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Email: chris.sugg@williamsugghistory.co.uk OR chris@millwoodfarm.co.uk

Postal address and telephone number? Please contact initially by email.

Christopher Sugg Gas Lighting Components - gaslight@williamsugghistory.co.uk
or gaslight@onetel.com

I currently manufacture small quantities of real gas interior fixtures which are no longer made by Sugg Lighting and provide spare parts and components to keep traditional interior gas lighting alive in the 21st C!

On the left is my small brass swan neck with No.2 gallery and clear borosilicate 'bell' glass manufactured for either natural gas or LPG. On the right are three sizes of glass with their respective galleries, left to right, 4.1/4" as used for large swan necks at Sugg Lighting, No.3 (or 'Universal') that is a common size from the 1930's and No.2 as used on the small swan necks. The tiny No.1 (or 'Bijou') gallery glassware has also been reproduced in borosilicate in a matching 'bell' shape in 2009. A matching gallery is not currently available. All the bell glassware is produced in clear, obscured or part obscured finish.

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FEEDBACK
I would be happy to hear from anyone who can add to the story of William Sugg & Co either from personal recollection or through pictures of Sugg products still in use or in collections anywhere in the world. The aim will be to add these to this site as and when possible with suitable acknowledgement.

When you send information please let me know if I may publish it on this site and if you wish your name to be included with the data or even added to this 'Contacts' section.

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SUGG FAMILY GENEALOGY
Whilst I have collected a huge amount of Sugg family data myself, by coincidence my namesake Christopher Sugg has been building a family website using his own researches and that of other Sugg researchers - including my own. We are convinced that there must be a link between our two lines principally because they both lead back to a small part of Somerset at the end of the 17th century but have so far not been able to close the loop. Those of you who would like to view this research and/or purchase (very reasonably) a nice little Sugg Migrations booklet should go to: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/csugg/origins/index.htm

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USEFUL ADDRESSES:

Sugg Lighting Ltd,                                                  NEW ADDRESS 2009
Foundry Lane, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 5PX
Tel: +44 (0)1293 540111 Fax 01293 540114
sales@sugglighting.co.uk           www.sugglighting.co.uk

Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers. NEW ADDRESS 2009
IGEM House, 26 & 28 High Street,
Kegworth, Derbyshire, DE74 2DA
Tel +44 (0)844 375 4436 Fax 01509 678198 .
general@igem.org.uk www.igem.org.uk

HISTORIC GAS TIMES
The Panel for the History of the Industry (PHI) publishes "The Historic Gas Times", a free copy of which is available from the Editor, Barry Wilkinson, 10, Coniston Way, Wetherby, LS22 6TT .

Please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope (C5 size - UK ONLY). Annual subscription £6 for 4 issues (but do check as occasional rises are inevitable - but it is great value!) Lots of articles and stories about the gas industry, products, people and reminiscences. See more at http://www.igem.org.uk/about-igem/panel-for-the-history-of-the-gas-industry.aspx

SPECIALIST ENGINEERING AND APPLIANCE REFURBISHMENT:

'Context Engineering' the business name of Tim Martin. See examples of his work under 'Commercial Cooking'
Contact through his email address tim@context-eng.demon.co.uk

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GAS MUSEUMS AND PRESERVED GAS WORKS:

The National Gas Museum, Aylestone Road, Leicester, LE2 7QH.Tel 0116 250 3190. Check opening times prior to visit, currently Tues, Wed, Thurs 12:30 - 4:00
email address, information@gasmuseum.co.uk
http://www.gasmuseum.co.uk/

Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History            UPDATED NOVEMBER 2008
Hempton Road Fakenham Norfolk NR21 7LA             NEW WEBSITE AND EMAIL
General enquiries: (01328) 863150 Enquiries for group visits: (01328) 863507
email: enquiries@fakenhamgasmuseum.com
Website offers link to Location Map and Route Finder.
Web: http://www.fakenhamgasmuseum.com

Flame - The Gasworks Museum, 44 Irish Quarter West,
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland BT38 8AT
Tel: 028 93 369575
email: info@flamegasworks.co.uk
http://www.flamegasworks.co.uk/

Gas Works Museum, Gas Works Road, Biggar, South Lanarkshire.
The website carries latitude, longitude and grid reference and a multi map connection which provides a complete route itinery from any post code to the site from the website: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst236.html
Contact Tel: 01899 221050

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NATIONAL GAS ARCHIVE HELD BY THE NATIONAL GRID
http://www.gasarchive.org/index.htm

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CIBSE - BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEERING - HERITAGE GROUP
A wide range of historic information on building services, companies and people involved in them - including gas equipment - with an active heritage group at:
Heritage Group of CIBSE www.hevac-heritage.org

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GAS LIGHTING SHOP IN PARIS - & 'GAZETTE AFEGAZ'
The 'must visit' gas lighting shop in Paris mentioned in the 'collectors' section and owned by Monsieur Ara is:
Lumiere de l'Oeil, 4, rue Flatters, 75005, Paris, France
Huge amount of information in 3 languages on his website:
http://lumiara.perso.neuf.fr/lumiara/ NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS NOV 2008

The website for Gazette AFEGAZ is:
http://members.aol.com/Afegaz/Page1.html

Series of videos about gas lighting on You Tube NEW YOU TUBE ENTRY 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmw4jJY0iXs&feature=youtu.be.
And others.

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STREET LIGHTING ENTHUSIASTS AND COLLECTORS WITH WEBSITES FULL OF INFORMATION - INCLUDING REFERENCES TO SUGG.

Bob Cookson. Specialist on street lighting in Eastbourne with major collection of lanterns and street lighting equipment. www.cooksonr.freeserve.co.uk
Simon Cornwall. Another major collection including catalogues and advertisements from many trade sources. www.simoncornwell.com/lighting/

(Many more to add! Several can be found via the sites above)

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OPEN AIR MUSEUMS.
Ironbridge Gorge Museum www.ironbridge.org.uk

Black Country Museum www.bclm.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/bclivingmuseum

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HERITAGE RAILWAYS - FREQUENTLY WITH WORKING GAS LIGHTS

The Bluebell Railway Preservation Society, Sheffield Park, East Sussex has gas lighting on the platforms and access roads and walkways, much of it with Sugg connections. Lots of detail on their multi lingual website: www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/

The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway in Yorkshire has a first class website at: www.kwvr.co.uk/
They have some 73 gas lamps of which about half are of Sugg manufacture.

Severn Valley Railway has lots of information on their website:
www.svr.co.uk/

West Somerset Railway.
www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/

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GAS LIT PUBS AND OTHER BUILDINGS

The Craven Arms, Appletreewick, Nr Skipton, North Yorks BD23 6BN.
(Inverted mantle burners)

The Hat and Feathers, 2 Clerkenwell Road, London,EC1M 5PQ.
(Open flame)

Gas Lit Churches

St Johns Methodist Church, Ashbrooke Road, Sunderland, SR2 7HQ

UNDER CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT - PLEASE TRY AGAIN LATER

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