Richard Allan turn table

[makinmusic]

Hi guys looking to try and date this turn table and get a little more information on the model and or history of it. To my knowledge this is a English company. Any help appreciated.

 

[nopiano]

I know the name from long since discontinued loudspeakers. A quick Google reveals this history, so I must surely be an early offering from the same company.

Not easy from one incomplete picture, but surely for 78 rpm shellac discs, maybe from the early 1950s?