Milling

<p class="MsoNormal">The signing and marketing of the <b>BEATLES</b> was overseen by <b>EMI</b>'s Sir <b>Joseph Lockwood</b>, previously chairman of <b>Henry Simon Ltd</b>, a firm which merged with <b>Robinson and Son's, Rochdale</b> where <b>my father</b> had previously worked for many years.&nbsp; Both <b>Robinson</b>'s and <b>Henry Simon Ltd</b>'s line of work was machinery for the milling and processing of <b>wheat</b> into flour:</p>

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"The increasing use of imported grain was accompanied by technological development, predominately a shift in techniques from stone-milling to roller-milling which then allowed the use of continuous production. The rapid growth in the process was due to the rise of three engineering companies. . .above all, <b>Henry Simon of Manchester</b>, a Silesian with experience of industry in Germany, Russia and France, who settled in Manchester in 1860."</p>

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<i>Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology By Michael Stratton, Barrie Trinder pp 55</i></p>

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"<b>Henry Simon</b> had been the dominant supplier (of flour milling equipment) in the immediate post war period whilst still under the leadership of Sir <b>Joseph Lockwood</b>, protege of <b>Sir Ernest - later Lord Simon</b> - son of the founder."</p>

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<i>World Wheat: Book 2 vol 2: A History of Wheat Breeding By ANGUS William, BONJEAN Alain, VAN GINKEL Maarten pp 1046</i></p>