Portass & Son Broadfield Rd

[beer]

I am interested in any information about the Portass family and their business interests in Sheffield.

They manufactured machine tools and motor cars called H.F.G around Heeley and Abbeydale.

 

I know during World War 1 they manufactured aero parts and even built around 20 complete aircraft.

 

I believe the family home was at Norton, possibly Norton House, Chantry House or Norton Grange.

 

I am helping the son of James Portass to research the family tree.

[HughW]

White’s 1919/20 Directory

 

Street Section:

 

14 Broadfield Road

Portass C. & Son Limited, motor car

manufacturers

 

64 to 74 Broadfield Road

Portass C. & Son Limited, motor car

manufacturers

 

18 St Ronan’s Rd

Portass Charles

 

82 Washington Rd

Portass Miss Mary A. dress ma.

 

Alphabetical name section:

 

Portass Stanley M. (C. Portass & Son Limited);

h. 48 Wake road

 

Portass Charles (C. Portass & Son Limited);

h. 18 St Ronan’s Rd

 

PORTASS C. & SON LIMITED,

motor car manufacturers

& engineers, 64 to 74 & 14 Broadfield

road. T.A. "Portal, Sheffield;" T.N. 53 Sharrow

 

Trades section

 

PORTASS C. & SON LTD.

aeronautical & motor engineers,

MFRS. H.F.G. LIGHT CAR,

head office, 64 to 74, & branch 14,

Broadfield road, S

 

At Sheffield History, Map #21 in the 'Sheffield Places - Their History' section shows the Broadfield Road addresses in 1952. Google Earth shows that there are buildings with the same footprint still in existence. (for the Sheffield History site you need to subscribe (free) to see the images).

 

A search at A2A (Access to Archives) finds...

 

Hawley Collection Trust

Records of Portass Machine Tools [1934-1955] - ref. POR

 

Hugh

[beer]

That is a great start. My father was born on Wake Road and was a school pal of James. I think we are on the right track.

 

THANKS

[tonkatoy]

White’s 1919/20 Directory

 

Street Section:

 

14 Broadfield Road

Portass C. & Son Limited, motor car

manufacturers

 

64 to 74 Broadfield Road

Portass C. & Son Limited, motor car

manufacturers

 

18 St Ronan’s Rd

Portass Charles

 

82 Washington Rd

Portass Miss Mary A. dress ma.

 

Alphabetical name section:

 

Portass Stanley M. (C. Portass & Son Limited);

h. 48 Wake road

 

Portass Charles (C. Portass & Son Limited);

h. 18 St Ronan’s Rd

 

PORTASS C. & SON LIMITED,

motor car manufacturers

& engineers, 64 to 74 & 14 Broadfield

road. T.A. "Portal, Sheffield;" T.N. 53 Sharrow

 

Trades section

 

PORTASS C. & SON LTD.

aeronautical & motor engineers,

MFRS. H.F.G. LIGHT CAR,

head office, 64 to 74, & branch 14,

Broadfield road, S

 

At Sheffield History, Map #21 in the 'Sheffield Places - Their History' section shows the Broadfield Road addresses in 1952. Google Earth shows that there are buildings with the same footprint still in existence. (for the Sheffield History site you need to subscribe (free) to see the images).

 

A search at A2A (Access to Archives) finds...

 

Hawley Collection Trust

Records of Portass Machine Tools [1934-1955] - ref. POR

 

Hugh

 

Didn't they have a place on Buttermere Road? http://www.lathes.co.uk/portass/

[Person6]

Repost from Sheffield History group-

 

Bob Trickett

 

I am looking for information etc on Sheffield based companies that made aircraft parts during WW1 & WW2. I am especially interested in Portass C & son, who were located in Broadfield road. It is believed that they made various aircraft parts as well as a small batch of Sopwith Snipe aircraft during WW1. I believe that the Portass archives "inc aircraft parts drawings" were still in existence in the 1970's, can anyone confirm if they still exist ?.

My main reason for asking, is that I am in the process of building a full sized repro of a Sopwith Snipe, and would like to build it to represent a Yorkshire built example.

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/247589428675212/permalink/1226727994094679/