Orton, George, 1843 - 1924
Biography
George Orton was born at March, Cambridgeshire in 1843. He was a wheelwright and coachbuilder by trade and set up his first business in Measham, Leicestershire, where the family had settled.
By 1875 George had moved to Burton-on-Trent where he set up the Lion Carriage Works, a transport building business focused in Gipsy as well as other types of travelling wagons.
By 1912 George was expanding the business and moved his main premises to Victorian Crescent, where he erected building sheds capable of housing whole fairground ride structures.
George retired in 1910, leaving the business to his sons Tom and Charles, his daughter Rose Anne (Annie) and his business partner Charles Spooner.
George Orton died in December 1924, aged 81.
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David Braithwaite Collection
This collection contains photographs taken by David Braithwaite from the 1950s and used towards his publications alongside older images collected from other sources as well as business records, monographs, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, bibliographies, catalogues, programmes, films and some other miscellaneous items.