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1869 'The blood produced the Edinburgh Slaughter-houses has been let to Messrs. Smith and Forrest, manufacturing chemists, Holt-town, Manchester, who likewise have the contract for Leith. We believe the gain, as compared with the last year’s contract, will be something like | 1869 'The blood produced the Edinburgh Slaughter-houses has been let to Messrs. Smith and Forrest, manufacturing chemists, Holt-town, Manchester, who likewise have the contract for Leith. We believe the gain, as compared with the last year’s contract, will be something like £800. The period for which Messrs. Smith and Forrest have tendered is three years.'<ref>Teesdale Mercury, 8 December 1869</ref> | ||
1870 Partnership dissolved: A. Smith, A. Forrest, W. Sproull.<ref> Nottinghamshire Guardian, 25 March 1870 </ref> | 1870 Partnership dissolved: A. Smith, A. Forrest, W. Sproull.<ref> Nottinghamshire Guardian, 25 March 1870 </ref> | ||
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of Holt Town Oil Works, Manchester.
1864 Company established.
1869 'The blood produced the Edinburgh Slaughter-houses has been let to Messrs. Smith and Forrest, manufacturing chemists, Holt-town, Manchester, who likewise have the contract for Leith. We believe the gain, as compared with the last year’s contract, will be something like £800. The period for which Messrs. Smith and Forrest have tendered is three years.'[1]
1870 Partnership dissolved: A. Smith, A. Forrest, W. Sproull.[2]
1876 Advert: 'SMITH and FORREST, Home Trade and Export, MINERAL and ROSIN OIL DISTILLERS, Grease, Varnish, and Blood Albumen Manufacturers, HOLT TOWN, MANCHESTER.'[3]
Supplier of Rosin, Mineral Shale, Petroleum, and Coal Tar.
1880 Exhibited their patent concentrator for dealing with night soil by the method adopted at the Manchester Health Committee's Works
1882 'The Bradford Abattoir, and Slaughter-houses. .... In a detached part of the premises, away from the meat, the blood of the slaughtered beasts is subjected to a process which brings from it a gelatinous substance valuable in fixing aniline dyes, and largely used in calico printing. Messrs. Smith and Forrest, of Old Town, Manchester, buy it from the Corporation, dry it in shallow tins, strain off the serum, and obtain from the clot matter useful to dyers. Nothing is wasted, the refuse fetching a good price for tillage. ....' [4]
1914 Manufacturers of oil, grease, varnish and chemicals; tar and resin distillers; ship chandlers. Specialities: black varnishes, colliery lubricants, motor greases, electrical lubricants. Employees 60. [5]
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