English Calico
From Graces Guide
1963 Tootal Broadhurst Lee Co became a subsidiary of the holding company Tootal Ltd, which joined English Sewing Cotton Co in 1963.
1968 English Sewing Cotton Co merged with the Calico Printers Association to form English Calico Ltd.
1968 ' Sir Cyril Harrison chairman of English Calico Ltd and one of the architects of the present structure of the industry'[1]
1972 Sold Harry Fenton and Smart Weston to Combined English Stores[2]
1973 English Calico became Tootal Ltd.
1985 It became Tootal Group PLC
1991 Tootal Group plc was acquired by Coats Viyella plc[3] which subsequently disposed of several subsidiaries of Tootal.
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