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Leonard Bradley was a skilled tool and die maker who worked for Sparklets of Angel Road, Edmonton, London N18. The company, and Bradley specifically, made all the pressure die casting moulds required to produce the Campro and worked with the entrepreneurs on the design and development of the Campro's component parts and assembly.
On completion of the project, this camera was presented to the him in recognition of his contribution to its manufacture.
The Campro was the brain child of a small group of businessmen and was conceived in the early 1930s. It was intended to break into the previously unexplored market for a combined camera and projector for use by amateur home movie makers.
The vendor remembers 'in 1933/34, as a twelve or thirteen year old, seeing my father demonstrating this particular model, firstly taking moving pictures while we were on holiday, and then proudly projecting these moving pictures at our home in Tottenham, North London'.
On completion of the project, this camera was presented to the him in recognition of his contribution to its manufacture.
The Campro was the brain child of a small group of businessmen and was conceived in the early 1930s. It was intended to break into the previously unexplored market for a combined camera and projector for use by amateur home movie makers.
The vendor remembers 'in 1933/34, as a twelve or thirteen year old, seeing my father demonstrating this particular model, firstly taking moving pictures while we were on holiday, and then proudly projecting these moving pictures at our home in Tottenham, North London'.