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[[image:Im19550416PP-BMK.jpg|thumb| April 1955.]] | [[image:Im19550416PP-BMK.jpg|thumb| April 1955.]] | ||
Blackwood, Morton and Sons, '''BMK''', of Kilmarnock, Scotland, Paisley, and Liversedge. | Blackwood, Morton and Sons, '''BMK''', of Kilmarnock, Scotland, Paisley, and Liversedge carpet manufacturers. | ||
of Queen Victoria Works, Dundee. (1988) | of Queen Victoria Works, Dundee. (1988) | ||
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* ''BMK'' brand. | * ''BMK'' brand. | ||
1908 The company was incorporated to take over the business of carpet weaving from [[Robert Blackwood and Sons]], the sole survivors of the 150-year-old carpet industry of Kilmarnock. | |||
WWII became a [[Rotol Airscrews]] sub-contract depot. | WWII became a [[Rotol Airscrews]] sub-contract depot. | ||
Revision as of 12:05, 28 November 2021
Blackwood, Morton and Sons, BMK, of Kilmarnock, Scotland, Paisley, and Liversedge carpet manufacturers.
of Queen Victoria Works, Dundee. (1988)
- BMK brand.
1908 The company was incorporated to take over the business of carpet weaving from Robert Blackwood and Sons, the sole survivors of the 150-year-old carpet industry of Kilmarnock.
WWII became a Rotol Airscrews sub-contract depot.
Post-WWII: went back to making carpets and rugs
1950 Advert on this page. [1]
1953 Advert. [2]
1954 Advert on this page. [3]
1968 Made woven carpets; the company saw a possibility that increases in demand for tufted carpets might be slowing; its Axminster carpets were sold in Canada, where its subsidiary company made Wilton carpets. Subsidiaries in the UK included Victoria Spinning Co, Cooke, Sons and Co (Hillington), Thistletex Carpets, maker of tufted carpets[4]