Talk:Reema construction

Added 5 June 2012
REEMA was the trade name of REED & MALLIK, a company that traded in Salisbury, Wiltshire between 1937 & 1968.

Its history is detailed in a monograph published by the SWIAS (South Wiltshire Industrial Archaeology Society): ONE MAN AND HIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY REED AND MALLIK, 1937 TO 1968 by John Illston

Synopsis: William Edward Reed founded his company in 1937. It grew and prospered without moving from its modest base in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Examples of their work include prefabricated concrete houses and high rise apartment blocks, village halls, dams in Wales and Scotland and Bridges in Australasia. Sources include company files and the house magazine, Strongwork News, as well as Bill's widow, Mrs Brenda Reed and a number of company employees.

Copies can be obtained from SWIAS.

Good potential source

 * From p119 Hassocks 5489 (Floreat Hova!) 10:32, 17 June 2020 (UTC)