Flavel Gas Fires & Electric Fires - An Established Brand Name in residence Heating
Of Norman origin, the authenticated Flavel family came over to England with William the Conqueror and lived at various periods in their history in London, Worcestershire, Leicestershire, and latterly Warwickshire. <br><br>In the mid-seventeenth century William Flavel had set up a business manufacturing gunpowder and armories in Bilton, Warwickshire; a very prosperous operation mightily due to the fact that we were often in clash with any number of nations at any given time around this period. <br><br>In 1777 modern premises were acquired in what was then a small, but briskly maturing village called Leamington, a place that would ultimately become a prosperous health resort in Regency days. Among the many inventions that were patented by the enterprise was a vapour bath; made initially for members of the Russian aristocracy. <br><br>In 1833 the business was re-located to its offer site, the Eagle Foundry, in order to take benefit of the transport benefits offered by the configuration of the glorious Junction Canal which ran alongside the premises, and the branch line which was connected to the factory linking it with the revered Western Railway. <br><br><br>It was, however, the "Patent Kitchener" which brought the enterprise to real prominence. The first real cooking appliance to supersede the open 'fire and spit', the Kitchener was displayed at the superior Exhibition held at "Crystal Palace" in 1851. Some 19,000 exhibitors were represented at the Exhibition but only 17 Prize Medals with special approbation were granted and Flavel's Kitchener received one of these; just one of numerous subsequent awards that the company received right up to the time of the superior Paris Exhibition of 1937. <br><br>Flavel continued to manufacture cast-iron cooking appliances well into the 1930's and were pioneers in introducing the first appliance to be finished throughout in porcelain enamel in 1936, resulting in a supplementary avalanche of awards from Exhibitions all over the world.<br><br>Flavel was always known as being an inspired establishment and having had a relatively minor presence in the gas fires market in 1965 they introduced the first ever furniture fire with a wood surround - the Debonair.<br><br>Over the next 6 years this gas fire totally revolutionized the market and a phenomenal one and a half million were sold; a success that it is most unlikely to ever be repeated. <br><br>In more recent times the establishment continued to trade as Sidney Flavel and Co. until 1974 when it was absorbed into the Glynwed Group which was subsequently broken up in 1998 and the Flavel brand was transferred to Agafoodservice Group. <br><br>The heating sector of the market held little interest for Agafoodservices and the Flavel brand and property rights was acquired by BFM Europe (formally CFM Europe) in 2002, since which time the Flavel name has been resurrected and regenerated and has become known as a major and inordinately significant supplier of gas and electric products to the heating market.<br>
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