Sam Robbins, Austin dealers

More of the story - It sounds like the company over diversified and suffered by being spread over many sites, bought from other manufactures and retooled, rather than starting with new large factories. I'm guessing that the demise of the lawn mower side was part of an attempt to streamline the business. Singer In May 1936, W. E. Bullock, who had been managing director from 1919 together with his son, general manager from 1931, resigned following criticism from the shareholders at their annual general meeting. No longer viable, Singer & Co Limited was dissolved in December 1936 and what had been its business was transferred to a new company, Singer Motors Limited. I'll move these posts to the Singer Company topic when you've seen them Clive, if you don't mind.