Adrodd fel Amhriodol
Testun Gwreiddiol (Anodiad: EAW043709 / 886187)
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HOFFMANS BALL BEARING FACTORY- THIS IS THE UK'S FIRST BALL BEARING FACTORY. ESTABLISHED HERE IN 1898 BY COUSINS GEOFFREY AND CHARLES BARRETT AND BANK ROLLED BY AN AMERICAN BALL BEARING MACHINE MANUFACTURER 'ERNST GUSTAV HOFFMAN'. THE FIRM LATER BECAME 'RANSOME, HOFFMAN AND POLLARD' IN 1969 (RHP). THE FACTORY ONCE EMPLOYED 7,500 WORKERS AND WAS WOUND DOWN DURING THE 1980'S AND FINALLY CLOSED FOR GOOD ON THE 23RD DECEMBER 1989. THE RHP BRAND AND ASSETS WERE ABSORBED INTO THE JAPANESE 'NSK LTD BEARING COMPANY' IN 1990, AND THE 'RHP' NAME FINALLY DISAPPEARED IN 2001. MOST OF IT WAS DEMOLISHED AND SOME OF IT WAS KEPT TO TURN INTO FLATS AND A GYM ETC. '