Yale & Valor
Yale & Valor was a company in Birmingham that manufactured locks and gas fires. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
History
In 1890, the Valor Company Ltd. was formed in Birmingham for manufacturing oil-storage cabinets. Later it diversified into paraffin and subsequently gas heaters. The company merged with the Yale Lock Company becoming Yale & Valor in 1987 and then with Myson plc in 1989. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1989 to 1991.
The company was bought by Williams Holdings in 1991 and subsequently spun off with the other brands to form Newmond plc in 1996. The Valor brand is now owned in Europe by Baxi Group Ltd, (formed by the merger of Baxi Holdings Plc and Newmond plc) and the Yale Lock Company is now a subsidiary of Assa Abloy. The right to design and manufacture Valor branded products in North America as of 2001 is controlled by Miles Industries Ltd. a Canadian privately owned firm.
References
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Wallflower
by: Bob DylanWallflower, wallflower
Won't you dance with me?
I'm sad and lonely too.
Wallflower, wallflower
Won't you dance with me?
I'm fallin' in love with you.
Just like you I'm wondrin' what I'm doin' here.
Just like you I'm wondrin' what's goin' on.
Wallflower, wallflower
Won't you dance with me?
The night will soon be gone.
I have seen you standing in the smoky haze
And I know that you're gonna be mine one of these days,
Mine alone.
Wallflower, wallflower
Take a chance on me.