Bleachers Association: 1900 Company Formation

Note: This is a subsection of the Bleachers Association
1900 Association formed, an amalgamation of about 60 bleachers, mostly in Lancashire.[1]
1900 The company was registered on 7 June, to acquire and amalgamate numerous firms and companies engaged in the bleaching trade. [2]
1900 Founded; advert for investment in debentures in the Association.[3].
Officers
- H. Shepherd Cross. M.P. Chairman.
- Frank Hardcastle. Vice-Chairman.
- John Brennand. General manager
- John Stanning. General manager
Directors
- Edward Thwaites - R. Ainsworth, Son and Co
- Oswald Thom - Birkacre Co
- Harry Bridson - T. R. Bridson and Sons
- James Prockter - R. and A. Chambers
- James Percival Cross - Thomas Cross and Co
- James Eckersley - Davies and Eckersley
- Arthur Knowles Davies - Davies and Eckersley
- George Norris Midwood - Eccles Bleaching Co
- Thomas Herbert Thwaites - Eden and Thwaites
- Andrew Greenhalgh.
- Edward Hall - Edward Hall and Brother
- George Hamilton - Adam Hamilton and Sons
- Henry Allen – Thomas Hardcastle and Son
- Thomas Hardcastle – James Hardcastle and Co
- William Archibald Hepburn – Hepburn and Co
- Robert Heywood.
- Charles Hunter – Irkdale Bleach Works Co
- James Grime – Kensal Bleaching Co
- Alfred J. King – A. J. King and Co
- John Johnston Kirkpatrick – Kirkpatrick Brothers
- Nathaniel Morris Barnes – Knowles and Green
- John Drinkwater Kay – Kay and Smith
- Henry Huggins – Longworth and Co
- John Anderson M'Haffie – James M’Haffie and Sons
- Edward Coward – Melland and Coward
- John McNab – John McNab and Co
- James Rostron – George Murton and Co
- Richard Henry Marsden – H. Milner and Co
- William Mosley, Jun – William Mosley
- Thomas Kenyon – Rawtenstall Bleaching Co and Samuel Walch
- Joseph Howarth – T. Ridgway and Co
- Robert Knowles Roberts.
- Samuel Hoyle Rothwell – Exors of S. Rothwell
- Richard Bennett – John Smith, Junior and Co
- Thomas Warburton – John Smith, Junior and Co
- John Whewell Simpson – Simpson and Jackson.
- John William Slater – G. and J. Slater and Horridge and Co
- Samuel Isherwood – G. and J. Slater
- Frank Sykes – Sykes and Co
- Alan John Sykes – Sykes and Co
- Henry Whitehead - John Whitehead and J. and H. Bleackley
- Charles Waterhouse – John Waterhouse and Co
- Richard Hough, jun. – John Whittaker and Co
- Frederick Whowell – Charles Whowell
See Also
Sources of Information