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 for further distribution. The products (such as the canned goods shown here) would first be inspected for defects or damage. […]

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 original manufacturer, The Rover Company, although this particular model found subsequent manufacturers in Leyland […]

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 plant in the London borough of Merton. The Mullard Valve Company was a subsidiary of Mullards, a British […]

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 for groupage vehicles. This vehicle—the newest addition to our fast-growing fleet of cars, vans and lorries—was built to […]

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 photograph is the Royal Artillery Memorial, which stands today at Hyde Park Corner in London. The statue was designed […]

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 Travel Manager, Mr Platt. They were departing for a 1959 tour of Russia as […]

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, the client was the Leipzig Orchestra, which is a German symphony […]