'Romance of industry' in W Astle (ed), Stockport Advertiser Centenary. History of Stockport
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- Author(s) Astle, William (ed)
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1922
- Pages pp103-18
- Publisher Stockport Advertiser
- Place Published Stockport
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Provides notes - some very short - on a miscellany of local businesses: Edgeley Bleachworks ultimately owned by Sykes & Co Ltd, a constituent of Bleachers' Association [pp103-5]; hat making business of Christy & Co Ltd [pp106-8]; Claye & Son, printers and manufacturing stationers; Robert Rostron, draper; Henry Hollingdrake & Son, engineers and iron founders; Taylor Brothers, woollen and cloth merchants; G & W Turner Ltd, wine merchants; Nelstrop, grain millers