Reading through the Guides it seems they were offered from 1934 through to 1951, when only the 'boy's version was continued.
But the real rarity is the 'centrepin action' version, Catalogue no. 8926cp, ....seemingly only offered from 1934 until 1939. Here is one with its brown box, the three-screw Slater latch mechanism might be the same used in the last of their wooden reels. It spins easily for over 30 seconds....a better man than me might be able to Wallis cast with it......
In 1936 it cost 10/-6d....52 p. in today's money, where as the basic model 8926 was just 7/-6d....37 1/2 pence now.
This red boxed reel is a post-war model with line guard which cost 27/- until 1950 when the price jumped to 30/-.
The locking bar is not a check, it locks tight to keep the spool on.
There were single-handled, spine-back 'boy's' reels, sea reels and fly reels all in the Aerialite range. Pre-War Allcock used the Bakelite trade name ( it was actually an American invention by a Belgian immigrant in 1907), but post-War they just called it 'phenolic resin', but all reels were made in the UK...I just don't know by who......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakelite
See the part about Bakelite Limited UK, based in Birmingham.....not far from Redditch........
"In England, Bakelite Limited, a merger of three British phenol formaldehyde resin suppliers (Damard Lacquer Company Limited of Birmingham, Mouldensite Limited of Darley Dale and Redmanol Chemical Products Company of London), was formed in 1926. A new Bakelite factory opened in Tyseley, Birmingham around 1928. It was demolished in 1998"
Perhaps they made them for Allocks then?
