StrandArchive.co.uk
Title
The Strand Archive
Description
This archive started life as a piece of A4 paper listing the Patt. Numbers I knew, so that students at the University of Exeter Department of Drama (where I am Technical Manager) didn't look too confused when I taught them. That was back in 1991. My interest in older Strand equipment has been growing since them. The archive has been online since 1997.
I am always amazed when any company appears to have lost interest in it's past, especially Strand, which has been such an innovator in it's lifetime.
"In the heart of London's theatreland in 1914 a business was born - Strand Electric. Arthur Earnshaw and Phillip Sheridan were both London theatre electricians when they set up their company.
