Accles & Pollock is a British tube manipulation company based in Oldbury, West Midlands.
The company started out life at Holford Mill in Birmingham and later moved to near by Oldbury and always listed itself as being in 'Oldbury, Birmingham'[1].
A&P was Britains other lightweight bicycle tubing manufacturer with the more famous Reynolds, of 531 renown. Many leading bike builders in the UK during the 1930s, 40s and 50s preferred to use A&P as it was air hardening, unlike the maganese based Reynolds product which was not. Air-hardening tubesets actually become stronger when brazed, unlike the normal steel tubing sets, such as 531, which are weakened by heating. Air hardening products were not introduced by Reynolds until well into the late 90s and are now being marketed to cyclists as the latest thing in steel. Accles and Pollock Kromo tubing was used by Hobbs of Barbican, Rattrays of Glasgow "The Flying Scot" and Thanet in their "Silverlight" model.