1963 - A Significant Year

 

  • The Halewood Plant opens in Merseyside, producing the Ford Anglia. The plant is now the home of the Land Rover Freelander

 

  • The Alcatraz Island federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closes; the last 27 prisoners are transferred elsewhere

 

  • The Beatles release their first album Please Please Me.      

 

  • Dr. No, the first James Bond film, is shown in U.S. theatres.

 

  • John F. Kennedy gives his 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech in West Berlin.

 

  • The Great Train Robbery of 1963 takes place in Buckinghamshire, England.

 

  • And in Widnes, Cheshire, England - Genlab is formed.

Expansion continued apace over the next few decades and In January 1993 a management buy out / buy in of the company was arranged. The company is owned and run by Barry Clarke and Derek Crompton. Currently the business is turning over in excess of £2.3 million/annum.

 

 







     

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