Hello Phil, a coincidence!
When I was doing research for my A Media Luz paper I got in touch with a couple of contributors to La Nación newspaper in Bs As about something or other and one of them recommended I research Allardice & Dimalow because for a time during the 10s and 20s, he assured me, one of their engines was used by Mueblería Maple in their storage facilities site on Tucumán Street. I researched the said engines and discovered that (a) they were tractors (what the hell do you do with a tractor in a warehouse????) and (b) that A&D did not manufacture these engines but purchased them ready made and assembled from Paxman & Co. Well, I searched off and on for a couple months but never came to discover any link between A&D and Maple furniture department store.
Probably only interesting to nuts like me.
Posted 02/02/2011 3:39 pm
