Welded Steel Pipe BS EN 10255:2004
 Welded steel pipe BS EN 10255:2004 is available in a number of finishes, these being red primer, galvanised and self-colour, in days gone by before red primer tube was widely used it was also...
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Besseges (Valves, Tubes & Fittings) Ltd are the only steam pipe supplier you need; we have been a specialist supplier of process steam products for nearly two decades, servicing end user and...
View ArticleDomestic Copper Press Fittings from M-Press
Installing soldered or compression fittings in conjunction with copper tube can be a time-consuming task. In terms of labour costs, this can be the difference between winning and losing larger...
View ArticleHartshead Pike Ashton under Lyne
Hartshead Pike Ashton under Lyne is the hill itself, which has a stone tower at its summit. Before we explore the history of the tower that sits atop of this hill, the history of the summit itself has...
View ArticleMalleable Iron Fittings BS EN 10242:1995
Besseges (Valves, Tubes & Fittings) Ltd have been a distributor of malleable iron fittings for over thirty years. We have always endeavoured to stock quality pipe fittings since our days as a Trade...
View ArticleBSP Stainless Steel Pipe Fittings ISO 4144:2003
Besseges (Valves, Tubes & Fittings) Ltd have offered BSP stainless steel pipe fittings from stock for thirty years. We carry a wide range of this quality product in stock at our warehouse in Ashton...
View ArticleThe Age of Steam in Ashton under Lyne
The age of steam in Ashton did not just begin with the arrival of the railways in the Northwest of England. The first railways to pass through the town arrived in the early 1840s; but the age of steam...
View ArticleCopper Press Fittings M-Press Brand
Copper press fittings are not something new to our business, we have offered M-Press copper fittings as a distributor for many years. Carrying stock in 15mm to 54mm sizes, what has changed is our size...
View ArticleSir Ralphe De Assheton Black Knight
What is History, but a fable agreed upon. The sub-title of this piece is a quote attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte and summed up in the words used by Winston Churchill telling us that the victors, write...
View ArticleBuried at the Roadside
We live in a cruel world even now in the 21st century but at least we no longer leave those who have committed suicide, to be buried at the roadside. A law passed by King Athelstan in the 10th Century...
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