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James Lansdowne Norton was born in Birmingham in 1869. [1] [2] He showed mechanical ability at an early age and made a model steam engine at the age of ten but began his working life as an apprentice toolmaker in the jewellery trade. [3] His interest was in the development of the bicycle, however, and he soon realised that his career was in ...
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Apr 16, 2012 · On January 8, 1869 James Lansdowne Norton was born into a religious, middle class family from Birmingham, England. By the late part of the 19th century Birmingham was in the grip of a second Industrial Revolution, and the city’s growth and prosperity was solidly based on the metalworking industry; in fact it known as the “City of a thousand trades” due to the wide variety of goods ...
1924/25 Obituary [2] James Lansdowne Norton was founder of the firm of Norton, and one of the best-known motor-cycle manufacturers in the country. He was born in 1868 and his connection with the industry dates from 1901, when he commenced to build and repair cycles and motor cycles. Later, he designed the Norton motor cycle which, in its early ...
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James Lansdowne ‘Pa’ Norton, 1869-1925. The eponymous founder of the brand, James Norton was a Birmingham lad born and bred. Exhibiting remarkable mechanical ability from a young age, he transitioned into tool making, where his fascination with bicycles took root. At the age of 29, he established The Norton Manufacturing Company, dedicated ...
1898 to 1939. James Lansdowne Norton was born in Birmingham in 1869, the son of a cabinet maker. As a boy he showed an early aptitude for mechanical devices and upon finishing his education was apprenticed to a toolmaker in the jewellery trade. In 1898 he started the Norton Manufacturing Co. to make chains and other items for bicycles.
Mar 6, 2019 · Norton was an old company, with James Lansdowne Norton founding the Norton Manufacturing Company at the age of 29, back in 1898, when it started manufacturing chains for the burgeoning bicycle market.
