Frazer and Haughton
Linen manufacturers of 3 Bedford Street, Belfast.
Formerly T. W. Haughton and Co
1883 Frazer and Haughton, was formed by the late J. W. Frazer and T. W. Haughton, both of whom learnt the business of linen bleaching at Thomas Haughton’s bleach-green in Co. Down.
1900 The company was registered on 31 July, to acquire a business of linen manufacturers and bleachers. [1]
1935 Samuel G. Haughton, Director, Frazer and Haughton, Ltd.[2]
1947 Wilfred Haughton was appointed MD.[3]
1955 Colonel S. G. Haughton, former M.P. for Antrim at Westminster, and managing director of Frazer and Haughton, the Cullybackey linen firm.[4]
1956 The business at Cullybackey is now eight times as big it was at the beginning of the century and when all departments are at full strength it employs about 800 people, many of whom are grandchildren of former Hillmount workers.[5]
1996 Frazer and Haughton, 65 Hillmount Road, Cullybackey. Textile Bleachers, Dyers and Finishers.[6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ Frontier Sentinel - Saturday 31 August 1935
- ↑ Ballymena Weekly Telegraph - Wednesday 26 November 1997
- ↑ Ballymena Weekly Telegraph - Friday 04 November 1955
- ↑ Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday 02 October 1956
- ↑ Newtownabbey Times and East Antrim Times - Thursday 12 September 1996