Combined English Mills
From Graces Guide
of Atherton, Lancs
1929 Public Company formed as Combined Egyptian Mills.[1]
1953 Name changed to Combined English Mills.[2]
1956 Closed the Rumworth Spinning Co.[3]
1958 Branches of the group included:
- Alder Spinning Co
- Bayley Mill Co
- Bedford and Mill Lane Spinning Co
- Brooklands Mill Co
- Cowling Spinning Co
- Denvale Spinning Co
- Gorse Mill Co
- Hall Lane Mill, Leigh
- John Harwood and Son
- Sir John Holden and Sons
- Howe Bridge Cotton Spinning Co
- Hyde Spinning Co
- Kearsley Spinning Co
- Laburnum Spinning Co
- Mather Lane Spinning Co
- Pear New Mill Co
- Persian Mill Co
- Sparth Mills Co
- Tunnicliffe and Hampson
- Warwick Mill Co
- Walkden Spinning Co
1959 Closed Mather Lane Mill.[4]
1959 Acquired refrigeration engineers F. W. Fidler and Son.[5]
1961 Engaged as spinners of fine cotton yarn and synthetic yarns also refrigerating and air conditioning engineers.[6]
1964 Acquired by Viyella.
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