Sound Leisure’s Historic Lathe hits the Headlines

Wednesday 22nd May 2013

May 17 was the 70^th anniversary of the famous and daring Dam Busters raid – one of the most daring missions ever carried out by the RAF.

Indirectly, leading UK jukebox manufacturer Sound Leisure found itself the focus of a great deal of media attention – due to a century old piece of machinery that played a leading role in the development of the notorious bouncing bomb.

“The reason for the interest with Sound Leisure is that 3 years ago we acquired a local business, Dawsons pattern works, founded in 1915 by Thomas Dawson and subsequently owned and run by several generations of the Dawson Family,” explains Sound Leisure Managing Director Chris Black.

“In 2010 after 95 years of family ownership, John Dawson retired and with no other family member remaining to take the reigns of the company we brought it under the Sound Leisure umbrella with the intention of continuing the name, skills and heritage that Dawsons had built up over the years.

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