Modern Furniture Shavings for Breakfast: the Morris Furniture Company
Modern Furniture Shavings for Breakfast: the Morris Furniture Company. A rare insight into the British Furniture industry in peace and war. First based in Newcastle to furnish the Vickers liners the company moved to Glasgow, Scotland, in 1914. For over seventy years the company had been associated with furniture of distinction and of being at the forefront of innovation. Their wartime history was war winning being involved with Highball and Upkeep spherical mines/bombs, the Cierva Air Horse, the Rotachute and the Rotabuggy and later the Vickers Trans Sonic Missile. Initially the company furnished ships and hotels such as Gleneagles and Turnberry then the liners Empress of Britain, Aquitania, Pendennis Castle, Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth etc. Furnishing the Queen Mary was the largest furnishing contract given in the shipbuilding industry at the time in 1932. The company furnished the liners for Canadian Pacific such as the Empress of Britain, Empress of Japan and the Empress of France and continued into the fifties. Furnishing liners lasted till the launching of the Queen Elizabeth 2 at Clydebank in the late sixties.
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Charles E. MacKay is a renowned aviation historian and author specializing in Scottish aviation heritage, military aviation history, and aircraft development. With over 19 published books and more than 1,700 satisfied customers worldwide, Charles has established himself as a leading authority on aviation history. His works are used as primary references by aviation researchers, museums, and academic institutions including the Imperial War Museum, RAF Museum, and major universities.
Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Charles conducts extensive archival research and has unprecedented access to historical aviation documents, photographs, and company records. His books combine rigorous academic research with engaging storytelling, making complex aviation history accessible to both scholars and enthusiasts.