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* 1868 All debts owed by [[James Ingham]], shuttle maker (deceased) will be paid by Thomas Comstive<ref>Burnley Advertiser, 15 February 1868</ref>
* 1868 All debts owed by [[James Ingham]], shuttle maker (deceased) will be paid by Thomas Comstive<ref>Burnley Advertiser, 15 February 1868</ref>


* 1874 Thomas Comstive appointed to board of directors of [[Cooper Brothers and Company]] Ltd.,<ref>''Burnley Advertiser'', 14 February 1874</ref>
* 1874 Thomas Comstive appointed to board of directors of [[Cooper Brothers|Cooper Brothers and Company]] Ltd.,<ref>''Burnley Advertiser'', 14 February 1874</ref>


* 1880 Thomas and Joseph Comstive of Burnley. Patent: improvements in the shuttles for looms<ref>''Nottingham Evening Post'', 14 August 1880</ref>
* 1880 Thomas and Joseph Comstive of Burnley. Patent: improvements in the shuttles for looms<ref>''Nottingham Evening Post'', 14 August 1880</ref>

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of Canal Street, Hammerton Street, Calder Vale, and Bristol Mill, Caldervale, Burnley

Shuttle Makers

  • 1854 Thomas Comstive of Burnley, shuttle maker. Patent: improvements in the shuttles for weaving[2]
  • 1868 All debts owed by James Ingham, shuttle maker (deceased) will be paid by Thomas Comstive[3]
  • 1880 Thomas and Joseph Comstive of Burnley. Patent: improvements in the shuttles for looms[5]
  • 1886 Death of Thomas Comstive, 6 June.[6]
  • 1888 Moved from Canal Street to Hammerton Street Shuttle Works, Burnley. 'Manufacturers of shuttles, picking stickes &c.'[7]
  • 1892 Hammerton Street Shuttle Works destroyed by fire[8]
  • 1893 New factory at Calder Vale Shuttle Works, Burnley.[9]
  • 1909 Became a limited company, with Thomas Comstive's four sons, Thomas, William, Louis and Arthur appointed as its directors. New premises on Caldervale Road[10]
  • 1929 Moved to Bristol Mill, Caldervale Road.[11]
  • 1949 Managing Director: Walter Comstive, son of William Comstive and grandson of Thomas Comstive I.[12]
  • 1955 Company liquidated, 23 May [13]


Sources of Information

  1. Burnley Express, 21 May 1949
  2. Leeds Times, 25 November 1854
  3. Burnley Advertiser, 15 February 1868
  4. Burnley Advertiser, 14 February 1874
  5. Nottingham Evening Post, 14 August 1880
  6. Burnley Express, 12 June 1886
  7. Burnley Express, 21 March 1888.
  8. Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 17 December 1892
  9. Burnley Express, 29 April 1893
  10. Burnley Express, 21 May 1949
  11. Burnley Express, 21 May 1949
  12. Burnley Express, 21 May 1949
  13. London Gazette, 27 May 1955