Ernest Turner (Weaving)
Mills at Derby
1943 "Transfer of Derby business ... webbings, has been taken over by the London firm Ernest Turner (Weaving) Ltd., and now becomes Ernest Turner Group Factory No. 5. The factory in Spa-lane was built in 1874. Gradually the whole of the Ernest ...[1]
1961 Ernest Turner Spa Lane Mills Ltd advertised for experienced weavers[2]
1965 Prayers were offered in local Roman Catholic churches yesterday for the repose of the soul Mr Alan Turner former chairman and managing director of Ernest Turner (Spa Lane Mills) Ltd Derby and a Knight of the Order of St Gregory ...[3]
Mr Turner who died October 16 aged 64 leaving a widow and nine children introduced an annual factory feast while chairman and managing director of Ernest Turner (Spa Lane Mills) Ltd Derby which had its own Roman Catholic chapel[4]
1973 The mill in Spa Lane, Derby formerly operated by Spa Lane Mills Ltd a subsidiary of the Ernest Turner Group whose chairman the late Mr Alan Turner 1949 introduced a joint consultation system on the shop floor based on Roman Catholic social teachings ...[5]