BDR
BRECKNELL, DOLMAN & ROGERS Ltd. (BDR)
BDR MACHINES LIMITED BRISTOL
The company's products ranged from egg grading machines to ticket and change issuing machines, many of them Dolman's own inventions, the company was also credited with making turnstiles for the London Underground. At its height the business employed 1,600 people. The scope of its original purely mechanical machines was expanded considerably when in the 1960s BDR acquired the Brislington based electronics company Redcliffe Electronics which was renamed Brecknell-Redcliffe Electronics which continued in the development of electronically actuated ticket and coin machines, obtaining a number of patents in this field The firm then known in 1969 as BDR Machines (or with affection in Bristol as Dolman's) was sold to the Vokes Group and in turn was taken over by Thomas Tilling in 1972. A year later in spite of protests by the employees and trade unions, the decision was taken by Tilling Group to abandon the business altogether.
PATENT SPECIFICATION 430,435
Application Date: Dec. 27, 1933. No. 36314/33.
July 4, 1934. No. 19647/34.
Aug. 27,1934. No. 24586/34.
One Complete Specification Left: Jan. 24, 1935.
(Under Section 16 of the Patents and Designs Acts 1907 to 1932).
Specification Accepted: June 19, 1935
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION No. 36314 A.D. 1933.
Improvements in or relating to Coin Operated Amusement Apparatus
We, BRECKNELL, MUNRO & ROGERS (1928) LIMITED,
a British Company, of Pennywell Road, in the City and County of Bristol,
HENRY JAMES DOLMAN, a British Subject, of Church Road, Staple Hill, in the City and County of Bristol, and EDWARD JAMES TRIPP, a British Subject, of Hillcroft, Stonehill, Hanham, in the City and County of Bristol, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows : —
This invention relates to coin operated amusement apparatus.
Use of counter stamps
Issued by BDR Machines Limited, Bristol. The counter-stamped letters on these tokens probably represent the initials or mark of the proprietor of the establishment where the machines were located. As this is a jackpot token, it was not meant to be replayed into the machine but strictly to be exchanged for merchandise. Each proprietor therefore marked his own tokens so that tokens from other establishments could not be exchanged in his own. The serial numbers on other tokens served the same purpose.
Formerly:
1921 Brecknell, Munro & Rogers.
1928 Brecknell, Munro & Rogers, automatic vending machine makers.
1944 Brecknell, Munro & Rogers (1928 Ltd.).
Ref. TCS Bulletin Vol.5 No.4
Reproduced from the old Mals tokens site, used with permission.
Other counter-marks known: BC; BM; CC; CF; CL; CO; EA; FS; GK; GM; HK.| B.D.R. | |||
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| Text: | B.D.R. ℞. 5/- cmkd BA | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Image/description from Mals Tokens | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.-000-A-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63. | ||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-001-A-1-OBV.jpg | |||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-001-A-1-REV.jpg | |||
| Text: | Obverse and reverse as per Hayes-63., but reverse c/m is "BM" | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Unseen, details determined from Hayes listings | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.-001-A-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.1 | ||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-002-A-1-OBV.jpg | |||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-002-A-1-REV.jpg | |||
| Text: | Obverse and reverse as per Hayes-63., but reverse c/m is "CO" | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Unseen, details determined from Hayes listings | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.-002-A-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.2 | ||
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| Text: | B.D.R. ℞. 5/- cmkd KC | ||
| Addn. Info: | D.A.D. type number BDR.003 | ||
| Source: | Image/description from Mals Tokens | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.-003-A-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.3 | ||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-004-A-1-OBV.jpg | |||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-004-A-1-REV.jpg | |||
| Text: | Obverse and reverse as per Hayes-63., but reverse c/m is "BC" | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Unseen, details determined from Hayes listings | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.-004-A-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.4 | ||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-005-B-1-OBV.jpg | |||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-005-B-1-REV.jpg | |||
| Text: | Obverse and reverse as per Hayes-63., but reverse c/m is "CC" | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Unseen, details determined from Hayes listings | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.-005-B-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.5 | ||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-006-B-1-OBV.jpg | |||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-006-B-1-REV.jpg | |||
| Text: | Obverse and reverse as per Hayes-63., but reverse c/m is "FS" | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Unseen, details determined from Hayes listings | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.-006-B-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.6 | ||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-007-B-1-OBV.jpg | |||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-007-B-1-REV.jpg | |||
| Text: | Obverse and reverse as per Hayes-63., but reverse c/m is "GM" | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Unseen, details determined from Hayes listings | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.-007-B-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.7 | ||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-008-C-1-OBV.jpg | |||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-008-C-1-REV.jpg | |||
| Text: | Obverse and reverse as per Hayes-63., but reverse c/m is "CF" | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Unseen, details determined from Hayes listings | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.-008-C-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.8 | ||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-009-C-1-OBV.jpg | |||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-009-C-1-REV.jpg | |||
| Text: | Obverse and reverse as per Hayes-63., but reverse c/m is "CL" | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Unseen, details determined from Hayes listings | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.-009-C-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.9 | ||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-010-C-1-OBV.jpg | |||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-010-C-1-REV.jpg | |||
| Text: | Obverse and reverse as per Hayes-63., but reverse c/m is "HK" | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Unseen, details determined from Hayes listings | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.-010-C-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.10 | ||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-011-C-1-OBV.jpg | |||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-011-C-1-REV.jpg | |||
| Text: | Obverse and reverse as per Hayes-63., but reverse c/m is "EA" | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Unseen, details determined from Hayes listings | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.-011-C-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.11 | ||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-012-C-1-OBV.jpg | |||
| File:BMT-A-063-.-012-C-1-REV.jpg | |||
| Text: | Obverse and reverse as per Hayes-63., but reverse c/m is "GK" | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Unseen, details determined from Hayes listings | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.-012-C-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.12 | ||
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| Text: | B.D.R. ℞. 5/- cmkd JD | ||
| Addn. Info: | D.A.D. type number BDR.002 | ||
| Source: | Image/description from Mals Tokens | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.M001-M-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.M1 | ||
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| Text: | B.D.R. ℞. 5/- cmkd P | ||
| Addn. Info: | D.A.D. type number BDR.004 | ||
| Source: | Image/description from Mals Tokens | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.M002-M-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.M2 | ||
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| Text: | B.D.R. ℞. 5/- cmkd FC | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Image/description from Mals Tokens | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.M003-M-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.M3 | ||
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| Text: | B.D.R. ℞. 5/- cmkd AY | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Image/description from Mals Tokens | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.M004-M-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.M4 | ||
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| Text: | B.D.R. ℞. 5/- cmkd D | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Image/description from Mals Tokens | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.M005-M-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.M5 | ||
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| Text: | B.D.R. ℞. 5/- cmkd KL | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Image/description from Mals Tokens | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.M006-M-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.M6 | ||
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| Text: | B.D.R. ℞. 5/- cmkd HT | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Image/description from Mals Tokens | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.M007-M-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.M7 | ||
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| Text: | B.D.R. ℞. 5/- cmkd ID | ||
| Addn. Info: | |||
| Source: | Image/description from Mals Tokens | ||
| Composition: | Brass | ||
| Diameter: | 18.6 | ||
| Weight: | |||
| File : | BMT-A-063-.M008-M-1-OBV | ||
| Ref: | Hayes-63.M8 | ||
