The Imperial Typewriter Company was a British manufacturer of typewriters based in Leicester, England. The company was founded by Hidalgo Moya, an American - Spanish engineer who lived in England.

One of the most significant strikes by migrant workers, the Imperial Typewriters dispute in Leicester saw over 500 workers, largely from South Asia, go on strike in 1974, over discrimination in...

2019年3月12日 · Imperial manual typewriters were dead and gone by 1979. One of the main reasons for this is that as part of the Litton-VW deal, Volkswagen acquired an 11 per cent holding in a British company called Office and Electronic Machines, which had already been given British and Irish distribution rights to Adler and Triumph typewriters by Litton in 1973.

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Manufacturers of "Imperial" Standard typewriters, also Portable Typewriters. Models fitted with interchangeable carriages, platens and type units of 96 characters. Special keyboards for all languages.

1974: Typewriter Aligner After the strike: Service Station Manager Today: Retired Lalit and his friends were working at the Imperial Typewriter Company when management heard of their musical expertise and encouraged them to form an Indian musical group. They had a great time playing musical instruments, composing songs, and entertaining the staff.

2017年1月30日 · The Imperial Typewriter Company (1954-1967) populated everywhere from the civil service to law offices. Pale green metallic body and Qwerty key-tops, an unique feature of the ’66 was the whole carriage assembly could be lifted off and replaced in seconds and the entire type unit could be lifted out and exchanged.

The Imperial Typewriter Company was a British manufacturer of typewriters based in Leicester, England. Police in front of Imperial Typewriter in Evington, Leicester during a protest march in 1974. The company was founded by Hidalgo Moya, …

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The Imperial Typewriter Company was a British manufacturer of typewriters based in Leicester, England – the last company to make working typewriters in the UK. In 1974, the factory sacked 40 South Asian workers without any reason.