, 1918 The original name of the firm, registered about 1877, was
Jacob Parkinson and Company, and Jacob operated a joiner's shop in
Blackpool. His four sons worked in the business, one of whom was the eponymous
Lindsay Parkinson. Joinery developed into general building work and in the early 1900s Parkinson's contracts included the Talbot Hotel and the
Alhambra Theatre in Blackpool. A contract to work on the
Theatre Royal in
Newcastle upon Tyne led to the opening of an office in that city; a number of theatres were built in other towns in the north and the midlands. By the time of
World War I, the company had a London office. The war expanded the range of contracts to include aerodromes and railway sidings. When peace came, the firm became involved in large-scale housing schemes (including the Parkinson-Kahn reinforced concrete house) and a wider range of civil engineering work – including new trunk roads. Lindsay Parkinson was knighted for public services and the company took on his new name. The company was initially based at the now demolished Lindsay House, 171,
Shaftesbury Avenue, London and then relocated to new offices at 6, Lambeth Road, St. George's Circus in 1955. During the
Second World War the company was one of the contractors engaged in building the
Mulberry harbour units. On 20 December 1943, the Chairman of the company, Lieutenant Colonel George Westhead Parkinson MC, was killed, after his car hit a lorry at
Bedfont on the Great South-West Road. He was aged 69. The managing director since 1937, Albert Edward Parkinson, became chairman.
Takeover In August 1974 it was taken over by
Leonard Fairclough & Son, based at Sandiway House in Northwich. ==Major projects==