Combined English Mills
of Atherton, Lancs
1929 Public Company formed as Combined Egyptian Mills.[1]
1929 Formed from the amalgamation of:[2]
- Alder Spinning Co
- Bedford and Mill Lane Spinning Co
- Cowling Spinning Co
- Denvale Spinning Co
- Gorse Mill Co
- Howe Bridge Cotton Spinning Co
- Hyde Spinning Co
- Laburnum Spinning Co
- Mather Lane Spinning Co
- Pear New Mill Co
- Rumworth Spinning Co
- Sir John Holden and Sons
- Sparth Mills Co
- Tunnicliffe and Hampson
1929 Also acquired the Kearsley Spinning Co[3]
1953 Name changed to Combined English Mills.[4]
1956 Closed the Rumworth Spinning Co.[5]
1959 Closed Mather Lane Mill.[6]
1959 Acquired refrigeration engineers F. W. Fidler and Son.[7]
1961 Engaged as spinners of fine cotton yarn and synthetic yarns also refrigerating and air conditioning engineers.[8]