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PARKINSON STOVE CO LTD
1919 the Parkinson Stove Co factory (later Thorne Electrics then Electrolux} was built.
Made Parkinson Renown gas cookers and Pearl gas water heaters (geysers).
Published cookery book "Perfect Cooking: A Comprehensive Guide to Success in the Kitchen" (revised 1947)
Among the Company products were stoves, cookers, etc. The gas heaters were manufactured from 1920s. After long series of mergers, Parkinson Stoves became a part of modern Electrolux in 1987.
1995: Production of gas cookers ceased at the Stetchford, Birmingham factory. Gas cooking appliances marketed under the Parkinson Cowan brand are made at the Electrolux cooker factory in Spennymoor, County Durham. '