Todays Bethel Rhodes is modern company utilising the latest in modern technology, including state of the art CNC machines.

 

This bright future though is based on solid historical foundations that have lasted for over 150 years, since Mr Bethel Rhodes first started his company in Keighley.

 

Mr Rhodes was a remarkable figure in the Victorian era, the period during which he made his most notable achievements. His father was a successful businessman who had been running a busy and thriving wireworking concern in the Bradford area. Mr Rhodes was born in Shelf in 1847 and began working for his father at the age of ten. At fourteen he was receiving the princely sum of 2s.6d. per week for his labours, plus, of course, a wealth of priceless knowledge and expertise which would stand him in good stead for the rest of his business career.