIRST | Awarded 10 First Prizes at Local Exhibitions | 1883 | HUDDERSFIELD | ROTARY | GOLD | TECHNICAL SCHOOL & MECHANICS INSTITUTE EXHIBITION December |
1884 | ORMSKIRK | ? | HIGHEST AWARD (SILVER) |
AGRICULTURAL SHOW 30th July |
1885 | LONDON Albert Hall Galleries South Kensington |
ROTARY | GOLD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION of INVENTIONS November 1884 to August 1885 |
1886 | LIVERPOOL | ROTARY | HIGHEST AWARD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION of Navigation, Commerce & Industry Opened 11th May |
1890 | EDINBURGH | ? | GOLD | INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION of Industry, Science & Art Opened 1st May |
1901 | BIRMINGHAM | ? | GOLD | - |
NOTES 1883 Special Certificate of Merit awarded by the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain (Glasgow Meeting)
1888 Feb 1st. The Company had been awarded 12 Prize Medals and 6 Certificates of Merit for the Rotary.
1890 12 Gold Medals since 1879
1893 Over 200 First Prizes awarded to the Company.
1903. In total the Company had been awarded 200 First prizes including 14 Gold for its Sewing Machines.
1905 March More than 200 prizes including 17 Gold had been awarded.
1908 January More than 200 prizes including 17 Gold had been awarded.
1910. More than 300 first prizes had been awarded.In addition to receiving Medals for its Sewing Machines the Company was also awarded Medals for its Motorcycles.
By 1906 it had been awarded 5 Gold Medals and by 1909 this tally had increased to 18.
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Chronological History 1880 to 1899
Chronological History 1900 to 1929
This webpage was created by David & Lin BestŠ2002 - 2007