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The start of a Swedish success story
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Mamma Mia! Here we go again, expanding our business. This time in Sweden.
Our expansion into this country means we’ll be ready to support all kinds of businesses in Scandinavia with large-scale removals and installations. And we’re talking moving an…
Transportation of 68-tons case to China
Category: Throwback Thursday
1960 relocation project: Transportation of 68-tons case to China
This ThrowbackThursday shows a relocation project from the 1960s, which was prepared in a Beck & Pollitzer warehouse prior to shipment.
The engineer in the photo is tightening a li…
Labelling Canned Goods 1958
Category: Throwback Thursday
Quality assurance workers checked shipments for damage before redistribution
This ThrowbackThursday photo was taken in 1958 at Beck & Pollitzer’s Wharf Department. As part of our shipping service, the company received imported goods from clients…
Delivery of a new Rover P5 in 1958
Category: Throwback Thursday
Delivery of a (then) brand-new Rover P5 to the Royal Festival Hall
This ThrowbackThursday is from 1958 and shows the delivery of a (then) brand-new Rover P5 to the Royal Festival Hall.
Beck & Pollitzer undertook the project for the car’s origina…
Installation of 180 machines in the 1950s
Category: Throwback Thursday
Installation of 180 machines in just 3 days for an electronic components manufacturer!
This ThrowbackThursday is an impressive project from the 1950s. Beck & Pollitzer undertook an installation project for the Mullard Valve Co. at their Mitcham…
Custom-built Groupage – 1950s
Category: Throwback Thursday
Custom-built Beck & Pollitzer groupage vehicle
This Beck & Pollitzer vehicle was custom-built in the 1950s. As the photo shows, the vehicle was manufactured in London, as H.M. Government (UK) had recently issued new and detailed requirements…
Maintenance and installation work
Category: Throwback Thursday
Royal Artillery Memorial – maintenance and installation work for the British Government
This ThrowbackThursday is from the 1940s and shows Beck & Pollitzer providing maintenance and installation work for the British Government.
The statue in the…
Beck & Pollitzer Travel Division
Category: Throwback Thursday
Beck & Pollitzer Travel Division – Trip to Russia
This ThrowbackThursday is another Beck & Pollitzer Travel Division treat from 1959. In a previous post, we showed a photo of Academy Award winner Vivien Leigh with Glyn Byam Shaw and our Tra…
Leipzig Orchestra – 1930s
Category: Throwback Thursday
Leipzig Orchestra, one of the many clients who toured with the Beck & Pollitzer Travel Division
This photo was taken in the 1930s and features one of the trips organized by the Beck & Pollitzer Travel division. As you can see from the image…
Branded vehicles 1928
Category: Throwback Thursday
Beck & Pollitzer’s initial fleet of branded vehicles
These two photos were taken in 1928, as Beck & Pollitzer began to expand its fleet of branded vehicles.
The first photo shows an Albion, one of the company’s preferred delivery vehicles. A…