Robert Hall and Sons
Originally Robert Hall of Hope Foundry, Bury, later became Robert Hall and Sons. [1]
1844 Company established - presumably by Robert Hall
1891 Power Loom Makers, Machinists, Millwrights and Brass founders. [2]
1894 Incorporated as a private limited company.
1908 'Another matter of interest to the inhabitants of the borough is the acquisition by Messrs. Robert Hall and Sons, Bury, Ltd of Hope Foundry the whole of the patterns of Messrs. Leach and Co., of Rochdale. This Rochdale firm have many large woollen looms, flannel looms, woollen spinning machinery and carding engines to woollen firms in the Bury and Ramsbotton districts. Their great speciality was in wide woollen looms. Messrs. Robert Hall and Sons, some years ago, purchased the patterns of Messrs. John Tatham and Sons, so that they now have the patterns of two well-known loom-making firms as well as their own.' [3].
1914 Manufacturers of textile weaving machinery. Specialities: weaving looms of every description for cotton, silk, linen, woollen or other fibres; also preparation machinery for same. Employees 500. [4]
1917 Advert. Power looms. [5]
1924 Textile machinery exhibited at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition.[6]
Machinery including Loom. Exhibits at Queen Street Mill Museum
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ See 1882 advert
- ↑ 1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners Directory
- ↑ Bury Times - Saturday 2 May 1908
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ 1917 Worrall's Yorkshire Textile Directory Advert Outside rear cover.
- ↑ Engineering 1924/04/25