What is this guide about?... 4 What are business records?... 6 Using business records for research... 7 Building and Construction...

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1 Contents What is this guide about?... 4 What are business records?... 6 Using business records for research... 7 Building and Construction... 7 Builders and Contractors... 8 Painters and Decorators... 8 Plumbing, Heating and Ventilation... 9 Business and Professional Services... 9 Accountants... 9 Archaeologists... 9 Funeral Services Legal Services... 9 Medical Services Property Services and Architects Photographers and Photographic Companies Chemicals Chemical Manufacturers

2 Glass, Pottery, Bricks and Cement Domestic and Leisure Services Garages Hotels, Public Houses and Restaurants Sport and recreation Theatres & Cinemas Engineering Electrical Mechanical Engineering and Machinery Manufacturing Woodwork Farming and Agriculture Finance Banks & Building Societies Pawnbrokers & Auctioneers Miscellaneous Food, Drink and Tobacco Breweries & Drink Manufacturers Food Manufacturers Tobacco Fuel and Mineral Extraction Coal & Collieries Quarrying Leather and Hide Industry Leather and Hide Industry Metal Processing and Manufacturing Brass, Steel & Ironfounders Metal Processing & Metal Work Paper, Printing and Packaging Newspapers Paper & Stationery Manufacture Publishers & bookbinders, printers Property Landowners and Developers Shops, Merchants and Distributors Builders Merchants Chemists Co-operative Societies Food & Drink Merchants Ironmongers & Tool Merchants

3 Miscellaneous Merchants and Dealers Shipping Merchants Textiles Cotton Manufacturers and Spinners Textile Dyers, Bleachers, Finishers and Printers Textile Merchants Other textiles and clothing manufacturers Hatters Clothing Manufacturers, Tailors and Drapers Boots & Shoes Transport and Communications Haulage Bus and Tram Services Canals Railways Utilities Cemeteries Electricity Gas Water Further Information Contact Information

4 What is this guide about? Research Guide: Business Records This guide provides an overview of the rich and fascinating business collections held by the ten local authority archives within the Greater Manchester Archives and Local Partnership (GMALSP): - - Bolton Archives and Local - Bury Archives & Local - Oldham Local & Archives - Rochdale Local and Archive - Salford Local History Library - Stockport Local Heritage Library - Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Trafford Local - Wigan Archives and Local The 19 th century saw a dramatic transformation in Manchester and its surrounding townships. It evolved from a rural landscape to one of the world s first industrial cities, primarily as a result of its booming textile industry. However, innovative and successful businesses from all sectors made Greater Manchester their home, and the communities that we know today are built upon the foundations of these industries. Some of these pivotal businesses have left a legacy of records which document not only business transactions, products and industrial processes but the working lives of men, women and children across the city region. It is these captivating collections of business records which we are focussing on in this research guide. You can use this guide to explore the different types of business collections held by our archives. The guide has been organised according to the type of business, e.g. building & construction; business & professional services; chemicals etc., and then within these sections collections have been listed alphabetically. Each item is linked to Discovery, the National Archives online catalogue. From there, you can read more about each company and find any reference numbers should you wish to view the records in person. Similarly, you can also search for items on GM Lives, Greater Manchester s online archives catalogue ( Please note that not all of the business collections mentioned in this guide have been listed, and some are inaccessible due to their poor condition. For information about the contents of any of the collections listed below or to enquire about viewing archive material, please contact the relevant archive service (contact details can be found at the end of this document). 4

5 What are business records? Research Guide: Business Records Business records are the information created, received, and maintained as evidence and information by an organisation or person, in pursuance of legal obligations or in the transaction of business. Business archives are made up of records that companies or collecting repositories have chosen to keep permanently, for commercial, legal or historical reasons. The survival rate for business records can be quite low as preserving material is not usually a priority when a business is closing down. The vast majority of extant business records are held by local authority record offices. Industries that were nationalised tend to have significant collections in The National Archives, and only a small amount of companies retain their own archives. The ten GMALSP services collectively hold over 1,000 business collections relating to the economic life of Greater Manchester. This includes a wide range of different types of records, such as: Legal papers Minutes and reports Ledgers and annual accounts Property records, including mortgages, plans and leases Correspondence Promotional material, including photographs, magazines, advertisements Staff records It is important to note that business archives are not limited to paper records they can also contain electronic records and audio-visual material. 5

6 Using business records for research Our rich business archive collections can be used to investigate and research a variety of topics. Family historians can use them to explore their ancestor s working and daily life, whether they were employed by the business or were a customer or shareholder. Records of particular interest might include: Staff registers Wages and salary books Pension records Report books Minute books Staff photographs Customer account ledgers Our archives also contain a wealth of information for local historians. The records can be invaluable for researching a particular trade or even for studying the economic and social history of the local area. You might want to take a look at: Photographs Architectural plans Inspection reports Accounting records Minute books Printed sources 6

7 Our Collections Building and Construction Builders and Contractors - Dew Construction Ltd, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - G & W Smith (Builders) Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - George Henry (Oldham) Ltd, builders and merchants, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - H Haworth, builder, Ramsbottom, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Hartley family, builders, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Hollinwood Building Co Ltd, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - James Greenwood Ltd, builders, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - James Hall, decorators, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - John Castle, builder, Ramsbottom, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - John Padmore & Sons, builders, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Patricroft Liberal Building Co Ltd, Patricroft, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - R Eastwood, builder, Marple, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Ralph Bradbury, builder, Mossley, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Thomas Partington & Sons Ltd, builders and contractors, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Unknown building firm, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Unsworth Conservative Club & Building Co Ltd, Unsworth, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - WH Snow, builder and contractor, Stretford, Lancashire Painters and Decorators - A Holmes, decorator and merchant, Manchester, Lancashire - F Latham, decorator, Moston, Lancashire; Blackley, Lancashire - H Ogden & Sons Ltd, painters and decorators, Hyde, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - James Acton, plasterer, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Leonard Millin, painter and decorator, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre 7

8 - Openshaw Family, decorators, plumbers, and glaziers, Adlington, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - RC Williams & Sons, painters and decorators, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - W Hill & Sons, painters and decorators, Golborne, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Williamson & Redford, painter, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre Plumbing, Heating and Ventilation - Openshaw Family, decorators, plumbers, and glaziers, Adlington, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Smith & Parker Ltd, boiler and steam pipe coverers, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local Business and Professional Services Accountants - FW Popplewell & Son, chartered accountants, Manchester, Lancashire - Garnett Crewdson & Co, chartered accountants, Manchester, Lancashire - Handley & Wilde, accountants, Manchester, Lancashire - James Turner, accountant, Eccles, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Robert Edward Johnson, accountant, Manchester, Lancashire - Robert Milne Coutts, chartered accountant, Manchester, Lancashire - SE Cottam & Sons, chartered accountants, Manchester, Lancashire - Spicer Pegler & Co, chartered accountants, Manchester, Lancashire - Swanwick, Terras & Co, accountants, Manchester, Lancashire Archaeologists - CS Archaeology, Yorkshire Salford Local History Library - J M Tippier Archaeology & Surveying Consultancy, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Stephen Haigh Building Archaeology, Worsley, Lancashire Salford Local History Library 8

9 Funeral Services - Arthur Lomax, joiner and undertaker, Ainsworth, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - B Johnson & Sons, undertakers, Cadishead, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Middleton & Wood, funeral directors, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - R Pepperdine & Sons Ltd, undertakers, Trafford, Lancashire - Stanley Gill, funeral directors, Manchester, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - T Broome & Sons Ltd, undertakers, Manchester, Lancashire Legal Services - Blackburne & Smyth, solicitors, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - George Whitehead, solicitor, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Gill Radford & Co, solicitors, Manchester, Lancashire - Haworth Holt Bell, solicitors, Hale, Cheshire Oldham Local & Archives - Independent Insurance Co Ltd - J Owden O'Brien, patent agents, Manchester, Lancashire - J.W. Johnston, solicitor, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - John Clayton & Sons, solicitors, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Lancashire Insurance Co, Manchester, Lancashire - National Boiler and General Insurance Co Ltd, boiler makers and insurance firm, Manchester, Lancashire - Philanthropic Mutual Life Assurance Collecting Society, Hyde, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Plate Glass Mutual Insurance Co Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Scarisbrick Halsall Downholland Employers Mutual Accident Assurance Society Ltd, Scarisbrick, Lancashire - Slater Heelis, solicitors, Manchester, Lancashire - Steam Users Patent Co, patent agents, Manchester, Lancashire - Stephensons, solicitors, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Stevenson's, solicitors, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Temperley, Taylor & Chadwick, solicitors, Rochdale, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Thatham, Worthington & Co, Solicitors, Manchester, Lancashire - Tweedale, Sons and Lees, solicitors, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Woodcock & Sons, solicitors, Haslingden, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Wright & Appleton, solicitors, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local 9

10 Medical Services - CS France, doctor, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - D A Farnie, doctor - Dentist, Rochdale, Lancashire - Ellen Meehan, chiropodist, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - EM Gallagher, midwife, Urmston, Lancashire - ERH Platt, chiropodist, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - John Yates, surgeon, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Miss Roberts, municipal midwife, Manchester, Lancashire - Norman Trevor Burnett, general practitioner, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - William Andrew Cartwright, veterinary surgeon, Whitchurch, Shropshire - William Falshaw, physician, Ramsbottom, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local Photographers and Photographic Companies - Austin Lyons, photographer, Hindley, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Thornton Pickard Photographic Co, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library Property Services and Architects - Arthur Turner & Sons, architects, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Bradshaw Gass & Hope, architects, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Broughton Atkinson Eagle & Son, surveyors and architects, Manchester, Lancashire; Prestatyn, Flintshire - Ernest S England, architect, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Firth & Whitehead, architects, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - George Shaw, architect, Saddleworth, Yorkshire Oldham Local & Archives - Harry S Fairhurst & Son, architects, Blackburn, Lancashire; Manchester, Lancashire - Hayes, Turner & Co, architects, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Hermon Crook & Williams, architects, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Heywood & Ogden, architects, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Heywood, Hartley & Whipp, estate agents, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - HH Clough, architect and surveyor, Rochdale, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive 10

11 - Hilton & Layland, estate agents and valuers, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - J Price Nunn, architect, Manchester, Lancashire - James C Prestwich & Sons, architects, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local Architectural drawing of Leigh Town Hall. J.C. Prestwich architect, Leigh. November John Alker, Ellis & Co, estate agents, Manchester, Lancashire - John Chorlton & Sons, estate agents, Manchester, Lancashire - Joseph Jackson & Sons, mining engineers and surveyors, Bolton, Lancashire - Joseph Jackson & Sons, mining engineers and surveyors, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Joseph Jackson & Sons, mining engineers and surveyors, Bolton, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Joseph Stott & Son, architects, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Mabbott & Stanway, chartered surveyors, valuers and estate agents, Manchester, Lancashire - Mabbott & Stanway, chartered surveyors, valuers and estate agents, Manchester, Lancashire - Sanger & Rothwell, architects, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Taylor, Roberts & Bowman, architects, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Thomas Brogden & Son, auctioneers and estate agents, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local 11

12 - Thomas Crompton & Son, surveyors and valuers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Thomas Greenwood, surveyor, Glossop, Derbyshire; Manchester, Lancashire - Thomas Turner, architect, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives Chemicals Chemical Manufacturers - Boots Co Ltd, pharmaceuticals manufacturers and retailers, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Bury Archives & Local - Boots Co Ltd, pharmaceuticals manufacturers and retailers, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - H Bellringer Ltd, manufacturing chemists, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - James Hart & Son, wholesale and manufacturing chemists, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Kerfoots & Co Ltd, pharmaceutical chemists, Bardsley, Lancashire; Manchester, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Midgley, Lawton & Co, paint manufacturers, Atherton, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Prestolee Alkali Works, chemical manufacturers, Prestolee, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Reddish Chemical Co Ltd, detergent manufacturers, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Stirling Moulding Materials Ltd, Tameside, Greater Manchester Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Stotherts Ltd, chemists and mineral water manufacturers, Atherton, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Turner & Newall Ltd, manufacturer of asbestos products, Manchester, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Turner & Newall Ltd, manufacturer of asbestos products, Manchester, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Venesta International Ltd, manufacturers and traders in plastic, polystyrene and plywood products Salford Local History Library Glass, Pottery, Bricks and Cement - John Unsworth, glass maker, Warrington, Lancashire 12

13 - Rochdale Brick Co Ltd, brick makers, Rochdale, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Thomas Cooke, manufacturer of ground emery and glass, Turkey Emery Works, Manchester, Lancashire Domestic and Leisure Services Garages - HD Walker & Sons Ltd, motor engineers, Sale, Cheshire Trafford Local Walker's Garage on the corner of Cross Street and Glebelands Road in Sale. Hotels, Public Houses and Restaurants - Albion Hotel, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Blossoms Hotel, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Bowling Green Inn, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Hilton Street Cafe and Sandwich Bar, Manchester, Lancashire - Joseph Leonard Wright, publican, Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Queen's Hotel, Manchester, Lancashire - White Bear Inn, Warrington, Lancashire - Woolpack Public House, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local 13

14 Sport and recreation - Belle Vue (Manchester) Ltd, zoological gardens, circus and amusement park, Manchester, Lancashire pamphlets on twitter - Bolton Turkish Baths Co Ltd, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Haydock Racecourse, Haydock, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - M2002 Ltd, Commonwealth Games management organisation, Manchester, Lancashire - Manchester 2002 Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Manchester Racecourse Co Ltd, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library Theatres & Cinemas - Grand Theatre, Bolton, Lancashire - Hippodrome Theatre, Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Manchester Royal Exchange Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Octagon Theatre, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Oldham Coliseum Theatre, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Palace Theatre, Manchester, Lancashire - Star Inn, music hall and museum, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Theatre Royal, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library Grand Theatre Bolton Programme, 1939 Engineering Electrical - BICC plc, electrical cable manufacturers, Prescot, Lancashire; London Wigan Archives & Local - Clayton Engineering and Electrical Construction Co Ltd, electrical power and light engineers, ironfounders and manufacturers of rubber and electrical machinery, Newton - Fluvent Electric Co Ltd, manufacturing electrical engineers, Manchester, Lancashire 14

15 - Harold Wynn Williams, electrical engineer and contractor, Newton Heath, Lancashire - Matthews & Yates Ltd, ventilating, electrical and general engineers, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Oldham & Son Ltd, battery manufacturers, Denton, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre Mechanical Engineering and Machinery Manufacturing - A & F Parkes & Co Ltd, agricultural implement and edge tool manufacturers, Birmingham, Warwickshire Wigan Archives & Local - Astley Process Co, engravers to textile printing trade, Boothstown, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Austin Hopkinson & Co Ltd, mining machinery manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Bayliss, Wiley & Co Ltd, cycle fittings manufacturers, Birmingham, Warwickshire - Bennis Combustion Ltd, conveyor and elevator manufacturers and general engineers, Little Hulton, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Billetop & Gilpin Ltd, bearing bush manufacturers, Leicester, Leicestershire - Brooks & Doxey Ltd, cotton machinery manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire - Buckley & Taylor Ltd, engineers, millwrights and ironfounders, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - C & W Pickup (Engineers) Ltd, gear manufacturers, Eccles, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Craven Bros (Manchester) Ltd, machine tool makers and crane manufacturers, Reddish, Lancashire - Crofts Engineers Holdings Ltd, Bradford, Yorkshire - Daniel Adamson & Co Ltd, boilermakers, Dukinfield, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Dobson & Barlow Ltd, cotton machinery manufacturers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Dronsfield Brothers Ltd, textile machinery manufacturers, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Dunlop Group, manufacturers of tyres, belting, sports goods etc., London - Edbro plc, tipping hoist manufacturer, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Edward Ormesher, engineer, Sale, Cheshire Salford Local History Library - Executors of James Mills Ltd, key and taper pin manufacturers, Bredbury, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library 15

16 - Follows & Bate Ltd, horticultural machinery and implement manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire - Gainsborough Engineering (Oldham) Ltd, mechanical engineers, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Galloways Ltd, boilermakers and engineers, Manchester, Lancashire - Galloways Ltd, boilermakers and engineers, Manchester, Lancashire - Gayter Cresswell (Tools) Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Gullick Ltd, mining engineers, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Harrison McGregor & Guest Ltd, agricultural implement manufacturers Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Henry Farr & Son, carriage builders, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Henry Kay & Co, smallware manufacturers, Middleton, Lancashire - Hick, Hargreaves & Co Ltd, engineers and millwrights, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Holgate, Fishwick & Leather Ltd, calico printers' machinery manufacturers, Bury, Harrison, McGregor & Co., Ltd, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - HW Ind, cycle manufacturer and garage proprietor, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - J Adamson, engineers, Hyde, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - J Jones's Sewing Machine Co Ltd, sewing machine manufacturers, Ashton-under- Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - J Parkinson & Son (Shipley) Ltd, machine tool manufacturers, Shipley, Yorkshire - Jackson & Brother Ltd, engineers and ironfounders, Little Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - James Jones, Steam Boiler/Steam Chest Makers, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - James Stott & Co Ltd, catering equipment manufacturers, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - John & Edward Wood, engineers and ironfounders, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - John Formby, engineer, Formby, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - John Holroyd & Co Ltd, engineers and tool manufacturers, Milnrow, Lancashire - John Mason & James Davenport, machine makers, Rochdale, Lancashire 16

17 - John Morris & Sons Ltd, fire engineers and fire appliance manufacturers, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - John Musgrave & Sons Ltd, mechanical engineers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - John Wood & Sons Ltd, engineers, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Joshua Heap & Co Ltd, machine tool manufacturers, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Manchester Dry Docks Co Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Matthews & Yates Ltd, ventilating, electrical and general engineers, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Nasmyth, Wilson & Co Ltd, ironfounders, locomotive, hydraulic and general engineers, Eccles, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - National Boiler and General Insurance Co Ltd, boiler makers and insurance firm, Manchester, Lancashire - Oldham Welding and Central Motors Ltd, boiler makers, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Petrie & Co Ltd, engineers, Rochdale, Lancashire - Platt Brothers & Co Ltd, ironfounders, textile machinery manufacturers and colliery proprietors, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - R Lord & Sons Ltd, boilermakers, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Robert Hall & Sons (Bury) Ltd, loom and weaving machinery manufacturers, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Royles Ltd, engineers and calorifier manufacturers, Irlam, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Sir WG Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, shipbuilders and locomotive builders, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland; Sheffield, Yorkshire; Openshaw, Lancashire - SJ Sutton Engineering Co, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Sturtevant Engineering Co Ltd, mechanical engineers, Denton, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Taylor, Lang & Co Ltd, textile machinery manufacturers, Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Thomas Mitchell & Sons Ltd, engineers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Turner, Atherton & Co Ltd, hatters' machinery manufacturers, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Walker Brothers (Wigan) Ltd, engineers and mining machinery manufacturers, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - William Bailey & Co Ltd, heating and sanitary engineers, Manchester, Lancashire - William Horsfall, card maker, Albion Mills, Manchester, Lancashire - William Wadsworth & Sons Ltd, lift and hoist manufacturers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local 17

18 Walker Brothers (Wigan) Ltd. Steam compressor made for South Africa Woodwork - Carpenter, Carrington, Cheshire Salford Local History Library - J Clough & Son, cabinet makers, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - John Bailey & Co, joiners and packing case manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire - Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Ltd, packing case manufacturers, Ramsbottom, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Metrolite Industries, wooden pallet manufacturers, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Southern Brothers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local Farming and Agriculture - Farm Heaton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Harrison McGregor & Guest Ltd, agricultural implement manufacturers Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Henry Whitehurst & Co, corn-millers and agricultural merchants, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - John Jackson, farmer High Leigh, Cheshire 18

19 - Norris Hill Farm, Heaton Norris, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Samuel Mason, farmer, Prestwich, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Thomas Tasker, farmer, Billinge, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - W Hibbert, Fawcett Fold Farm, Westhoughton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - William & Thomas Wood, grocers, innkeepers and farmers, Didsbury, Lancashire Finance Banks & Building Societies - Ashton-under-Lyne Savings Bank, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Bolton Savings Bank Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Halifax Building Society, Halifax, Yorkshire - Leigh Savings Bank, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - St Martin's Penny Bank, Manchester, Lancashire - Stockport Savings Bank, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Stockport Victoria Benefit Building Society, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Tyldesley Permanent Benefit Building Society, Tyldesley, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Wigan Savings Bank, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local Pawnbrokers & Auctioneers - C W Provis & Sons, auctioneers, Manchester, Lancashire - Edward N Faulkner, pawnbroker, Eccles, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Isaiah Cheetham & Son, auctioneers, Denton, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Rogers family, pawnbrokers, Pendlebury, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Thomas Brogden & Son, auctioneers and estate agents, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - William A Muir Ltd, jewellers and pawnbrokers, Manchester, Lancashire Stockport Local Heritage Library Miscellaneous - John Siddall & Son, stock and share brokers, Manchester, Lancashire 19

20 - Townhead Mill (Holdings) Ltd, investment company, Rochdale, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives Food, Drink and Tobacco Breweries & Drink Manufacturers - Allied Breweries Ltd, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire Bolton Archives and Local - Boddingtons Breweries Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Chesters Brewery Co Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Cowburns & Scotts (Beverages) Ltd, mineral water and soft drinks manufacturers, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire; Burnley, Lancashire; Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Crown Brewing Co Ltd, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - E Halliday & Son Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Ind Coope & Co Ltd, brewers, Burton-upon- Trent, Staffordshire - Magee Marshall & Co Ltd, brewers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Oldham Brewery Ltd, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Richard Clarke & Co Ltd, brewers, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Richard Seed & Co Ltd, brewers, Radcliffe, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local Magee, Marshall & Co. Ltd. - Scotts (Bolton) Ltd, herbal brewers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Severn & Co Ltd, mineral water manufacturers, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire; Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Bolton Archives and Local - Stotherts Ltd, chemists and mineral water manufacturers, Atherton, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Temple Gate Brewery, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Walker & Homfrays Ltd, brewers, Salford, Lancashire - Wilson's Brewery Ltd, Newton Heath, Lancashire 20

21 Food Manufacturers - Bensons Confectionery Ltd, manufacturing confectioners, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Eliza Abbott, confectioner and grocer, Horwich, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Heinz Factory, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - James Robertson & Sons Ltd, preserve manufacturers, Droylsden, Lancashire - John Gregory & Sons, grocers and bakers, Ince-in-Makerfield, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - JT Warwick, confectionery manufacturers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Manleys Ltd, bakers and confectioners, Manchester, Lancashire Tobacco - Senior Service Cigarettes, Tameside, Manchester, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre Senior Service/Pattreiouex, Tobacco Manufacturers, a young woman inspecting cigarettes, 1960s. 21

22 Fuel and Mineral Extraction Research Guide: Business Records Coal & Collieries - Ackers Whitley & Co Ltd, colliery proprietors, Wigan, Lancashire; Abram, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Alliance Coal & Cannel Co, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Astley Green Colliery, Astley Green, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Atherton Collieries Ltd, Atherton, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Atherton Collieries Ltd, Atherton, Lancashire - Billinge Lane Colliery, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Blackley Hurst Colliery Co Ltd, Billinge, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Blainscough Colliery Co Ltd, Preston, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Bradford Colliery Co Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Denton Colliery Co Ltd, Denton, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Ince Coal & Cannel Co, Ince-in-Makerfield, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - J Blundell & Son, coal proprietors, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Ladyshore Coal Co Ltd, Little Lever, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Manchester Collieries Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Parbold Colliery, Parbold, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Platt Brothers & Co Ltd, ironfounders, textile machinery manufacturers and colliery proprietors, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Round House Colliery, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Sankey Brook Coal Co Ltd, colliery proprietors, Parr, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - T A Mills Ltd, coal merchants, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Tomas Wilton, coal merchant, Goose Green, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Towneley family, Dyneley, colliery owners, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Tyldesley Coal Co Ltd, Tyldesley, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Tyldesley Coal Co Ltd, Tyldesley, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Walkden Moor Colliery, Walkden Moor, Lancashire Salford Local History Library Wigan Coal & Iron Foundry, Top Lock, Wigan, circa

23 - Westhoughton Coal & Canal Co Ltd, Westhoughton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Wigan Coal & Iron Co Ltd, iron and steel manufacturers and coal proprietors, Wigan, Lancashire; Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Wigan Coal & Iron Co Ltd, iron and steel manufacturers and coal proprietors, Wigan, Lancashire; Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Worsley Mesnes Collieries Ltd, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Worsley Mesnes Ironworks Ltd, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local Quarrying - Cox Green Quarry, Turton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local Leather and Hide Industry Leather and Hide Industry - Bolton Hide, Skin & Fat Co Ltd, hide and skin merchants, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Bolton Leathers Ltd, leather dealers Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Clegg & Mellor, leather roller manufacturers, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Dri-ped Ltd, tanners, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - John Ormerod & Sons Ltd, tanners and leather dressers, Rochdale, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Lancashire Butchers Hide & Skin Co Ltd, hide and skin dealers, Manchester, Lancashire - Parker-Walker Ltd, tripe dressers and tallow manufacturers, Elton, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Tanners' Hide Buying Association Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Underwood (Walsall) Ltd, curriers, Walsall, Staffordshire Bolton Archives and Local - W & J Thornhill, curriers and leather merchants, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - William Walker & Sons Ltd, tanners, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local 23

24 Metal Processing and Manufacturing Brass, Steel & Ironfounders - Bennett's Iron Foundry Co Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Bridge Iron Foundry, Warrington, Lancashire - Buckley & Taylor Ltd, engineers, millwrights and ironfounders, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - - George Taylor & Co, brassfounders, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Greenhalgh & Co Ltd, iron founders, Atherton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - H Lees & Sons Ltd, iron and steel manufacturers, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - J & W Kirkham Ltd, brassfounders, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Jackson & Brother Ltd, engineers and ironfounders, Little Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local Jackson and Brothers Wharf Foundry, circa 1890s. 24

25 - James Chadwick (Ironfounders) Ltd, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - James Farmer & Sons Ltd, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - John & Edward Wood, engineers and ironfounders, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - John Needham & Sons Ltd, ironfounders, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - John Summers & Sons Ltd, steel manufacturers, Shotton, Flintshire; Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Joseph Webb & Sons Ltd, (later Park Webb Ltd), iron manufacturers, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Joseph Webb & Sons Ltd, (later Park Webb Ltd), iron manufacturers, Bury, Lancashire - Nasmyth, Wilson & Co Ltd, ironfounders, locomotive, hydraulic and general engineers, Eccles, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Platt Brothers & Co Ltd, ironfounders, textile machinery manufacturers and colliery proprietors, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - R & H Leigh & Sons, iron hamper manufacturers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Standard Iron & Steel Co, Manchester, Lancashire - Storey Foundry Co Ltd, ironfounders, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Thomas Walmsley & Sons Ltd, iron and steel manufacturers and stock holders, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - W Marsden & Sons, brassfounders, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local Metal Processing & Metal Work - Alfred Sommerville & Co, steel pen manufacturers, Birmingham, Warwickshire - Anchor Chain Co Ltd, Oldham, Lancashire - Arnold & Stolzenberg GmbH, chain manufacturers, Einbeck, Germany - Brampton Brothers Ltd, cycle chain manufacturers, Birmingham, Warwickshire - Coventry Chain Co Ltd, Coventry, Warwickshire - Coventry Repetition Co Ltd, bolt, nut and screw manufacturers, Coventry, Warwickshire - Fielding & Son (Werneth) Ltd, kitchen cabinet manufacturers, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives 25

26 - G Corner & Co Ltd, sheet metal workers, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - GKN Crompton Ltd, lock and hardware manufacturers, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Hans Renold Ltd, driving chain manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire - Harold E Priestley & Sons Ltd, welding specialists, Dukinfield, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Haslam's, sheet metal works, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Kenyon & Sons Ltd, wheelwrights and smiths, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Park Webb Ltd, iron and steel forgings and edge tool manufacturers Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local Renold Chains Ltd. newsletter, Perry & Co Ltd, steel pen and cycle chain manufacturers, Birmingham, Warwickshire; London - Peter Stubs Ltd, steel, file and watchmakers' tools manufacturers, Warrington, Lancashire - R Waddicor & Co Ltd, sheet metal workers, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Renold Chains Ltd, chain manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire - Sam Greenall, metalworker, Manchester, Lancashire - Samuel A Rhodes Ltd, oven builders, Hyde, Cheshire Oldham Local & Archives - Samuel Gregson & Sons, tinplate workers, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Stubs, Wood & Co, wire drawers and pin manufacturers,warrington, Lancashire Paper, Printing and Packaging Newspapers - Ashton Reporter, newspaper, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Manchester City News, newspaper, Manchester, Lancashire - Swain & Co Ltd, newspaper proprietors and printers, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library 26

27 Paper & Stationery Manufacture - Alfred Williamson, tramway, omnibus and railway ticket manufacturers, Ashton-under- Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Charles Walmsley & Co Ltd, paper makers, engineers and pump makers, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Cooke & Nuttall Ltd, paper manufacturers, Horwich, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Creams Paper Mill, Little Lever, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - East Lancashire Paper Group Ltd, paper manufacturers Radcliffe, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - East Lancashire Paper Mill Co Ltd, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Francis Clarkson, heraldic engraver, Crumpsall, Lancashire - Higham Brothers Ltd, paper bag manufacturers and printers, Kearsley, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - J Wilkinson (Stationers) Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Jacobsen, Welch & Co Ltd, envelope manufacturers, Hyde, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - JR Crompton Ltd, paper manufacturers, Elton, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Mondi Packaging Paper Sales (UK) Ltd, Ramsbottom, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Newton Mill Ltd, (later Waldorf Stationery & Greeting Cards Ltd), stationery manufacturers, Hyde, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Radcliffe Paper Mill Co Ltd, Radcliffe, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Robert Fletcher & Son Ltd, paper manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Swailes Ltd, paper tube manufacturers, Oldham, Lancashire; Rochdale, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Waldorf Stationery & Greeting Cards Ltd, stationery manufacturers, Hyde, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre Publishers & bookbinders, printers - Emmott & Co Ltd, publishers, Manchester, Lancashire - Falcon Printing Co Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - G & J Kitcat Ltd, publishers' bookbinders, London - Hunt & Mansley Ltd, printers, Atherton, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - John Spencer Poster & Printing, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Northern Workers Publishing Co Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Spence & Co (Bookbinders) Ltd, manufacturing stationers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - TH & W Greenup, printers, Droylsden, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre 27

28 - Tillotsons (Bolton) Ltd, printers, publishers and process engravers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local Property Landowners and Developers - A R C K Holdings Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Cawdaw Industrial Holdings Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Dronsfield Estates Ltd, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Leigh Estate & Investment Co Ltd, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Manchester Soroptimist Housing Association Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Oldham New Market Co, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Salford Phoenix Initiative Ltd, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - St James Buildings Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire Shops, Merchants and Distributors Builders Merchants - B Raw & Co, hardware merchants, Farnworth, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - George Makinson, mill and factory furnishers, Wigan, Lancashire - JO Grant & Co Ltd, timber merchants and joinery manufacturers, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Pilkington's Tiles Ltd, Swinton, Lancashire; Poole, Dorset Salford Local History Library - S & J Watts, merchants and warehousemen, Manchester, Lancashire - William Faint & Son, metal merchants, Manchester, Lancashire - William Kay of Bolton Ltd, timber merchants, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - William Livesey & Sons, builders merchants, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Wormalds Timber Co Ltd, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local 28

29 Chemists - Alfred Thompson, chemist, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Boots Co Ltd, pharmaceuticals manufacturers and retailers, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Bury Archives & Local - Boots Co Ltd, pharmaceuticals manufacturers and retailers, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Chemist and grocer, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - F M Hughes, dispensing chemist, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Gerald E Hurst, pharmacist, Didsbury, Lancashire - H Bellringer Ltd, manufacturing chemists, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - J Noble, chemist, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - James Hart & Son, wholesale and manufacturing chemists, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - John Woodall, chemist, Manchester, Lancashire - Kay Bros Ltd, chemists and druggists, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Kerfoots & Co Ltd, pharmaceutical chemists, Bardsley, Lancashire; Manchester, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Pritchards Ltd, chemists, Manchester, Lancashire - Stotherts Ltd, chemists and mineral water manufacturers, Atherton, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Wallwork, pharmaceutical chemist, Tyldesley, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Walter Edwards, pharmacist, Manchester, Lancashire - William Blain & Sons, pharmaceutical chemists, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local Wallwork Chemist Shop, Elliott Street, Tyldesley, no date. 29

30 Co-operative Societies - Ainsworth Industrial Co-operative Society, Ainsworth, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Ashton-under-Lyne Co-operative Society Ltd, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Bury District Co-operative Society Ltd, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Compstall Co-operative Society, Compstall, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Delph Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Saddleworth, Yorkshire Oldham Local & Archives - Droylsden Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Droylsden, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Eccles & Prestwich Co-operative Society Ltd, Eccles, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Farnworth & Kearsley Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Farnworth, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Firgrove Co-operative Society Ltd, Rochdale, Lancashire - Firgrove Co-operative Society Ltd, Rochdale, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Grasscroft Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Saddleworth, Yorkshire Oldham Local & Archives - Great Moor Co-operative Society, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Greenfield Co-operative Society Ltd, Saddleworth, Yorkshire Oldham Local & Archives - Hazel Grove Co-operative Society, Hazel Grove, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Healey Co-operative Society Ltd, Whitworth, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Higher Hurst Co-operative Society Ltd, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Horwich Industrial Co-operative Society, Horwich, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Hurst Brook Co-operative Society, Hurst, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Hyde Equitable Co-operative Society Ltd, Hyde, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Leigh Friendly Co-operative Society Ltd, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Littleborough Co-operative Society of Industry Ltd, Littleborough, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Manchester & Salford Co-op Building Society Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire; Salford, Lancashire - Manchester & Salford Equitable Co-operative Society Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Manchester Co-op Chemist Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire 30

31 - Manchester Co-op Emporium, Manchester, Lancashire - Middleton & Tonge Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Middleton, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Milnrow Co-operative Society Ltd, Rochdale, Lancashire - Milnrow Co-operative Society Ltd Rochdale Waterworks, Rochdale, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Moorside Provident Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Swinton, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Mossley Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Mossley, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Oldham Equitable Co-operative Society Ltd, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Oldham Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Pendleton Co-operative Society Ltd, Pendleton, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Prestwich Co-operative Society Ltd, Prestwich, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Ramsbottom Industrial & Provident Society Ltd, Ramsbottom, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society Ltd, Rochdale, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Rochdale Provident Co-operative Society Ltd, Rochdale, Lancashire - Rochdale Provident Co-operative Society Ltd, Rochdale, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Roe Green Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Worsley, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Royton Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Royton, Lancashire Oldham Local & ArchivesSalford Self-Help Co-operative Society Ltd, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Stalybridge Good Intent Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Steps Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd Rochdale Local and Archive - Stockport Co-operative Society, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Summerseat Co-operative Society, Summerseat, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Tottington District Co-operative Society,Tottington, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Tyldesley & District Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Tyldesley, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - United Norwest Co-operative Society, Royton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Uppermill Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Saddleworth, Yorkshire Oldham Local & Archives - Walkden Provident Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Walkden, Lancashire Salford Local History Library 31

32 - Waterloo Industrial and Provident Co-operative Society Ltd, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Westhoughton United Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd, Westhoughton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Wigan & District Equitable Co-operative Society Ltd, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Woodley Co-operative Society, Woodley, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Woolfold Co-operative Society Ltd, Woolfold, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local Women's Guild Committee, Hyde Co-operative Society Food & Drink Merchants - C Woolley & Son, butchers, Eccles, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Conroy Brothers Ltd, fruit and potato salesmen, Southport, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Eliza Abbott, confectioner and grocer, Horwich, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - G & W Turner Ltd, wine and spirit merchants Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - James Fildes, grocer, Manchester, Lancashire - James Forster, fish, game and poultry dealer, Edgeley, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - James Hope, grocer, Aspull, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - John Gregory & Sons, grocers and bakers, Ince-in-Makerfield, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Joseph Fildes, corn merchants and bakers, Newton Heath, Lancashire 32

33 - Messrs Hope of Aspull, cloggers and grocers, Aspull, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Mr and Mrs J Marlor, grocers, Chadderton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Robert Taylor, greengrocer, Hindley, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Staples (Stockport) Ltd, fish merchants, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - W Grimshaw, family butcher, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Wine merchant, Manchester, Lancashire Salford Local History Library Ironmongers & Tool Merchants - Baxendales & Co Ltd, ironmongers and plumbers merchants, Manchester, Lancashire - Cromptons, ironmongers, Haydock, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - E Howarth, ironmonger and haberdasher, Rochdale, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - John Roaf Buss & Sons Ltd, ironmongers, Manchester, Lancashire - Till & Kennedy Ltd, wholesale ironmongers and fireplace merchants, Manchester, Lancashire - William Wharfe, ironmonger, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library Miscellaneous Merchants and Dealers - George Williamson, shopkeeper, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - George Little Ltd, wholesale provision merchants, Manchester, Lancashire - Green & Hodgson, import and export merchants, Liverpool, Lancashire - GW Lofthouse, wholesale jewellers, Shudehill, Manchester, Lancashire - Henry Walmsley, cigar importer, Manchester, Lancashire - John Myers & Co, mail order catalogue business, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Joseph Seddon, merchant, Manchester, Lancashire - JR Saunders, importer of Irish linens, Manchester, Lancashire - Manchester Corn Grocery & Produce Exchange Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Manchester Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Lancashire - Thomas Reynolds Senior & Sons Ltd, musical instrument manufacturers and dealers, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Sumner, Harker & Co Ltd, machinery exporters, Manchester, Lancashire - Wall & Co Ltd, produce importers, Manchester, Lancashire 33

34 Shipping Merchants - George Fraser Son & Co, shipping merchants, Manchester, Lancashire - Overmann & Co, shipping agents, Manchester, Lancashire - SL Behrens & Co, shipping merchants, Manchester, Lancashire Textiles Cotton Manufacturers and Spinners - A & A Crompton & Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Crompton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - A Worsley & Sons Ltd, cotton spinners, Haslingden, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Acme Spinning Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Pendlebury, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Albion Mills Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Alder Spinning Co, cotton spinners, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Aqueduct Mill Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Armitage & Rigby Ltd, cotton spinners, Warrington, Lancashire; Manchester, Lancashire - Arrow Mill (1919) Ltd, cotton spinners, Rochdale, Lancashire - Ash Group Ltd, cotton spinners, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Ashton Brothers & Co Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers, Hyde, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Bank Top Spinning and Manufacturing Co, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Barker & Swift (Manufacturers) Ltd, cotton manufacturers, Pendlebury, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Barlow & Jones Ltd, cotton spinners, Manchester, Lancashire; Bolton, Lancashire - Barlow & Jones Ltd, cotton spinners, Manchester, Lancashire; Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Bee Spinning Co Ltd, Royton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Blackrod Manufacturing Co Ltd, cotton manufacturers, Blackrod, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Bowker & Ball Ltd, cotton spinners, Dukinfield, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre 34

35 Ashton Brothers greetings card, Christmas The first three Thomas Ashton's (Ashton's Super Cotton Fabrics - We Spin For The World) - Britannia Mill, Oldham, Bacup, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Brookbottom Spinning Co, cotton spinners, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire - Butler & Morton, cotton spinners, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - C Wright & Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Tyldesley, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Cairo Mill Co Ltd, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Cedar Mill, cotton spinners, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Charles Openshaw & Sons (Manchester) Ltd, cotton spinners, Manchester, Lancashire - Coldhurst Mill, Coldhurst, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Combined Egyptian Mills Ltd, cotton spinners, Atherton, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Cotton & Rayon Spinners Ltd, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Crosses & Winkworth Ltd, cotton manufacturers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Delta Mill Co, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Eckersleys Ltd, cotton spinners, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local 35

36 - Empress Spinning Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - English Sewing Cotton Co Ltd, sewing cotton manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire - Era Ring Mill Ltd, cotton spinners, Rochdale, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Ermen & Roby (Armentieres) Ltd, sewing cotton manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire - FS Johnson, cotton doublers, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Gardner & Bazley, cotton manufacturers, Barrow Bridge, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - George Clegg (Oldham) Ltd, cotton spinners, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - George Wigley & Co Ltd, sewing cotton manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire - Grape Mill Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Royton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Grimshaws & Bracewell, cotton spinners, Barrowford, Lancashire - Haslams Ltd, cotton manufacturers, Bolton, Lancashire; Manchester, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Heginbottom, cotton spinners and flax dressers, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Henry Ashworth & Son, cotton spinners, New Eagley, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Highams Ltd, cotton goods manufacturers, Royton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Holly Mill Ltd, cotton spinners, Royton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Holyrood Mill Co Ltd, cotton manufacturers, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Howe Bridge Cotton Spinning Co (1920) Ltd, cotton spinners, Howe Bridge, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Isaac Pearson Ltd, cotton spinners, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - J & G Walthew Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers, Stockport, Cheshire - J & J Hayes Ltd, cotton spinners, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Jacksons (Hurstead) Ltd, spinners, Rochdale, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - James Chadwick & Brother Ltd, cotton spinners and thread makers, Eagley, Lancashire - James Cocker & Son, cotton spinners, Manchester, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - James Harrison, cotton spinner, Manchester, Lancashire Stockport Local Heritage Library - JL Philips & Brother, cotton and silk manufacturers Manchester, Lancashire; Tideswell, Derbyshire 36

37 - John Bramwell, handloom weaver, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - John Bright & Brothers Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers, Rochdale, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - John Fletcher & Sons, cotton spinners, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - John Mayall Ltd, cotton manufacturers, Bottoms Mill Mossley, Lancashire - John Mayall Ltd, cotton manufacturers, Bottoms Mill Mossley, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - John Warburton Ltd, cotton spinners, Haslingden, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Joseph Hardman & Sons Ltd, spinners and doublers, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Joshua Hoyle & Sons Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers, Bacup, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Joshua Smith & Co, cotton goods manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire - Knowles Ltd, cotton spinners, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Lancashire Cotton Corporation Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Leesbrook Cotton Mill, Lees, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Maple Mill Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Mary Broadbent & Son, cotton spinners, Oldham, Lancashire - May Mill Spinning Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - McConnel & Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Manchester, Lancashire - Millbrook Spinning Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Moorfield Spinning Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Shaw, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Nathaniel Buckley & Sons, cotton spinners, Carr Hill Mills, Mossley, Lancashire - Palm Mill Co Ltd, cotton manufacturers, Chadderton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Park & Sandy Lane Mills Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Royton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Park Mill (Royton) Ltd, cotton spinners, Royton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Park Road Spinning Co, Dukinfield, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Park Yarns (Rochdale) Ltd, cotton spinners, Rochdale, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Pear New Mill Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Pennington Mill Co Ltd, cotton goods manufacturers, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Portwood Spinning Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Stockport, Cheshire 37

38 - Portwood Spinning Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - R Greg & Co Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers, Styal, Cheshire; Reddish, Lancashire - R Greg & Co Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers, Styal, Cheshire; Reddish, Lancashire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Richard Harwood & Son Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Robert & Thomas Ogden, cotton spinners, Manchester, Lancashire - Robert Byrom (Stalybridge) Ltd, cotton spinners, Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Robert Walker Ltd, cotton waste spinners, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Roy Mill Ltd, cotton spinners, Royton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Royton Spinning Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Royton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Royton Textile Corporation Ltd, spinners, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Rylands & Sons Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers, and general warehousemen, Manchester, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local Alice Milligan (bottom right) and workmates at Rylands Cotton Mill, Wigan. Taken by Hill and Son, 48 Standishgate, Wigan, about Samuel Oldknow & Co, cotton spinners and weavers, Mellor, Lancashire - Samuel Oldknow & Co, cotton spinners and weavers, Mellor, Lancashire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Shiloh plc, cotton and man-made fibre spinners, Royton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives 38

39 - Spinning mill, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Spur Doubling Mill Ltd, cotton doublers, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Staley & Millbrook Ltd, cotton spinners, Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Standard Mill (Rochdale) Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers, Rochdale, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - The Progress Spinning Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Thomas Darwell, fustian manufacturer, Manchester, Lancashire - Thomas Mason Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Thomas Mellodew & Co Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers, velvet manufacturers Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Thomas Taylor & Sons Ltd, cotton spinners, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Thornham Spinning Co Ltd, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Tootal Broadhurst Lee Co Ltd, cotton manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire - Tootal Broadhurst Lee Co Ltd, cotton manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Townhead Mill Co Ltd, cotton spinners, Rochdale, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Victor Mill Ltd, cotton manufacturers, Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Vine Mill (Royton) Ltd, cotton spinners, Royton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Welch Hill Mill, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Werneth Ring Mills Ltd, spinners of cotton and synthetic yarns, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - William Beardsworth, mule spinner, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - William Gray & Sons, cotton spinners and manufacturers, Darcy Lever, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Wolfenden and Son of Bolton, cotton spinners, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local Textile Dyers, Bleachers, Finishers and Printers - Ainsworth Mercerising Co Ltd, mercerisers, Bolton, Lancashire - Alexander Crum & CO, calico printers, Glasgow, Lanarkshire - Andrew Greenhalgh Ltd, dyers and bleachers, Radcliffe, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Arthur Burgess, letterpress printer, Manchester, Lancashire - Belfield Printing Co Ltd, textile printers, Manchester, Lancashire 39

40 - Belfield Printing Co Ltd, textile printers, Manchester, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Bleachers Association Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Bradshaw Bleachworks, Bradshaw, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - British Cotton & Wool Dyers Association Ltd, dyers, bleachers and printers, Manchester, Lancashire - Calico Printers Association Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Eagle Dyeing Co Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - FW Ashton & Co, dyers, Dukinfield, Cheshire - George & James Slater Ltd, bleachers, Dunscar, Lancashire - George & James Slater Ltd, bleachers, Dunscar, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Giles Dixey, printer, Oxford, Oxfordshire - Halliday & Co Ltd, dyers and finishers, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Hargreaves, Dugdale & Co, calico printers, Accrington, Lancashire - Hayfield Printing Co Ltd, calico printers, Hayfield, Derbyshire - Henry Fielding & Bros, calico printers, Blackley, Lancashire; Catterall, Lancashire - Holwell Co Ltd, dyers, Manchester, Lancashire - J Chadwick & Co Ltd, calico printers, dyers, bleachers and finishers, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - J Marsden & Co Ltd, bleachers, Bolton, Lancashire; Manchester, Lancashire - J Twisse & Co, dyers and finishers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - James Bury & Co, calico printers, Sabden, Lancashire; Manchester, Lancashire - James Hardcastle & Co Ltd, bleachers, Bolton, Lancashire - JB Champion & Co Ltd, bleachers, Farnworth, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - John Bury, calico printer, Pendle, Lancashire - John Smith Junior & Co Ltd, bleachers, Little Lever, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - John Wilkinson & Co, calico printers, Oakenshaw, Lancashire - Kearns Allen & Co Ltd, dyers, Manchester, Lancashire - Kirkpatrick Bros, bleachers, dyers, and finishers, Ballyclare, County Antrim - Langworthy Brothers, cotton manufacturers and dyers, Manchester, Lancashire - Lever Bank Bleach Works Ltd, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Logan, Muckelt & Co Ltd, indigo blue dyers and printers, Manchester, Lancashire - R Dalglish Falconer & Co Ltd, calico printers, Glasgow, Lanarkshire - Richard Ainsworth, Son & Co Ltd, bleachers, Halliwell, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Richard Bealey & Co Ltd, bleachers, Radcliffe, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local 40

41 - Richard Cobden & Co, calico printers, Chorley, Lancashire; Manchester, Lancashire; Sabden, Lancashire - Richard Fort & Co, calico printers, Oakenshaw, Lancashire - Rossendale Printing Co Ltd, calico printers, Rossendale, Lancashire - Samuel Crompton & Co, bleachers and muslin manufacturers, Darwen, Lancashire; Bolton, Lancashire; Longworth, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Samuel Heap & Son Ltd, dyers and finishers, Rochdale, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Samuel Stocks Junior & Co, bleachers, Heaton Mersey, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Slater & Co Ltd, bleachers and finishers, Little Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local Black and white photo, taken 1982, of machinery inside Slaters Bleachworks (Slater and Co Ltd), Watermead Works, Waterloo St, Bolton. Member of staff, John Richards, operating continuous rope washer machine in Bleach Croft. - Strines Printing Co, calico printers, Strines, Cheshire; New Mills, Derbyshire - Sydall Bros Ltd, calico printers, Stockport, Cheshire - Sykes & Co Ltd, bleachers, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - T Robinson & Co Ltd, dyers and bleachers, Ramsbottom, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Thomas & Robert Parker, calico printers and merchants, Manchester, Lancashire - Thomas Hardcastle & Son Ltd, bleachers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Thomson, Chippindall & Co, calico printers, Clitheroe, Lancashire - Thornliebank Co Ltd, calico printers, Glasgow, Lanarkshire - United Turkey Red Co Ltd, dyers and printers, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire 41

42 - Wallace & Co (Netherplace) Ltd, bleachers, Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire - Whalley Abbey Printing Co Ltd, calico printers, Wiswell, Lancashire Textile Merchants - Bates Textiles (Manchester) Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Bates Textiles (Manchester) Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Benjamin V Sandford, grey cloth merchant, Manchester, Lancashire - Buckridge & Gardner Ltd, textile merchants, Accrington, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - George Robinson & Co, cotton merchants, Manchester, Lancashire - H Nutter, greycloth merchant, Manchester, Lancashire - Harrison & Bardsley, carpet wholesalers, Manchester, Lancashire - HD Chadwick & Sons, textile merchants, Manchester, Lancashire - Hey Presto Ltd, textile retailers, Manchester, Lancashire - James Bullcock, wool merchant, Colne, Lancashire - John Munn & Co, yarn and commission merchants, Manchester, Lancashire - Lot Gardiner & Brother, stuff merchants and manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire - M Locker & Co, fent merchants Manchester, Lancashire - Millward & Co, drysalters and indigo merchants, Manchester, Lancashire - Simpad Arabian, textile merchant, Manchester, Lancashire - Sir Jacob Behrens & Sons Ltd, stuff merchant and commission agent, Bradford, Yorkshire - Thomas French Ltd, Wythenshawe, Cheshire - Walter Kenyon & Co, cotton merchants, Manchester, Lancashire - William Farrer, stuff merchant, Liverpool, Lancashire Other textiles and clothing manufacturers - Cartridge Rope & Twine Works, Heywood, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Charles Hart Ltd, textile merchants, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - D & H Mallalieu Ltd, woollen manufacturers, Delph, Yorkshire Oldham Local & Archives - Forward Textiles Ltd, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - George Hilton, silk spinners and manufacturers, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - George Hyde & Family, wool merchants and manufacturers, Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre 42

43 - Healey Brothers Ltd, rope and twine manufacturers, Heywood, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Hugh Kershaw & Sons Ltd, woollen manufacturers, Mossley, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Isaac Thorp & Sons Ltd, textile manufacturers and warehousemen, Manchester, Lancashire - J & N Philips & Co Ltd, tape manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire; Upper Tean, Staffordshire; London - J & P Coats (UK) Ltd, thread manufacturers, Paisley, Renfrewshire - James Bentley, silk manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire - JF & C Kenworthy Ltd, woollen manufacturers, Uppermill, Yorkshire Oldham Local & Archives - JH Peck & Co Ltd, tarpaulin manufacturers, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - John Heywood & Son, counterpane and quilting manufacturers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - John Jackson Shiers & Sons Ltd, velveteen manufacturers, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Kohorn Bookcloth Ltd, bookcloth manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Manchester Book Cloth Co Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Mansley & Co Ltd, ropemakers, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Morley Manufacturing Co Ltd, tracing cloth manufacturers, Eccles, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Osman Textiles Ltd, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Robert Battersby & Sons, woollen manufacturers, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - RR Whitehead & Bros Ltd, felt manufacturers, Greenfield, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Samuel Crompton & Co, bleachers and muslin manufacturers, Darwen, Lancashire; Bolton, Lancashire; Longworth, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Schofield & Froggatt Ltd, candle and lamp wick manufacturers, Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Shiloh plc, cotton and man-made fibre spinners, Royton, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Smiths Blankets (Witney) Ltd, blanket manufacturers, Witney, Oxfordshire - Tetems Ltd, Darwen, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Thomas Barlow & Sons Ltd, woollen manufacturers, Bury, Lancashire Bury Archives & Local - Thomas Mellodew & Co Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers, velvet manufacturers Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Weaver Astley, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Werneth Ring Mills Ltd, spinners of cotton and synthetic yarns, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - William Kenyon & Sons Ltd, Dukinfield, Cheshire; Pendleton, Lancashire; Oldham, Lancashire; Bradford, Yorkshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre 43

44 - Winterbottom Book Cloth Co Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire; Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - WM Christy & Sons Ltd, towel manufacturers, Droylsden, Lancashire Hatters - Chestergate Hat Manufacturing Co Ltd, hat manufacturers, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Christy & Co Ltd, hat manufacturers, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library Christy's Hat works showing the planking shop in The wooden boxes are known as dip tubs, they are there for the men to cool their hands. - Henry Heath (Wholesale) Ltd, hat manufacturers, London Stockport Local Heritage Library - Henry Whittle, hatter, Hindley, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Lancashire Felt Co Ltd, hat body manufacturers, dealers in hatter's materials, Denton, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Lincoln, Bennett & Co Ltd, hat manufacturers, London; Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Melton & Co Ltd, hat manufacturers, London Stockport Local Heritage Library - Mr Carrington, hatter, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Peel & Co (Hatters) Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Scotts Ltd, ladies' and gentlemen's hatters, London Stockport Local Heritage Library - Sutton & Torkington Ltd, hat manufacturers, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library 44

45 - Tress & Co Ltd, hat manufacturers, London Stockport Local Heritage Library Clothing Manufacturers, Tailors and Drapers - AW Knapp & Co Ltd, tailors, London - Bolmoor Industries Ltd, news bag and workwear manufacturers, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Coop & Co Ltd, clothing manufacturers, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Gerrard & Green, drapers, Hindley, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Humphrey Lloyd & Sons Ltd, shirting and shirt manufacturers, Droylsden, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Hyman Lazarus, tailor, Cheetham Hill Manchester, Lancashire - J Weinberg & Sons, waterproof garment manufacturers, Manchester, Lancashire - John Moss, woollen draper, Manchester, Lancashire - John Ormond Taylor, nightwear manufacturer, Norland Factory Hamilton, Lanarkshire - McIntyre, Hogg, Marsh & Co Ltd, shirtmakers, Londonderry, County Londonderry - MS Silverman & Co Ltd, tailors, Salford, Lancashire Salford Local History Library - Peacock Garments Ltd, raincoat manufacturers, Salford, Lancashire - Rattan Manufacturing Co Ltd, ladies underwear manufacturers, Chorlton-on-Medlock Manchester, Lancashire - Sayer & Sayer (Textiles) Ltd, tie manufacturers, London Stockport Local Heritage Library - Seal Marine Corporaton Ltd, diving and wet suit manufacturers, Liskeard, Cornwall Oldham Local & Archives - Skol Clothing Co Ltd, clothing manufacturers, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Standwear Manufacturing Co, clothiers, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Thomas Holt, draper, Bury Rochdale, Lancashire - Wholesale clothier, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - William Hall Junior Ltd, clothing manufacturers, Glasgow, Lanarkshire Oldham Local & Archives - William Stannard & Co Ltd, clothing manufacturers, Biddulph, Staffordshire Oldham Local & Archives Boots & Shoes - Boydell & Sons, cloggers, Leigh, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - James North Footwear Ltd, Stalybridge, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre 45

46 - John Hughes, boot and shoe maker, Manchester, Lancashire - Lord & Sharman, footwear manufacturers, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Messrs Hope of Aspull, cloggers and grocers, Aspull, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Thomas Lamb, clogger, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives Transport and Communications Haulage - Alfred Goulding Ltd, haulage contractors, Wigan, Lancashire Wigan Archives & Local - Johnson family, carters, Great Lever, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Pickfords Ltd, road hauliers and carriers, London Bus and Tram Services - A Mayne & Son Ltd, passenger transport operators, Manchester, Lancashire - Ribble Motor Services Ltd, Blackburn, Lancashire; Preston, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local Canals - Ashton Canal Co - Ashton Canal Co Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Huddersfield Canal Co, Huddersfield, Yorkshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Liverpool & Wigan Canal Co, Lancashire - Manchester Ship Canal Co, Manchester, Lancashire - Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal Co, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Peak Forest Canal Co Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Rochdale Canal Co, Manchester, Lancashire Rochdale Local and Archive - Westhoughton Coal & Canal Co Ltd, Westhoughton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local 46

47 Railways - Bolton, Preston & Wigan Junction Railway Lancashire; Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local Printed map/diagram of the existing and proposed railway network in Lancashire in Headed Bolton and Preston Railway. - British Rail: London Midland and Western regions, Cheshire; Staffordshire; Staffordshire; Cheshire; Wales - East Cheshire Light Railways, syndicate, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co, Lancashire; Horwich Bolton Archives and Local - Lancashire Union Railways Co, Lancashire - Lancashire United Transport Ltd, Atherton, Lancashire - Lancashire United Transport Ltd, Atherton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - London & North Eastern Railway Co, London Stockport Local Heritage Library - London & North Western Railway Co, London Bolton Archives and Local - London & North Western Railway Co, London Salford Local History Library - London & North Western Railway Co, London Tameside Local and Archives Centre - London, Midland & Scottish Railway Co, London Bolton Archives and Local 47

48 - London, Midland & Scottish Railway Co, London Salford Local History Library Utilities Cemeteries - Stockport Borough Cemetery Co, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library Electricity - Stockport Electrical Services Co, electrical engineers, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library Gas - Ashton National Gas & Oil Engine Co, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Ashton-under-Lyne Gas & Water Works, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Bolton Gas Co, Bolton, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Droylsden Gas Co, Droylsden, Lancashire - Farnworth & Kearsley Gas Co, Farnworth, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Manchester Gas Committee, Manchester, Lancashire - Stretford & District Gas Board, Stretford, Lancashire - Wigan Gas Co, Wigan, Lancashire Water - Ashton-under-Lyne Gas & Water Works, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge and Dukinfield (District) Waterworks, Ashtonunder-Lyne, Lancashire; Stalybridge, Cheshire; Dukinfield, Cheshire Tameside Local and Archives Centre - Bury & Radcliffe Waterworks Co, Bury, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Haslingden & Rawtenstall Waterworks Co, Haslingden, Lancashire Bolton Archives and Local - Manchester & Salford Waterworks Co Ltd, Manchester, Lancashire - Manchester Corporation Waterworks, Manchester, Lancashire - North Cheshire Water Co, Cheshire 48

49 - Oldham Gas Light & Waterworks Co, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham Local & Archives - Stockport District Waterworks Co, Stockport, Cheshire Stockport Local Heritage Library - Tintwistle Waterworks Co Ltd, Tintwistle, Cheshire A view of the Stockport Corporation waterworks, showing the process of pipelaying, several men are positioning the pipe into the trench

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