John Smith (Beal Mill)
of Milnrow, Rochdale
1891 Directory: Listed as Woollen manufacturers. [1]
1914 'Miss Dorothy A. Smith. daughter of Councillor John Smith, J.P, of the Willows, Milnrow, comes of age today, and in honour of this event the employees at Beal Mills, worked by Messrs. John Smith Ltd.. presented her last night with a handsome dressing case, suitably inscribed. Mr. Albert Sutcliffe. who presided. made some appropriate remarks with reference to the firm, and then Mr. Allred Blackburn made the presentation in a happy little speech. Miss Smith feelingly thanking the workpeople very warmly for their kind present.'[2]
1918 John Smith (Milnrow) Ltd., Beal Mills, Milnrow.[3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Cotton Mills in Rochdale 1891
- ↑ Rochdale Times - Wednesday 24 June 1914
- ↑ Rochdale Observer - Saturday 14 December 1918