Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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1917 Incorporated as a Limited Company
1917 Incorporated as a Limited Company
1945 Acquired [[Tyne Plywood Works]].<ref>The Times, September 24, 1945</ref>


1952 Acquired a large interest in [[Lotus (Shoemakers)]] and later a further holding was bought by the Wolfson Foundation<ref>The Times, Feb 03, 1970</ref>
1952 Acquired a large interest in [[Lotus (Shoemakers)]] and later a further holding was bought by the Wolfson Foundation<ref>The Times, Feb 03, 1970</ref>

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of Devonshire Street, Manchester.

1917 Incorporated as a Limited Company

1945 Acquired Tyne Plywood Works.[1]

1952 Acquired a large interest in Lotus (Shoemakers) and later a further holding was bought by the Wolfson Foundation[2]

1963 Acquired S. Miller (Manchester), owner of Chorlton Warehouses mail order business.[3]

1972 the holding in Lotus was sold

1972 Acquired A. and S. Henry and Co.


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, September 24, 1945
  2. The Times, Feb 03, 1970
  3. The Times, May 21, 1963