L G Hawkins & Co Ltd

L G Hawkins & Co Ltd was an England based company which manufactured small electrical domestic appliances.

[1][2] Initially Leonard George Hawkins imported domestic electrical products from the USA under the ‘Universal’ brand name.

He had visited the United States around 1910 and saw that various electrical consumer goods such as toasters, coffee pots, pressure cookers, etc.

Realizing there was market in the U.K. for such domestic appliances, he started importing products under the Universal brand name in 1911.

[1] By 1937 the company manufactured sunray fires, kettles and hair dryers and major appliance such as lighting, heating, and washing machines.

January 1929 – L.G. Hawkins newspaper ad for Universal branded coffee percolator, toaster, electrical iron, heating pad, curling iron and vacuum cleaner.