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1895 Incorporated as a Limited Company | 1895 Incorporated as a Limited Company | ||
1962 [[British Drug Houses (BDH)|British Drug Houses]] acquired '''James Woolley Sons and Co''', manufacturing and wholesale chemists, of Manchester, who had a high reputation amongst pharmacists and hospitals in Lancashire; had suffered from competition in drugs but would provide BDH with valuable footprint in Manchester area<ref>The Times, 28 May 1962</ref>. | |||
[[J. C. Arnfield and Sons]] was a wholly-owned subsidiary, later amalgamated with '''Woolley's''' to trade as '''Woolley and Arnfield'''<ref>The Times, 29 October 1962</ref>. | [[J. C. Arnfield and Sons]] was a wholly-owned subsidiary, later amalgamated with '''Woolley's''' to trade as '''Woolley and Arnfield'''<ref>The Times, 29 October 1962</ref>. | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Latest revision as of 21:25, 17 July 2022
Manufacturing, pharmaceutical and wholesale chemists, of Knowsley St, Cheetham, and Market Place, and Victoria Bridge St, Manchester (1909)[1].
James Woolley (1811 - 1858) was a chemist in Manchester, to whom Henry Davis Pochin was apprenticed, and eventually taken into partnership.
1796 Established by R. H. Hargreaves.
1844 Business was acquired by James Woolley
1895 Incorporated as a Limited Company
1962 British Drug Houses acquired James Woolley Sons and Co, manufacturing and wholesale chemists, of Manchester, who had a high reputation amongst pharmacists and hospitals in Lancashire; had suffered from competition in drugs but would provide BDH with valuable footprint in Manchester area[2].
J. C. Arnfield and Sons was a wholly-owned subsidiary, later amalgamated with Woolley's to trade as Woolley and Arnfield[3].