Domestic Appliances Department

The Domestic Appliance Department was set up in 1912 to manufacture a range of Electric Fires, Electric Cookers and Grills. The department also made a small range of Electric Irons and cooking utensils. At the outbreak of the First World War the department stopped all production but the department remained in existance until 1918 when it was closed down with the Electric Cooker and Grill Interests sold to the Jackson Electric Store Company. In 1926 Ferranti once again began to manufacture a range of Electric Fires and in 1927 the Domestic Appliance Department was reformed selling these electric Fires together with a range of Domestic Water Heaters. In 1932 the department began to manufacture a range of Electric Clocks. In 1937 the Department moves to Moston to be alongside the Radio Department which had been set up in 1923 to manufacture Audio Frequency Transformers. The Radio Department had begun to manufacture a range of Commercial Radio Recievers in 1929 and with the 'merger' with the Domestic Appliances Department in 1937 (the Radio Department retained its own identity within the new Department) began the manufacture of television sets. During the Second World War the department switched to military production making a wide range of electronic items including the Identification Friend or Foe system. In 1957 the Department's Radio and T.V. interests were sold to E.K. Cole Ltd with the department closing down the following year. However Ferranti continued to manufacture a range of Electric Panel Fires until 1968.