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George Lees and Co

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of Galabank Mills, Galashiels

1898 The copartnery of George Lees and Company, woollen manufacturers, Galashiels, was dissolved by the retirement of James Lees, leaving John Lees to carry on the business under the same name.[1]

1919 George Lees and Company Limited was registered as a private company, with capital of £14,100, to acquire and carry on the woollen manufacturers' business in Galashiels.[2]

1924 At the time that Cohen and Wilks became a public company, it listed George Lees and Company Limited, Scotch tweed manufacturers, dyers, finishers, and proofers, as a subsidiary.[3]

1982 The company was dissolved.[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/10971/page/279
  2. ↑ The Scotsman 18 April 1919
  3. ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 26 May 1924
  4. ↑ National Records of Scotland BT2/1982/10336
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