John Smith (Beal Mill)
From Graces Guide
of Milnrow, Rochdale
1891 Directory: Listed as Woollen manufacturers. [1]
1914 'Miss Dorothy A. Smith. daughter of Councillor John Smith, J.P, of the Willows, Milnrow, comes of age today, and in honour of this event the employees at Beal Mills, worked by Messrs. John Smith Ltd.. presented her last night with a handsome dressing case, suitably inscribed. Mr. Albert Sutcliffe. who presided. made some appropriate remarks with reference to the firm, and then Mr. Allred Blackburn made the presentation in a happy little speech. Miss Smith feelingly thanking the workpeople very warmly for their kind present.'[2]
1918 John Smith (Milnrow) Ltd., Beal Mills, Milnrow.[3]
1939 John Smith (Milnrow) Limited of Uncouth Mills, Milnrow.[4]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Cotton Mills in Rochdale 1891
- ↑ Rochdale Times - Wednesday 24 June 1914
- ↑ Rochdale Observer - Saturday 14 December 1918
- ↑ Rochdale Observer - Saturday 22 April 1939