Charles Clay and Sons
of Solway House, 18 Aytoun Street, Manchester, 1.; and of Waldeck Road Factory, Cheapside, Luton, Beds. Factories at Luton, Manchester and North Shields.
1861 Established by Charles Clay. Continued by his sons Charles Rupert Clay and Fred Clay
1910 Incorporated as a private Limited Company.
1914 Directors: C. R. Clay (Chairman and Managing Director), F. Clay, A. A. Burnet and H. H. Cain. Staff: 207. Specialities: All materials used by Hat Manufacturers and Milliners for making and trimming Ladies', Men's, and Children's Hats of every description.
1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Rayon textiles; Taffetas, Satins, Crepes, Lingerie and Corset Cloths; also Cotton Textiles, Velveteens, Corduroys and Suedes. (Earls Court, Ground Floor, Stand No. 1) [1]
1947 British Industries Fair Advert as: 'Inventors and Patentees of the Clayson (Trade Mark) "low cost" Ribbon manufacturing process, which supersedes the old method of weaving Ribbons on shuttle looms'. Also Manufacturers of Textiles, Rayon and Cotton, Velveteens, Suedes, etc. (Textiles Section - Earls Court, Ground Floor, Stand No. 2) [2]
1969 Plan to open HQ in North-east. 'Charles Clay and Sons, clothing and ribbon manufacturers, is at present based at Luton. It has one factory there and another which employs 400 people on the Chirton Trading estate, North Shields.'[3]
1971 Charles Clay and Sons Ltd., Norton Road, Chirton, North Shields, Northumberland.[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1947 British Industries Fair Advert 454; and p62
- ↑ 1947 British Industries Fair p63
- ↑ Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Monday 28 April 1969
- ↑ Newcastle Journal - Saturday 09 January 1971